Dutch election: Exit polls indicate win for Mark Rutte

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s party has won the most seats in parliamentary elections, exit polls suggest.This will be Mr Rutte’s centre-right VVD party’s fourth term, despite his government resigning in January over a child welfare fraud scandal. The VVD is projected to win 36 out of 150 seats, while centre-left D66 is predicted to have 27 seats, and far-right PVV is expected to have 17. The final results are due to be announced at 01:00 (00:00 GMT). Meanwhile the centre-right Christian CDA is expected to win 14 seats, Labour (PvdA) nine seats, and green Groenlinks are projected to have eight seats. Turnout was high, at 82.6%. After finding out they were predicted to have the second-highest number of seats, D66’s campaign leader told Dutch broadcaster NOS that the party’s leader Sigrid Kaag jumped on the table with happiness.(BBC)…[+]