The Hague, Netherlands
Reuters
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The centrist D66 party was on course to win most votes in the Dutch national election and defeat the far right, an exit poll showed on Wednesday, opening a path for the energetic leader Rob Jetten to become the Netherlands’ youngest and first openly gay prime minister.
The exit poll projected D66 to win 27 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, beating far-right leader Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party with 25. The poll has a margin of error of up to three seats.
Cheers and chants of “Yes, we can” broke out at the D66 election night celebration as the crowd waved Dutch flags.
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