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    "date": "2029-10-16",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round (tentatively 16 Sep 2029; Constitution art. 85, ordonnance 21-01 arts. 247-248), between the two candidates with the most votes. Date TENTATIVE, the latest lawful one: art. 257 (not changed by LO 26-05 on this point) fixes round 2 'au quinzième (15ème) jour après la proclamation des résultats du premier tour par la Cour constitutionnelle', and 'la durée maximale entre le premier et le deuxième tour ne doit pas dépasser trente (30) jours' - 16 Sep + 30 days = Tue 16 Oct 2029. With the 2024 pace (Court proclamation seven days after polling) round 2 would fall about 22 days after round 1. If a round-2 candidate dies or is legally prevented, the whole election is rerun (Constitution art. 95; art. 257 as amended).",
    "timezone": "Africa/Algiers",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
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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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        "name": "President of the Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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          "name": "Independent National Authority for Elections",
          "name_local": "Autorité nationale indépendante des élections",
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          "homepage": "https://ina-elections.dz/",
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          "from": "2029-10-18T23:00:00Z",
          "by": "2029-11-01T22:59:59Z",
          "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. The elected president takes office on taking the oath before Parliament within the week after the election (Constitution art. 89 as revised in 2026)."
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            "from": "2029-10-16T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-10-22T18:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-11-01T22:59:59Z",
            "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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            "from": "2029-10-18T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-11-01T22:59:59Z",
            "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. The elected president takes office on taking the oath before Parliament within the week after the election (Constitution art. 89 as revised in 2026).",
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        "sources": [
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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/",
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            "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).",
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            "note": "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 (second-round date), 259-260 (provisional and final results), 272 (wilaya commissions).",
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            "url": "https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/JO-FRANCAIS/2026/F2026024.pdf",
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            "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.",
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            "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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