Democrats 66 Winning Party In The Dutch Election, Rob Jetten: I Want To Work For The People

Rob Jetten celebrates his party's victory with supporters. (Twitter/@RobJetten)

JAKARTA - Rob Jetten said he wanted to work for the people and the state, when his party, Democrats 66 (D66), excelled in calculating the results of the Dutch elections and he has the potential to become the country's youngest prime minister.

The D66 centris party won a major victory in the election, most likely leading the formation of the next government, while the party led by far-right leader Geert Wilders lost support.

With 98 percent of the votes calculated as of Thursday morning, the D66 and the Wilders-led Freedom Party (PVV) are projected to win 26 seats in the 150-member lower house of parliament.

After the vote count overnight, D66 was narrowly superior with 2,300 votes out of a total of about 10 million votes. The vote count is scheduled to resume on Thursday morning.

D66 won the biggest and nearly triple vote, while Wilders' party experienced a sharp decline from a record vote in the final poll in 2023.

De positieve krachten hebben gewonnen! Ik wil voor alle Nederlanders aan de slag, want dit is het land van ons allemaal! pic.twitter.com/Chs6T7XMcf

— Rob Jetten (@RobJetten) October 29, 2025

De positieve krachten hebben gewonnen! Ik wil voor alle Nederlanders aan de slag, want dit is het land van on allemaal! pic.twitter.com/Chs6T7XMcf

The results of the exit polls and quick calculations indicated a narrow D66 victory, while the Wilders party was in second place. However, the vote count showed a slightly stronger result for the anti-Islamic populist party.

The shift in results on Thursday morning will most likely not change the composition of the next government coalition.

All mainstream parties have decided to rule out a possible coalition with Wilders, after he brought down the final coalition led by his PVV, so as not to give him a viable path to the majority.

This result actually seems to pave the way for D66 leader Rob Jetten to form a government as the youngest Dutch prime minister.

"Positive power has won! I want to work for all the Dutch people, because this is our country!", tweeted Jetten on Twitter.

The cheers and chants of "Yes, we can" echo at the night celebration of the D66 election when the masses waved the Dutch flag.

"We have shown not only the Netherlands, but also to the world that we can beat populist and extreme right," Jetten told the masses.

"Today's MILLIONs of Dutch people are turning the page and saying goodbye to negative politics, hatred, and the slogan 'no, we can't' be endless."

Jetten's popularity (38) spiked last month, along with its campaign with promises to tackle housing shortages, invest in education and address immigration issues.

However, Wilders on Thursday morning insisted he would take the lead if PVV in the end won.

"As long as it's not 100 percent clear, D66 can't lead. We will do everything we can to prevent it," he said in a post on Twitter.

Wilders late Wednesday said he was disappointed that his party had lost seats and would most likely not be in the next government.

Wilders, one of the longest populist leaders in Europe, is known for his anti-Islamic stance. He has proposed the rejection of all asylum requests - which would violate the European Union agreement - the return of Ukrainian male refugees to Ukraine, and the termination of development assistance to finance energy and health services.

With the 76 seats needed to form a governing coalition in the Dutch parliament, at least four parties are needed. One of the scenarios is a pact that includes D66, the conservative Christian Democratic Party, the centre-right VVD, and the Green-Boruh Party.

However, building a stable coalition is difficult and negotiations are expected to take months.