The centrist D66 party nearly tripled its seats, while Geert Wilders’ right-wing party suffered a drop from its shocking first-place finish in 2023.

By Toby Sterling and Suban Abdulla AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -As he celebrated his party’s election surge, Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten declared voters had "turned the page" on Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration campaigner and a leading figure of European right-wing populism for two decades.

The vote comes against a backdrop of deep polarization in this nation of 18 million, violence at a recent anti-immigration rally in The Hague and protests against new asylum-seeker centers.

Less than two years after anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders led his party to a stunning victory in Dutch parliamentary elections, the Netherlands is going to the polls again. The lawmaker, who has lived under round-the-clock protection for more than 20 years due to death threats,

Two years after a shock win for the far-right Geert Wilders, the Netherlands is returning to the polls. His hometown shows the pain points of the country’s volatile politics.

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THE HAGUE - Voting for the Dutch parliament's lower house began on Wednesday, as 1,166 candidates from 27 parties compete for 150 seats after the collapse of the ruling coalition.

The outcome of Wednesday's vote in the Netherlands could determine the strength of the far-right in a knife-edge race.View on euronews