GreenLeft proves to be big winner in Dutch election

Party forecast to boost its MPs from four to 14 after storming campaign by young leader Jesse Klaver

The big winner of Wednesday's election - and now the largest party of the Dutch left for the first time - was GreenLeft, headed by 30-year-old Jesse Klaver, hailed by his enthusiastic supporters as the "Jessiah".

With more than 95% of votes counted, the party - formed 25 years ago by a merger of communists, pacifists, evangelicals and self-styled radicals - boosted its MPs from four to 14 after a storming campaign by Klaver.