Support for the right-wing Liberal VVD, one of just two parties left in the coalition government, has slumped again, according to a new poll for current affairs show EenVandaag.

The poll puts the VVD, which won 24 seats in the 2023 general election, on just 15 seats in the 150-seat lower house, its lowest level in years. Party leader Dilan Yesilgöz’s popularity has also dropped sharply, with more than half of VVD voters saying she should step down.

Yesilgöz’s standing has been damaged by her reaction on social media to singer Douwe Bob’s decision to pull out of performing at a football tournament for Jewish children, after he raised concerns about pro-Zionist information circulating around the event.

Support for Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV has grown, with the party projected to win 33 seats in October’s general election, the EenVandaag poll of over 1,500 people showed.  That is an improvement on its last showing in the polls but still below the 37 seats it won in 2023.

The GroenLinks-PvdA alliance is in second place on 26 seats, one more than it currently holds, while the CDA has risen to third with 22. The Christian Democrats won just five seats at the last election but have been boosted by new leader Henri Bontenbal.

The CDA is likely to hold a key role in the formation of a new government and 52% of its voters say an alliance with the GroenLinks-PvdA group would be acceptable. Some 81% say the VVD and 82% say D66 are also acceptable coalition partners.

Bontenbal is also currently by far the most popular choice for prime minister, according to a July poll involving 21,000 members of the RTL readers’ panel.

An Ipsos-I&O poll at the end of July put the far-right PVV on 27 seats, with the CDA and the PvdA-GroenLinks alliance both on 24.

The Netherlands will vote for a new government on October 29.