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The assassination shocked many residents of the Netherlands and highlighted the cultural clashes within the country.
The LPF made an unprecedented debut in the House of Representatives by winning 26 seats ( 17 % of the 150 seats in the house ).
The LPF joined a cabinet with the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, but conflicts in the rudderless LPF quickly collapsed the cabinet, forcing new elections.
It won no seats in the 2006 elections, by which time the Party for Freedom, led by Geert Wilders, had emerged as a successor.
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