Up to 13 million people in the Netherlands are voting in today's Dutch election seen as a face-off between Geert Wilders and the current Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Mr Wilders, the leader of the anti-Islamist Party for Freedom (PVV), is taking on Mr Rutte, from the Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), in the knife-edge election race.
The blonde populist has already cast his vote in the election after a fiery election campaign in which he pledged to shut the country's borders, ban the Koran and close mosques.
The election is overshadowed by spat with Turkey after Turkish ministers were banned from speaking in Rotterdam as part of a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among emigres.
As the people in the Netherlands go to the polls today, here is a look at the latest news, opinion polls and updates on the Dutch election.
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