The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party.

With 99.7 percent of votes tallied, the D66 party led by the energetic Rob Jetten, 38, was just 15,000 ahead of the anti-Islam PVV Freedom Party run by Wilders.

Every major party has ruled out working with Wilders, meaning Jetten is on track to become the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister -- even if he comes second.

All eyes turned to some 100,000 overseas postal votes that will only be tallied Monday or Tuesday before a final result can be called.

Historically, expats have tended to prefer D66 over the PVV, so Wilders seems unlikely to overtake.

With far-right parties surg

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