Mark Rutte
The ruling people’s party for freedom and democracy, which is headed by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands mark Rutte won the parliamentary elections. On Thursday, March 16, reports Reuters, citing data from exit polls.
As noted, the party won 31 of the 150 seats in Parliament. Second place is shared by three parties: the far-right freedom Party of Geert Wilders, “the Christian democratic appeal and Democrats 66”. These political organizations scored 19 votes.
Rutte commented on the victory of his party. “It seems that our party became the largest in the country for the third time in a row. This means that the Dutch said “no” to the wrong populism,” he said.
Parliamentary elections in the Netherlands held on March 15. The turnout was 81 percent, this indicator became record for the last 30 years.
In pre-election polls conducted in the fall of 2016, right wing held the first place and could form the biggest faction in the Dutch Parliament. But on 1 March it became known that the liberty Party fell back to second place behind the conservatives.