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Results are usually in fairly quickly for the Netherlands, e.g. by or shortly after midnight, though those are not yet official. I dunno about the UK, and can't be around tonight, alas.
In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' far right Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be the biggest winner of the European Union elections. An early analysis of the results indicates the PVV, which stood for the first time in EU elections, has won four seats. The Christian Democrats, who remained the largest party, lost two of its seven seats, and the Labour Party dropped from seven to four seats between four and seven. The conservative VVD party and D66 both took 3 seats, while Green Left and the Christian Union-SGP coalition won two seats each. There were 25 Dutch seats to be contested in the EU elections. Five years ago, the figure was 27. Turnout for the elections was 40 percent, a fraction higher than for the last EU elections five years ago.
In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' far right Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be the biggest winner of the European Union elections.
An early analysis of the results indicates the PVV, which stood for the first time in EU elections, has won four seats. The Christian Democrats, who remained the largest party, lost two of its seven seats, and the Labour Party dropped from seven to four seats between four and seven. The conservative VVD party and D66 both took 3 seats, while Green Left and the Christian Union-SGP coalition won two seats each.
There were 25 Dutch seats to be contested in the EU elections. Five years ago, the figure was 27. Turnout for the elections was 40 percent, a fraction higher than for the last EU elections five years ago.
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