Results of postal votes: D66 remains the largest, remaining seat will probably go to SP

D66 is expected to remain the largest party after counting the postal votes from abroad. According to a provisional result from the municipality of The Hague, Rob Jetten’s party received 16,049 postal votes from abroad, against 7,451 votes for the PVV. The difference between the two parties in the provisional result continues to increase.

Just like in 2023, GroenLinks-PvdA received the most votes from Dutch people abroad. The party received more than 25,000 votes, about 29 percent of the total number of postal votes. D66 came second.

Now that the postal votes have been counted, all provisional results from last Wednesday’s elections have been received. Based on these results, the ANP Elections Service predicts that the remaining seat will end up with the SP, leaving that party with three seats. The extra seat for the SP would be at the expense of D66. That party has a chance of winning a 27th seat, but it seems that that will not happen, writes the ANP.

Right-wing coalition

If D66 remains at 26 seats as currently expected, this will have consequences for the possibilities of a right-wing coalition of D66, CDA, VVD and JA21. These four parties together would then reach 75 seats – not enough for a majority.

However, the ANP Election Service is careful: many municipalities have done a quick first count to determine the number of votes per party. “The later counts also include which candidate voters voted for. These counts can still deviate so much from the quick first count that it remains uncertain which party will get the last remaining seat.” According to the news agency, this usually remains with “small fluctuations”.

The Electoral Council will announce the final results next Friday.

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