Labor took 31 of the 150 seats yesterday, down from 33 in the last vote in 2006, national newswire ANP reported with more two thirds of the votes counted, citing its own calculations. The Liberal Party, which led in pre-election opinion polls, also had 31 seats, up from 22. Geert Wilders’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party more than doubled its vote to take third place. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stepped down as Christian Democrat leader after his party’s support was cut in half.
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Dutch May Face Months of Coalition Talks After Tied Election
Dutch political leaders may face months of talks to form a coalition government after projected election results showed the Labor Party led by former Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen and Mark Rutte’s Liberals tied for first place.
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