CDA tops poll but next coalition is a puzzle
As forecast, the Christian Democrats emerged as the biggest party in Wednesday’s general election with 41 seats. After 97% of the votes had been counted, the SP had increased its seats from nine to 26 in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, taking votes from its left-wing allies Labour and GroenLinks. Both Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration PVV and pro-animal Partij van de Dieren looked set to enter parliament for the first time, with nine and two seats respectively. A NOS poll said that the party would have taken 28 rather than 21 seats if its hardline integration minister Rita Verdonk had been chosen as party leader rather than Mark Rutte. The results, after 97% of the votes had been counted: CDA 41 PvdA 32 VVD 22 SP 26 GroenLinks 7 ChristenUnie 6 PVV 9 SGP 2 Partij van de Dieren 2 D66 3
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