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Published in TZ Latest News 15 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Dutch Election Exit Polls: Prime Minister Rutte Wins, Wilders’ Freedom Party Slides

In a setback for Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders, and perhaps the entire European populist movement, the first Dutch exit polls are out and his PVV, or Freedom Party, has only won 19 seats, tied with the Christian Democrats and Democrats 66 party, both of which also got 19 seats; the outcome is in line with polls that were predicting a sharp drop off in support for Wilders in recent days. The winner: prime minister Mark Rutte’s VVD, or Liberal Party, with 31 seats.

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