Parliament elections in the Netherlands: the results

Today were the elections for the new Parliament in the Netherlands. The turnout was more than 80%. All big political parties have lost votes to smaller parties on the left and the right side of the political spectrum.

The current government is a coalition of Christian-Democrats (CDA) and the Liberals/Conservatives (VVD).
With today's election result this coaltion will not be possible.

There are 150 seats in Parliament, now distributed as follows:
In the middle part of the political spectrum:
CDA (Christian Democrats) - 41
PvdA (Social Democrats) - 33
VVD (Liberal/Conservatives) - 22
D66 (Liberal Democrats) - 3

Left and right in Parliament:
SP (Socialists) - 25
Groen Links (Green Left) - 6
CU (Christian Union) - 6
PvdV (New right wing, anti-Islam party) - 9
SGP (conservative christians) - 2
PvdD (Party for the Animals) - 2

All moderate parties lost seats, the more radical parties have won. The biggest winners are the Socialist Party, that went from 9 to 26 seats, and the PvdV (particularly anti-Islam), a new arrival with 9 seats.

The party connected with the assasinated politician Pim Fortuyn lost all of its 8 seats and dissappears from the parliament.

The results mean (very likely) that the current Prime-Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende will become PM for the 4th time in a row.
The new government will probably be a coalition of the Christian Democrats, the Social Democrats and a third party. The 2 biggest parties do not have a majority (together only 73 seats, for a majority 76 seats are needed), so they will need another coalition partner.
Which partner will be chosen is impossible to say - negotiations will start as of tomorrow.

In Amsterdam the Social Democrats remain the biggest party, although they lost. The Socialist Party has won considerably, as have the Green Left party. With a total of some 60% of the votes for left wing parties, Amsterdam remains the left-oriented city it always has been.