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    "subdivision_name": null,
    "date": "2029-09-16",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "presidential",
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    "timezone": "Africa/Algiers",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution 2020 arts. 85, 88, 89, 91, 95, 191 (JO n° 82/2020) and Loi n° 26-04 of 26 Mar 2026 (JO n° 22/2026); Ordonnance n° 21-01 arts. 131-132, 245-248, 256-260, 272 (JO n° 17/2021) as amended by Loi organique n° 26-05 (JO n° 24/2026), all on joradp.dz; Constitutional Court Proclamation n° 09/P.C.C/24 (JO n° 63/2024); ina-elections.dz results index; cour-constitutionnelle.dz proclamations page; algerie-eco.com/APS on the 17 Sep 2024 oath",
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    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/algeria-presidential-2029",
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        "id": "president",
        "key": "algeria-presidential-2029/president",
        "name": "President of the Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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        "seats_provisional": false,
        "polls_close_utc": "2029-09-16T18:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Independent National Authority for Elections",
          "name_local": "Autorité nationale indépendante des élections",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://ina-elections.dz/",
          "results_index": "https://ina-elections.dz/%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa/",
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          "from": "2029-09-18T23:00:00Z",
          "by": "2029-10-02T22:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Constitution art. 191: the Constitutional Court rules on appeals against the provisional results and 'proclame les résultats définitifs'. Ordonnance 21-01 art. 259: appeals within 48 h of ANIE's provisional proclamation; art. 260: the Court rules on them within three days and 'proclame les résultats définitifs de l'élection présidentielle dans un délai de dix (10) jours, à partir de la date de réception des procès-verbaux transmis par le Président de l'Autorité indépendante'. Latest: ANIE's provisional proclamation at the end of the 72 h + 72 h window, plus 10 days; the window closes at the end of that day, Algiers time (UTC+1). The opening is an ESTIMATED floor (provisional results the day after polling, as in 2024, then the 48 h appeal period). 2024 precedent: Proclamation n° 09/P.C.C/24 of Sat 14 Sep 2024, seven days after the 7 Sep vote, deliberated on 10-14 Sep after two appeals filed on 10 Sep (JO n° 63 of 15 Sep 2024; https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2024/F2024063.pdf). The Court's proclamation is itself the final result: there is no separate court-validation stage. Art. 256: after round 1 the Court 'proclame les résultats du premier tour et désigne les deux candidats appelés à participer au deuxième tour, le cas échéant'."
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            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2029-09-16T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-09-22T18:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-10-02T22:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Ordonnance 21-01 art. 132 (unchanged by LO 26-05): polling 'ouvert à huit (8) heures et clos le même jour à dix-neuf (19) heures'; the ANIE president may extend closing 'jusqu'à vingt (20) heures, maximum' and may open up to 72 h earlier in remote communes (120 h abroad). Algeria is on UTC+1 all year (no DST): 19:00 local = 18:00 UTC; an extension would move it to 19:00 UTC at the latest. Ordonnance 21-01 art. 272: the wilaya electoral commissions finish centralising the presidential vote 'au plus tard, dans les soixante-douze (72) heures qui suivent la clôture du scrutin' and send their minutes to the Constitutional Court and ANIE; art. 259 (as amended by LO 26-05): the ANIE president proclaims the provisional results, after approval by the ANIE Council, 'au plus tard, dans un délai de soixante-douze (72) heures' from receipt of those minutes. Close + 72 h + 72 h gives the window's end. 2024 precedent: ANIE proclaimed the provisional results of the 7 Sep 2024 election on 8 Sep 2024, the day after polling (Constitutional Court Proclamation n° 09/P.C.C/24, JO n° 63 of 15 Sep 2024, which cites 'la proclamation de l'Autorité nationale indépendante des élections du ... 8 septembre 2024'). Provisional, not the final result.",
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            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2029-09-18T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-10-02T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 191: the Constitutional Court rules on appeals against the provisional results and 'proclame les résultats définitifs'. Ordonnance 21-01 art. 259: appeals within 48 h of ANIE's provisional proclamation; art. 260: the Court rules on them within three days and 'proclame les résultats définitifs de l'élection présidentielle dans un délai de dix (10) jours, à partir de la date de réception des procès-verbaux transmis par le Président de l'Autorité indépendante'. Latest: ANIE's provisional proclamation at the end of the 72 h + 72 h window, plus 10 days; the window closes at the end of that day, Algiers time (UTC+1). The opening is an ESTIMATED floor (provisional results the day after polling, as in 2024, then the 48 h appeal period). 2024 precedent: Proclamation n° 09/P.C.C/24 of Sat 14 Sep 2024, seven days after the 7 Sep vote, deliberated on 10-14 Sep after two appeals filed on 10 Sep (JO n° 63 of 15 Sep 2024; https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2024/F2024063.pdf). The Court's proclamation is itself the final result: there is no separate court-validation stage. Art. 256: after round 1 the Court 'proclame les résultats du premier tour et désigne les deux candidats appelés à participer au deuxième tour, le cas échéant'.",
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            "observedAt": null,
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        "sources": [
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "ANIE results index ('نتائج الإنتخابات'): a selector listing every election ANIE has run, from the 12 Dec 2019 presidential to the 2 Jul 2026 legislative (checked 2 Oct 2026); results load per election via the selector. No 2029 entry yet. ANIE's figures are the provisional results, not the proclaimed result.",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://cour-constitutionnelle.dz/2022/02/15/proclamations-2022/",
            "role": "results-final",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitutional Court 'Proclamations de la Cour' page: it carries the Court's most recent proclamation (on 2 Oct 2026, that of 18 Jul 2026 on the APN election of 2 Jul 2026), so it is overwritten election by election, not a page for this election. The proclamation is also published in the Journal officiel; 2024 equivalent: Proclamation n° 09/P.C.C/24 of 14 Sep 2024, JO n° 63 of 15 Sep 2024 (https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2024/F2024063.pdf).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2021/F2021017.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
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            "note": "Polling day 16 Sep 2029 is TENTATIVE: the latest lawful date. Constitution art. 88: 'La durée du mandat présidentiel est de cinq (5) ans'; art. 89: the president 'entre en fonction aussitôt après sa prestation de serment'. The incumbent took the oath on Tue 17 Sep 2024 after the early election of 7 Sep 2024 (algerie-eco.com/APS, 17 Sep 2024), so the term ends on 17 Sep 2029. Ordonnance 21-01 art. 245 (not amended in 2026): 'Les élections présidentielles ont lieu dans les trente (30) jours qui précèdent l'expiration du mandat' - i.e. between Sat 18 Aug and Sun 16 Sep 2029; the latest day is used. Art. 246 (LO 26-05): the electorate is convoked by presidential decree 90 days before polling (for 16 Sep, by Mon 18 Jun 2029); art. 131: the decree fixes the date. Polling day can fall on any weekday (2019: Thu 12 Dec; 2024: Sat 7 Sep). Constitution art. 91(11) lets the president call an early presidential election, as in 2024 (Décret présidentiel n° 24-182 of 8 Jun 2024), so the date may come earlier. Ordonnance n° 21-01 of 10 Mar 2021 (organic law on the electoral regime), JO n° 17 of 10 Mar 2021: art. 132 (polling hours), 245-248 (timing, convocation, two rounds), 256-257 (first-round proclamation, second round), 259-260 (provisional and final results), 272 (wilaya commissions).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2026/F2026024.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Loi organique n° 26-05 of 4 Apr 2026 amending ordonnance 21-01, JO n° 24 of 4 Apr 2026: arts. 132, 246, 257, 259 and 272 amended; the deadlines used here (8:00-19:00 voting, 90-day convocation, 15th day / 30-day maximum for round 2, 72 h + 72 h for provisional results) are unchanged; art. 245 and art. 260 are not amended.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2020/F2020082.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution of 2020 (JO n° 82 of 30 Dec 2020): art. 85 (absolute majority), 88 (five-year term), 89 (entry into office on taking the oath), 91(11) (early presidential elections), 95, 191 (the Constitutional Court proclaims the final results). Revised by Loi n° 26-04 of 26 Mar 2026 (https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2026/F2026022.pdf), which amended arts. 87, 89 (oath now before Parliament, still 'dans la semaine qui suit son élection') and 91 but not arts. 85, 88 or 191.",
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            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2029_Algerian_presidential_election",
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