Anti-Mass Migration Populist Geert Wilders Wins Most Seats in Dutch Elections, Exit Polls Show

Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) have swept to a stunning victory in Dutch elections, with exit polls predicting that his populist anti-mass migration party will become the largest force in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands.

A wave of anti-mass migration sentiment across Europe has seen staunch Islam critic Geert Wilders pull a massive upset in the Netherlands, as exit polls from research agency Ipsos predict that his Party for Freedom (PVV) will become the largest party in the House of Representatives with an estimated 35 seats, public broadcaster NOS reports.

Performing in a way that many would have considered unthinkable just a week ago, the populist party is now projected to have more than doubled its representation over the previous election in 2021 when the PVV only managed to secure 17 seats in the House.

The PVV was followed by the leftist-green coalition GL-PvdA of Great Reset proponent Frans Timmermans at 26 seats, the centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) at 23 seats, and the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) at 20.

The exit polls then projected the socially liberal Democrats 66 as having picked up 10 seats, falling from 24 in the previous election and seven seats for the upstart Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB) after previously only holding one seat in the chamber.

Hailing the apparent victory, Geert Wilders shared a video on social media of himself celebrating the results while proclaiming that his party was now the strongest force in the country. 

While the victory for Wilders, who has been a longtime critic of the European Union, mass migration, and the “Islamisation” of the Netherlands, represents a stunning overturning of over a decade of globalist rule under Prime Minister Mark Rutte, it remains to be seen if the other right-wing parties in the country will coalesce around Wilders and back him for prime minister.

Pieter Omtzigt, the centre-right leader of the New Social Contract, which secured 20 seats according to the exit polls, has previously said that Wilders’ previous demands to outlaw the Qur’an and ban Islamic mosques from the country would prohibit him from joining forces with the populist firebrand despite Omtzigt largely agreeing with Wilders on mass migration.

Similarly, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, the Kurdish-Turkish heritage successor, has also said that she would not serve in a Wilders cabinet if he won the elections even though she has also argued, like Wilders, that ending mass migration is a key priority.

Wilders, who has spent years under police protection after being placed under a fatwa order to kill him over his views on Islam, has said that he would be willing to put his positions on the religion aside in order to form a government and deliver on the pressing issues of the people, such as the housing crisis, healthcare failings, and reducing immigration.

However, the centre-right parties may have no choice but to form a coalition with Wilders if they wish to prevent a potential leftist bloc from taking power or risking another election.

The strong election result for Wilders comes amid a growing movement against the past decade of open borders policies in Europe, with populist parties making significant gains in countries like France and Germany, while right-wing anti-mass migration parties have already taken power in Italy and Sweden. 

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