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    "date": "2027-08-31",
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    "timezone": "Africa/Luanda",
    "status": "scheduled",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution arts. 109, 112-114, 128, 143-144 (2021 revision, CNE PDF); Lei n.º 36/11 Lei Orgânica sobre as Eleições Gerais, 2025 republication (AngoLEX) and the Government bill (parlamento.ao); cne.ao news and 2022 final-results edital; Euronews PT, Observador, ECO (2022) and Embassy of Angola in Japan (2017) for precedents",
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        "key": "angola-general-2027/assembly",
        "name": "National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional); the head of the national list of the most-voted party becomes President",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-08-31T17:00:00Z",
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          "name": "National Electoral Commission",
          "name_local": "Comissão Nacional Eleitoral",
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          "from": "2027-09-04T08:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-09-15T22:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Lei n.º 36/11, art. 135.º(3): the CNE President announces the final results of the national tally 'no prazo máximo de 15 (quinze) dias contados a partir da data do encerramento da votação', posted by edital at the CNE; art. 138.º: official map in the Diário da República within 72 h after the tally. For a 31 Aug vote the deadline is Wed 15 Sep 2027, so the window closes at the end of that day WAT. Precedents: 2022 edital of the final results dated Luanda, 29 Aug 2022 (day 5; CNE edital PDF); 2017 final results on 6 Sep 2017 (day 14; Embassy of Angola in Japan, 7 Sep 2017). The opening, 09:00 WAT on day 4, is an ESTIMATED floor one day earlier than the 2022 precedent. If the polling day moves, shift every window with it."
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-08-31T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-02T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-09-04T08:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Lei n.º 36/11 as amended in 2025, art. 105.º: polls close at 18:00 WAT (UTC+1, no DST) = 17:00 UTC, later where voters are still queuing; art. 135.º(1): the CNE releases provisional results by constituency as polling-station data arrive. Precedent 2022 (vote Wed 24 Aug, polls then closed at 17:00): the CNE had published provisional figures with 86.41% counted by 07:09 CEST on 25 Aug (Euronews PT, 25 Aug 2022), about 13 h after the close; Observador at 12:50 on 25 Aug still reported 86.41%. The window closes at the end of Thursday 2 Sep 2027 WAT (day 2). Provisional, not the final result.",
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            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-09-04T08:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-15T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Lei n.º 36/11, art. 135.º(3): the CNE President announces the final results of the national tally 'no prazo máximo de 15 (quinze) dias contados a partir da data do encerramento da votação', posted by edital at the CNE; art. 138.º: official map in the Diário da República within 72 h after the tally. For a 31 Aug vote the deadline is Wed 15 Sep 2027, so the window closes at the end of that day WAT. Precedents: 2022 edital of the final results dated Luanda, 29 Aug 2022 (day 5; CNE edital PDF); 2017 final results on 6 Sep 2017 (day 14; Embassy of Angola in Japan, 7 Sep 2017). The opening, 09:00 WAT on day 4, is an ESTIMATED floor one day earlier than the 2022 precedent. If the polling day moves, shift every window with it.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "court-validation",
            "from": "2027-09-07T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-25T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Only if a contestant appeals: Lei n.º 36/11, art. 6.º (the Constitutional Court rules on the regularity and validity of the elections in the last instance), art. 157.º (appeal within 72 h of notice of the CNE's decision), art. 159.º(2) (72 h for counter-arguments), art. 160.º (plenary decides 'definitivamente' within 72 h after that). About 9 days after the CNE's decision; from the latest final result (15 Sep) that is ~24 Sep, and the window closes at the end of 25 Sep WAT. Precedent 2022: the Court rejected the appeals against the 29 Aug result on 8 Sep 2022 (ECO and Observador, 8 Sep 2022), day 15; the President-elect was sworn in on 15 Sep 2022 (Observador, 8 Sep 2022), within the 15 days after the official publication of the final results set by Constitution art. 114.º(2). The floor (day 8) is an estimate.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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        ],
        "sources": [
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            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Lei n.º 36/11 (Lei Orgânica sobre as Eleições Gerais), republication 'Versão 2025' on the AngoLEX legislation portal (a private portal, not the Diário da República): art. 3.º (date: preferably the 2nd half of August, set by presidential decree), art. 105.º (voters admitted until 17:00, polls close 18:00), art. 135.º (provisional results as they arrive; final result within 15 days of the close of voting; results by municipality on the CNE portal), art. 138.º (official map in the Diário da República within 72 h), arts. 155.º-160.º (appeals to the Constitutional Court, 72 h + 72 h + 72 h). Art. 211.º-B names 'as eleições gerais de 2027'. The number of the 2025 amending law was not found; Parliament passed the amendments in the final global vote on 12 Aug 2025 (RNA, rna.ao, 12 Aug 2025).",
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            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "The Government's bill amending Lei n.º 36/11, on the National Assembly's portal: art. 105.º as amended (admitted until 17:00, polls close 18:00) and arts. 131.º-132.º (national tally from the polling-station minutes). Matches the AngoLEX 2025 text; the version adopted in Aug 2025 was not seen in the Diário da República.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.cne.ao/storage/legislations/CNE-Legisla%C3%A7%C3%A3o-3627285608aad1.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution of the Republic of Angola as revised in 2021, consolidated text on the CNE's legislation page: art. 109.º (the head of the national list of the most-voted party is elected President), art. 112.º (general elections called up to 90 days before the end of the terms, held preferably in the second half of August), art. 113.º (5-year presidential term from the swearing-in), art. 114.º (swearing-in within 15 days of the official publication of the final results), art. 128.º (early elections within 90 days after a presidential self-dismissal), arts. 143.º-144.º (5-year legislature; 130 national seats plus 5 per province). DATE WORKING: the President was sworn in on 15 Sep 2022, so both terms end in 2027; art. 112.º(2) and LOEG art. 3.º(3) point to the 'segunda quinzena do mês de Agosto' (16-31 Aug 2027), the day to be set by presidential decree called at least 90 days before the terms end (by about mid-June 2027). The date given is the last day of that window, Tue 31 Aug 2027, and is TENTATIVE; 2017 (23 Aug) and 2022 (24 Aug) were both Wednesdays in the window. The window is 'preferencialmente', not binding. Snap-election risk: a presidential self-dismissal (art. 128.º) dissolves the Assembly and triggers elections within 90 days. SEATS not set: 5 seats per province, and Angola has 21 provinces since the political-administrative division that took effect on 1 Jan 2025 (Vatican News PT, Jan 2025; 18 in 2022, 220 seats per the CNE 2022 edital); the CNE has not published the 2027 seat count.",
            "check": null
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          {
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            "note": "CNE news item, 3 Sep 2026: voter-register update 'para as Eleições Gerais de 2027'. No polling day announced (checked 26 Sep 2026). There is no CNE results index: the 2022 count was on a per-election host, https://resultados2022eleicoesgerais.cne.ao (linked as 'Resultados Definitivos' from www.cne.ao; it timed out on 26 Sep 2026), and the 2022 final result is the CNE edital PDF at https://www.cne.ao/storage/arquivos/EDITAL%20dos%20resultados%20definitvos%20do%20Apuramento%20Nacional,%20referente%20%C3%A0s%20Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20Gerais%20do%20dia%2024%20de%20Agosto%20de%202022.pdf. The 2027 results URL is not known: do not assume it follows the 2022 pattern.",
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            "origin": "race",
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