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    "date": "2025-05-11",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-03: KQZ Regulatory Commission decision nr. 34 of 28.8.2025 (final result, Annex 2) from the KQZ acts register; Electoral Code arts. 11, 145, 162, 167 (kqz.gov.al); Electoral College decisions nr. 29 of 25.08.2025 and nr. 30 of 04.09.2025 (kqz.gov.al); KQZ seat-allocation report for Tirana; Law 35/2016 art. 12",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts not protected by copyright (Albanian Law 35/2016 on copyright, art. 12(1)(b), (dh): legal, administrative and judicial acts, simple data); official publication of the KQZ"
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    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/albania-legislative-2025",
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        "id": "kuvendi",
        "key": "albania-legislative-2025/kuvendi",
        "name": "Kuvendi (Assembly)",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 140,
        "seats_provisional": false,
        "polls_close_utc": "2025-05-11T17:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "al-kqz",
          "name": "Central Election Commission",
          "name_local": "Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve",
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          "at": "2025-08-28T09:30:00Z",
          "source": "https://kqz.gov.al/api/v2/acts-documents/external/0320407c-230a-498e-221a-08dde4908803"
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        "final_expected": {
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          "by": "2025-09-12T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "estimate",
          "basis": "Electoral Code art. 167: 'Rezultati përfundimtar i zgjedhjeve shpallet nga KQZ-ja jo më vonë se 5 ditë nga data e shpalljes së rezultatit për shpërndarjen e mandateve për çdo zonë zgjedhore, sipas pikës 7 të nenit 163 të këtij Kodi dhe pasi të kenë përfunduar procedurat e ankimit' (the KQZ declares the final result no later than 5 days after the seat allocation of every zone is declared and appeals are over). The law sets no calendar date, so expectedBy is an ESTIMATE: the end of 12 Sep 2025 CEST, the day the new Assembly first sat (see albania-legislative-2029). Observed: KQZ Regulatory Commission decision nr. 34, headed 'Data: 28.8.2025 Nr: 34 Ora: 11:30', 'Për shpalljen e rezultatit përfundimtar të zgjedhjeve për Kuvendin e Republikës së Shqipërisë, të datës 11 maj 2025', which 'hyn në fuqi menjëherë' (enters into force at once); 11:30 CEST = 09:30 UTC, day 109 after polling day. The last zone, Tirana, had its seats allocated by Commissioner decision nr. 1355 of 23.07.2025 (as cited in Electoral College decision nr. 30), after KAS decision nr. 102 of 7.7.2025. The decision could be appealed to the Electoral College within 5 days; PD-ASHM did so, and the Electoral College, by majority, decided on 04.09.2025 (decision nr. 30) 'Rrëzimin e kërkesë padisë, si të pa mbështetur në ligj dhe në prova' (rejecting the claim), stating that the decision is final and not open to appeal (as recited in the parallel opinion annexed to decision nr. 30); the result of 28.8.2025 therefore stands. The appeal is optional, so no court-validation stage."
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            "stage": "final-result",
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            "by": "2025-09-12T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Electoral Code art. 167: 'Rezultati përfundimtar i zgjedhjeve shpallet nga KQZ-ja jo më vonë se 5 ditë nga data e shpalljes së rezultatit për shpërndarjen e mandateve për çdo zonë zgjedhore, sipas pikës 7 të nenit 163 të këtij Kodi dhe pasi të kenë përfunduar procedurat e ankimit' (the KQZ declares the final result no later than 5 days after the seat allocation of every zone is declared and appeals are over). The law sets no calendar date, so expectedBy is an ESTIMATE: the end of 12 Sep 2025 CEST, the day the new Assembly first sat (see albania-legislative-2029). Observed: KQZ Regulatory Commission decision nr. 34, headed 'Data: 28.8.2025 Nr: 34 Ora: 11:30', 'Për shpalljen e rezultatit përfundimtar të zgjedhjeve për Kuvendin e Republikës së Shqipërisë, të datës 11 maj 2025', which 'hyn në fuqi menjëherë' (enters into force at once); 11:30 CEST = 09:30 UTC, day 109 after polling day. The last zone, Tirana, had its seats allocated by Commissioner decision nr. 1355 of 23.07.2025 (as cited in Electoral College decision nr. 30), after KAS decision nr. 102 of 7.7.2025. The decision could be appealed to the Electoral College within 5 days; PD-ASHM did so, and the Electoral College, by majority, decided on 04.09.2025 (decision nr. 30) 'Rrëzimin e kërkesë padisë, si të pa mbështetur në ligj dhe në prova' (rejecting the claim), stating that the decision is final and not open to appeal (as recited in the parallel opinion annexed to decision nr. 30); the result of 28.8.2025 therefore stands. The appeal is optional, so no court-validation stage.",
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            "observedAt": "2025-08-28T09:30:00Z",
            "observedSource": "https://kqz.gov.al/api/v2/acts-documents/external/0320407c-230a-498e-221a-08dde4908803"
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        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://kqz.gov.al/api/v2/acts-documents/external/0320407c-230a-498e-221a-08dde4908803",
            "role": "results-final",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "KQZ Regulatory Commission (Komisioni Rregullator) decision nr. 34 of 28.8.2025, 11:30, 'Për shpalljen e rezultatit përfundimtar të zgjedhjeve për Kuvendin e Republikës së Shqipërisë, të datës 11 maj 2025' (declaring the final result of the 11 May 2025 Assembly election), 18-page scanned PDF signed by the five members (3 for, 2 against). Annex 1: votes, seats and elected deputies per zone (qark); Annex 2: 'Numri i votave dhe mandateve për çdo subjekt zgjedhor në rang vendi' (national votes and seats per electoral subject). Served by the KQZ acts register at https://kqz.gov.al/akte (filter KR decisions, 2025, nr. 34). Read 3 Oct 2026.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://iemis.kqz.gov.al/results2025/?lang=EN&v1=ALL",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "race_results",
            "kindReason": "election code and results marker",
            "resolvable": true,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "KQZ results site for the 11 May 2025 election. Marked 'Preliminary election information' and '(*) - Preliminary results', last updated 26/05/2025 08:50 with 5,218 of 5,225 domestic polling centres; it predates the Tirana recount (KAS decision nr. 102 of 7.7.2025), so its figures differ slightly from the final result and none is used here. Behind an Incapsula challenge for scripts; read through a text proxy on 3 Oct 2026.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://kqz.gov.al/pdf/kodi-zgjedhor.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Electoral Code (Law 10019/2008, as amended), consolidated text on kqz.gov.al: art. 11(1) polls 7:00-19:00 in the 15 April-15 May period; art. 162-163 seat allocation per zone; art. 167 final result; art. 145 appeal to the Electoral College. Read 3 Oct 2026.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://kqz.gov.al/media/documents/2025_6586_Kolegji_Zgjedhor_vendim_30._PD.pdf",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Electoral College (Kolegji Zgjedhor Gjyqësor, at the Administrative Court of Appeal, Tirana) decision nr. 30 of 04.09.2025 on the PD-ASHM appeal seeking to change KR decision nr. 34 of 28.08.2025 (case registered 01.09.2025): by majority, the claim was rejected ('Rrëzimin e kërkesë padisë, si të pa mbështetur në ligj dhe në prova'), with no further appeal. 62-page scanned PDF, stamped received by the KQZ on 17.10.2025. Read 3 Oct 2026.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Albanian_parliamentary_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://kqz.gov.al/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
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        "government": null,
        "results": [
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "published_at": "2025-08-28",
            "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z",
            "source": "https://kqz.gov.al/api/v2/acts-documents/external/0320407c-230a-498e-221a-08dde4908803",
            "publisher": "Central Election Commission (KQZ), Regulatory Commission decision nr. 34 of 28.8.2025, Annex 2",
            "licence": "Not protected by copyright: official administrative act (Law 35/2016 on copyright and related rights, art. 12(1)(b) and (dh)); official publication of the KQZ, whose site states no reuse terms beyond 'Të gjithë të drejtat e rezervuara'",
            "total_votes": 1606057,
            "electorate": null,
            "ballots": null,
            "turnout": null,
            "note": "National votes and seats for all 11 electoral subjects exactly as in Annex 2 ('Rezultati përfundimtar i zgjedhjeve në rang vendi') of KQZ Regulatory Commission decision nr. 34 of 28.8.2025, names as the annex writes them, sorted here by votes (the annex lists them in ballot order 1-11). Total ('Gjithsej') 1,606,057 valid votes and 140 seats; the 11 rows add up to 1,606,057 and 83+50+1+3+2+1 = 140. Seats are allocated per zone (12 qarqe) by D'Hondt among subjects with at least 1% of valid votes nationally (Electoral Code art. 162). Abbreviations in the annex: PS, PD-AMSH, NISMA-SHB, PSD, MUNDËSIA, BASHKË, KEA, DZH, AKSH, LA, ADR. The decision gives no electorate, ballots cast or invalid ballots, so these are left out (the KQZ results site gives only preliminary figures). Licence basis: Law no. 35/2016 'Për të drejtat e autorit dhe të drejtat e tjera të lidhura me to', art. 12(1): 'Nuk janë objekt i së drejtës së autorit dhe nuk gëzojnë mbrojtje nga ky ligj: ... b) shpikjet, aktet ligjore, administrative dhe gjyqësore, si dhe krijime të tjera zyrtare dhe koleksionet e tyre, të paraqitura me qëllim që të informohet zyrtarisht publiku; ... dh) të dhënat dhe faktet e thjeshta' (text as published, read in the copy at https://fletoret.com/ligji-35-2016.pdf; law listed at https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/21610, amended by Law 37/2022). The decision says it 'publikohet në faqen zyrtare të internetit të Komisionit Qendror të Zgjedhjeve' (is published on the KQZ's official website). The kqz.gov.al footer reads '© 2026 | Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve - Të gjithë të drejtat e rezervuara' (all rights reserved) and states no other reuse terms.",
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                "votes": 855831,
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                "candidate": "Koalicioni Partia Demokratike-Aleanca për Shqipërinë Madhështore",
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