Far-right, centrists in election dead-head in the Netherlands

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

- Agence France-Presse

With 99.7% of votes tallied, the D6 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 on Monday or Tuesday before a final result can be called.