THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The centrist D66 party will eke out a victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom in the Dutch national election, according to an estimation Friday by national news agency ANP.

The ANP prediction uses a count of nearly all of the ballots and an analysis of the remaining votes based on previous voting patterns. The remaining votes are mostly from Dutch nationals living overseas who vote by mail.

The ANP projection means that D66 party leader Rob Jetten is likely to be the country’s next prime minister. He told reporters on Friday the results show that voters want an end to “political nonsense.”

The 38-year old would be the country’s youngest and first openly gay leader.

Jetten will begin discussions next week to appoint a sco

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