Dutch election results

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Mar 16th 2017by THE DATA TEAM

IN THE wake of the electoral victories of the Brexit campaign and Donald Trump, right-wing populism in the rich world has appeared unstoppable. In both the Netherlands and France, conservative nationalists have consistently led polls. However, these movements’ momentum seems to have been halted at last. On March 15th Geert Wilders’s anti-immigration Party for Freedom (PVV) was dealt a surprising setback in the Dutch parliamentary election: rather than winning the most seats, as many analysts projected, it is expected to finish second. While the outcome is sure to disappoint the far right, the PVV can still argue that it improved on its performance in the 2012 vote.