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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

Netherlands set for first new prime minister in 13 years as voters head to polls

VVD party leader Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius campaigning in Amsterdam.
VVD party leader Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius campaigning in Amsterdam. Photograph: Ramon van Flymen/EPA

Dutch voters are voting in a knife-edge general election that will usher in the country’s first new prime minister in 13 years, with four parties from left to far right vying to become the largest in parliament.

From the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam to the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, more than 13 million voters will cast their ballot between 7.30am and 9pm in elections that could set the country on a different course after Mark Rutte’s four consecutive governments.

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