Phil1111 1,183 #1 March 15, 2017 The Dutch apparently having learned a lesson from US trump supporters have voted against Geert Wilders. Described as an inflammatory Islamophobe, he once compared the Quran to Adolf Hitler's autobiography. And he was convicted for inciting discrimination in December after calling Moroccans "scum". Dutch PM Rutte's party leads exit polls PM Mark Rutte's party wins Dutch election, first exit polls say, with Geert Wilders' anti-immigrant party trailing His centre-right VVD Party won 31 out of 150 seats, polls suggest. His party came far ahead of the next three parties, including Geert Wilders' anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV), the Christian Democrat Party and the liberal party, which each got 19 seats. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39285803 http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-15/dutch-election-will-far-right-geert-wilders-win/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #2 March 15, 2017 73% turnout just before closing. That is a pretty engaged society. Edited to add: looks like it will be around 82% The dutch conservative party VVD will be the largest party, but they did lose seats. Extreme Right party PVV did gain seats, while the left wing party PVDA lost 29 seats to an historic low of 9 seats. Muslim party went from 0 seats to 3 seats. Biggest gain was by the Green party. All this based on exit polling, official results are not yet available. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
