In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ far right Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be the biggest winner of the European Union elections.

Early analyses of the results are saying that the PVV, which stood for the first time in EU elections, has won four seats. The Christian Democrats, which remained the biggest party, lost two of its seven seats, and the Labour Party dropped from seven to four seats. The conservative VVD party and D66 both took three seats. The Green Left, Socialist Party and the Christian Union-SGP coalition won two seats each.

There were 25 Dutch seats to be contested in the EU elections. Five years ago, the figure was 27. Turnout for the latest elections was 40 percent, a fraction higher than for the last EU elections five years ago.

The only other country to vote on Thursday was the United Kingdom. The other 25 member states will vote in the coming three days. Most will go to the polls on Sunday.