A center-left party was poised to become the country’s largest political party, according to exit polls. The anti-immigrant Party for Freedom, led by Mr. Wilders, was expected to lose 12 seats.

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    Other Dutch far-right parties seemed to gain much of the ground that the PVV had ceded, with two parties, JA21 and Forum for Democracy, poised to pick up 11 seats — nearly as many as Mr. Wilders’ party had lost, according to exit polls.

    So this wasn’t a rejection of the far right, just a rejection r of Wilders. Also the left coalition seems to have lost seats. Still though, a much better outcome than some predicted