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French Green party leader and Left-wing coalition substitute candidate (NFP-EELV) Marine Tondelier votes in Henin-Beaumont in the first round of the French general elections. IMAGES
Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to Rutte, casts her ballot. Yesilgoz is hoping to cap a meteoric career by clinching the top job. Born in Turkey, the charismatic 46-year-old has taken a hard line on immigration, pledging to drive down refugee numbers -- a paradox to many as she arrived as a young girl following her asylum-seeking father. IMAGES
Portuguese far-right Chega party leader, Andre Ventura, votes in a close-fought general election, with no party expected to garner a majority in parliament in a fragmented political landscape that could see the far right make huge gains. Founded in 2019, Chega, or "Enough", won one seat in parliament that same year, a first for a far-right party since the end of Portugal's dictatorship. IMAGES
Anti-lslam leader Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party (PVV) is the second biggest in the Dutch parliament, casts his vote on the final day of a coronavirus-dominated election. IMAGES
Spanish Popular Party leader Pablo Casado casts his vote in the country's fourth general election in as many years amid heightened tensions over Catalonia's separatist push. IMAGES of Casado voting