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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

REVEALED: Voting opens in netherlands as polls suggest second gert wilders win | Rare Historical Photos

Line of posters next to benches and trees
Campaign posters line a street in the Hague, with 27 parties contesting the election. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Voting is under way in a knife-edge parliamentary election in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the far-right Freedom party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, although there is little chance of it being part of the next government.

The PVV, which finished a shock first in the last election and formed a short-lived, four-party rightwing coalition, has seen its once sizeable lead fade fast. With nearly half the electorate undecided, analysts say the race is too tight to call.

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