Democrats 66 (D66) leader Rob Jetten addresses supporters following the exit poll and early results in the Dutch parliamentary elections in Leiden on Wednesday.

The centrist D66 party was on course to win the most votes in the Dutch national election and defeat the far right, exit polls showed on Wednesday, opening a path for its leader Rob Jetten to form a government as the youngest ever prime minister of the Netherlands.

Two exit polls projected D66 to win 27 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, beating far-right leader Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party on 25. The polls have a margin of error of up to three seats.

Cheers and chants of “Yes, we can” broke out at the D66 election night celebration as the crowd waved Dutch flags.

“One thing is very certain,” Jetten told the crowd

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