Rutte’s VVD party was predicted to win 24 seats in the 150-seat parliament in the March 15 vote, according to three different polls cited by the DPA news agency. Their main rivals, the populist PVV led by Wilders, were expected to take between 20 and 24 seats.
Deutsche Welle: Rutte edging Wilders in tight Netherlands vote
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on July 5, 2016.
