Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) party Rob Jetten speaks to the media as he arrives at his party's headquarters to hear the results of the Dutch national elections, in Leiden, on October 29. Robin Utrecht/ANP/AFP/Getty Images The Hague, Netherlands Reuters —

The Netherlands’ next government looks likely to exclude the far right and could be led by a gay prime minister after an election in which Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom Party lost ground and support surged for the centrist D66.

With 98% of votes counted from Wednesday’s election, D66 and Wilders’ PVV were tied early on Thursday, with both projected to take 26 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament.

All major mainstream parties have ruled out governing with Wilders after he brought down the last coalition, wh

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