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Dutch elections ended in deadlock between right and left, early projections showed Wednesday, a splintered outcome that spelled weeks and possibly months of haggling to fashion a ruling coalition among parties deeply split on immigration and how to curb government spending.
Unofficial projections showed the left-leaning Labor Party and the free-market VVD with 31 seats each in the 150-seat parliament.
The anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders scored its best-ever 23.
The governing Christian Democrats suffered a humiliating defeat with 22 seats — nearly half its current strength — and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told supporters he was leaving politics. Balkenende will remain caretaker premier until a new Cabinet is installed.
