In pictures: Dutch election night

The centre-left coalition has suffered a crushing defeat in the Dutch general election.

Murdered politician Pim Fortuyn's anti-immigration party received strong support, coming second after the centre-right Christian Democrats.

The election was dominated by the murder of Pim Fortuyn...

...whose party achieved a stunning election success

List Pim Fortuyn will enter the Dutch parliament in force

But the main winners are the Christian Democrats...

Whose leader, dubbed "the Harry Potter of Dutch politics", is set to become prime minister

But it was not such a happy for some politicians

The Labour Party, the dominant force in Dutch politics before the election, was heavily defeated