The Dutch centrist D66 party is projected to tie with Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom in the country's general elections in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race to become the largest party.

With only a small number of votes left to be counted on Thursday morning, the projected results represent a setback for the leader of the country's far-right anti-Islam party, who had emerged as a clear winner in the country's previous elections in 2023. Wilders' Party for Freedom is forecast to lose 11 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, while D66, led by Rob Jetten, gains 11, according to the vote count.

The difference between the two leading parties was just over 2,000 votes nationwide, according to the vote count tallied and published by Dutch national news agency ANP and

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