LIVE elections | PVV wins in the first ‘average’ municipality, VVD throws Douwe Bob at a party

Rob Jetten wants to take the initiative in the formation. With 27 seats in the exit poll, D66 appears to be the largest party. “Millions of Dutch people today said goodbye to a policy of negativism,” he says. And Frans Timmermans is leaving as leader of GroenLinks-PvdA, which has a disappointing 20 seats in the exit poll. Read all about the elections in our live blog.

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