About a total of 13 million adult citizens in the
Netherlands have gone to the polls to elect new Prime Minister. It is an election
which is being keenly contested by Mr Wilders and the present Prime Minister
Mark Rutte.
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit: “Pollsters
indicate that a majority of voters are still in doubt between several parties,
suggesting that these debates could have a significant influence on the final
result.”
In the meantime, Mr Rutte is taking a tough line on Turkey
after banning Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam as part of a row
over Ankara’s political campaigning among emigres.
Saying that the "inflammatory remarks" by Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan, who likened the Dutch to the Nazis, would not help curb
a diplomatic row between the two countries.
Mr Erdogan wants to gain support from Dutch Turks as part of
his bid to win sweeping new powers in a referendum in Turkey on April 16.
With only a day to go before the election in the
Netherlands, here is a look at the latest news, polls and updates.
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