In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the Europe Union, the exit poll indicated that Wilders’ Party for Freedom had made the biggest gains — winning seven seats, up from just one in the last parliament.

The poll of some 20,000 voters published by national broadcaster NOS predicted the center-left alliance would win eight of 31 European Parliament seats up for grabs in the Netherlands.

Wilders was jubilant.

“The biggest winner,” he said on X, formerly Twitter. “And super tense because in Sunday’s final result we can still become the biggest.”