Labour leader Diederik Samsom stressed his social democratic party had most in common with the Socialist Party.
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Labour leader Diederik Samsom won over supporters with his polished performances during a marathon run of televised debates.
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Mr Rutte and Mr Samsom had turned the final three weeks of the campaign into a political duel.
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The two leading candidates are the former prime minister, the right-of-centre Mark Rutte, and the centre-left Labour Party's Diederik Samsom.
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Labour Party leader Diederik Samsom, who has advocated spending on job-creation programmes, indicated he would bargain hard in coalition talks.
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Mr Wilders' party took heavy losses in the election, while VVD claimed overall victory with Diederik Samsom's Labour Party coming a close second.
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Mr Samsom's approach has been broadly seen as a nod to the policies of France's recently elected Socialist President, Francois Hollande, who wants to increase spending and raise taxes on the rich.
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