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Geert Wilders’ landslide victory in the Dutch elections has transformed him from political pariah to a potential prime minister.

The result of this week’s Netherlands general election was a win for the right-wing populist party of Geert Wilders, the PVV (Party for Freedom), which came first with 37 seats. The runners up were the right-liberal VVD (Party for Freedom and Democracy) with 24 seats and a three party left alliance with 25. There were major losses for centre-left parties such as D-66. In terms of votes, there were major gains for the PVV and smaller ones for the left alliance.

The Netherlands is not on course to leave the European Union, despite Geert Wilders’ landslide victory in the Dutch elections on Wednesday.

No fewer than 26 Dutch political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament when the Netherlands holds a general election Wednesday. Only a few of them stand a realistic chance of providing the candidate who will succeed Mark Rutte as prime minister. Rutte, who is standing down once a new government is formed, led four coalitions over a record-breaking 13 years, making him the longest-serving Dutch prime minister.

Dutch political leaders sought support from undecided voters in frantic campaigning Tuesday, on the eve of a general election that will change the face of the country’s politics after 13 years of leadership by Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Pollsters were predicting a knife-edge vote with four parties across the political spectrum vying to become the largest bloc in the 150-seat lower house of parliament. Rutte's fourth and final coalition resigned in July after it failed to agree on m...

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"We are creating public awareness among people regarding the one million bamboo tree planting projects,” said Fr. Beltran.

"We are creating public awareness among people regarding the one million bamboo tree planting projects,” said Fr. Beltran.

Dutch voters go to the polls on Nov. 22 to choose a new government in a parliamentary election, with three major groupings vying to propose the next prime minister. Leading in opinion polls are the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the newly formed "New Social Contract" (NSC) Party and the Labour and Green Left (PvdA/GL) parties running on a single ticket. Turkish-born Yesilgoz, 46, narrowly ahead in recent polls, has a shot at...