Dutch election aftermath: it’s pretty much all good

Dutch election yesterday, with preliminary results as follows, via Parties and Elections in Europe:

Party                        – Preliminary results (99,5%) – Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2012 Seats 2010 Seats
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD)
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy
Conservative liberalism
ELDR, LI
1948
26,5% 41 20,4% 31
Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
Labour Party
Social democracy
Third Way
PES, SI
1946
24,7% 39 19,6% 30
Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV)
Freedom Party
Right-wing populism
Conservative liberalism

2004
10,1% 15 15,5% 24
Socialistische Partij (SP)
Socialist Party
Democratic socialism

1972
9,6% 15 9,9% 15
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