The Netherlands Election: Key Insights 🇳🇱

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Yesterday the Netherlands went to the polls to elect a new government, after the previous right-wing coalition fell apart earlier this year. The results... well they weren't what many expected. So in this video we unpack those results and the coalitions that could form as a result of them.

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Sources:

2025 Dutch Election Results
https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/articles/cpwvy4w875vo
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/d66-top-the-nos-exit-poll-with-27-seats-pvv-second-on-25/
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/1983633300104089677

Dutch Coalition 2023-2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68557036
https://www.kabinetsformatie2023.nl/binaries/kabinetsformatie/documenten/publicaties/2024/05/16/framework-coalition-agreement-2024/Framework+Coalition+Agreement+2024.pdf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1r0xvn0z5o

Dutch Coalition Collapses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r1x5yyd5wo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/netherlands-foreign-minister-sanctions-israel-gaza

00:00 Introduction
00:58 How the Last Coalition Collapsed
02:55 Polling
03:23 The Results
06:09 Who Could Form a Coalition?

Dutch Opinion Polling
https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/peilingen-verkiezingen-nederland~b953d5b4/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/just-29-of-voters-have-confidence-in-politics-as-election-looms/
https://bijlagen.nos.nl/artikel-23577902/Prinsjesdagonderzoek_NOS_2025.pdf

Analysis
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/dutch-elections-are-opportunity-netherlands-regain-its-international-influence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/netherlands-polls-geert-wilders-faces-political-isolation