With all but two vote counts complete, the prime minister's party has won 33 out of 150 seats, a loss of eight seats from the previous parliament.
The Freedom party was in second place on 20 seats, a gain of five, with the Christian Democrats (CDA) and the liberal D66 party close behind with 19 seats each.
The Labour Party (PvdA), the junior party in the governing coalition, suffered a historic defeat by winning only nine seats, a loss of 29. Labour's defeat appeared to signal voters shifting to the right, as many of the seats it lost did not go to other left-wing parties.
"All in all the left has never been smaller than this," said outgoing Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
- BBC
As for Rutte and the suggestion it's a victory of pro EU mass immigration, liste to what he said...
"Act normal, or go away," he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls.
The Dutch felt increasingly uncomfortable with people who abused the very freedom they came in search of, Mr Rutte argued.
With all but two vote counts complete, the prime minister's party has won 33 out of 150 seats, a loss of eight seats from the previous parliament.The Freedom party was in second place on 20 seats, a gain of five, with the Christian Democrats (CDA) an
The Freedom party has,at least,redressed the balance in Holland to force their politicians to listen to the concerns of a signifcant proportion of its' electorate.
The Freedom party has,at least,redressed the balance in Holland to force their politicians to listen to the concerns of a signifcant proportion of its' electorate.