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    "country_name": "Austria",
    "date": "2028-10-08",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Vienna",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: B-VG arts. 60, 141 and BPräsWG 1971 §§ 1, 10, 14, 14a, 15-19, 21, 22 (ris.bka.gv.at, Fassung vom 25.09.2026), NRWO 1992 § 52; BMI Bundespräsidentenwahl 2022 and 2016 pages, 2022 Wahlkalender and Kundmachung der Bundeswahlbehörde of 17 Oct 2022 (bmi.gv.at); BMI press release OTS0182 of 10 Oct 2022, OTS0003 of 30 Sep 2024 (ots.at); Parlamentskorrespondenz PK0071 of 26 Jan 2023 (parlament.gv.at)",
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        "name": "Federal President",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2028-10-08T15:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board)",
          "name_local": "Bundesministerium für Inneres – Bundeswahlbehörde",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/",
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          "from": "2028-10-13T07:00:00Z",
          "by": "2028-10-22T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "The Bundeswahlbehörde declares the result (§§ 16(5), 17) and publishes it 'unverzüglich' on the BMI notice board and the internet (§ 21(1)), after the state authorities' files arrive (by the fifth day, § 15(2)) and the 48-hour objection period (§ 16(1)). If no candidate has an absolute majority it must order the second round 'spätestens am achten Tag nach dem Wahltag' (§ 19(1)): Mon 16 Oct 2028. Precedent from the BMI's own pages: 2022 Kundmachung of 17 Oct 2022 (day 8; OTS0182 had announced that date), 2016 first round Verlautbarung of 2 May 2016 (day 8). The opening, Friday 13 Oct 2028 09:00 CEST (day 5), is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Sunday 22 Oct 2028 (day 14), well past precedent. A candidate's representative may challenge the declaration at the Verfassungsgerichtshof within one week, and the court decides within four weeks (§ 21(2)); only then does the Federal Chancellor publish the result in the Bundesgesetzblatt (§ 22; B-VG art. 60(4)). The court acts only on a challenge (in 2016 it annulled the second round, VfGH W I 6/2016 of 1 Jul 2016, and it was repeated on 4 Dec 2016), so there is no court-validation stage. The incumbent's term ends on 26 Jan 2029."
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2028-10-08T15:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-09T01:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2028-10-09T07:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Polls close no later than 17:00 local (NRWO § 52(2), applied by BPräsWG § 10(1)); 8 Oct 2028 is CEST (UTC+2), so 15:00 UTC. Municipal results are published from 17:00 on polling day (2022 Wahlkalender, NRWO § 86(5)). Election-night timing is taken from the 2024 National Council precedent, run by the same authorities: the BMI's national preliminary result (excluding postal ballot cards counted on Monday) at 00:44 CEST (OTS0003, 30 Sep 2024); the 2022 presidential election-night release time was not checked. The window closes at 03:00 CEST Monday. Preliminary, not the declared result.",
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          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2028-10-09T07:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-10T10:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2028-10-13T07:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "BPräsWG § 14a(1): 'Am Tag nach der Wahl, 9.00 Uhr' the district electoral authorities count the postal ballot cards (Mon 9 Oct 2028, 07:00 UTC). Unlike a National Council election there is no Thursday count: ballot cards are counted where they were cast (§ 14(3)). 2022 precedent: the BMI published the 'vorläufiges Endergebnis nach vollständiger Auswertung der Wahlkarten' at 22:21 CEST on Mon 10 Oct 2022 (OTS0182). The window closes at 12:00 CEST Tuesday, about 14 h past precedent. Still provisional.",
            "source": null,
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2028-10-13T07:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-22T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The Bundeswahlbehörde declares the result (§§ 16(5), 17) and publishes it 'unverzüglich' on the BMI notice board and the internet (§ 21(1)), after the state authorities' files arrive (by the fifth day, § 15(2)) and the 48-hour objection period (§ 16(1)). If no candidate has an absolute majority it must order the second round 'spätestens am achten Tag nach dem Wahltag' (§ 19(1)): Mon 16 Oct 2028. Precedent from the BMI's own pages: 2022 Kundmachung of 17 Oct 2022 (day 8; OTS0182 had announced that date), 2016 first round Verlautbarung of 2 May 2016 (day 8). The opening, Friday 13 Oct 2028 09:00 CEST (day 5), is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Sunday 22 Oct 2028 (day 14), well past precedent. A candidate's representative may challenge the declaration at the Verfassungsgerichtshof within one week, and the court decides within four weeks (§ 21(2)); only then does the Federal Chancellor publish the result in the Bundesgesetzblatt (§ 22; B-VG art. 60(4)). The court acts only on a challenge (in 2016 it annulled the second round, VfGH W I 6/2016 of 1 Jul 2016, and it was repeated on 4 Dec 2016), so there is no court-validation stage. The incumbent's term ends on 26 Jan 2029.",
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundeswahlbehörde) index of presidential elections, not a page for this election. On 25 Sep 2026 it listed 2022 back to 2004; https://bundeswahlen.gv.at/2028/ returned 404. 2022 results sat at https://bundeswahlen.gv.at/2022/ and 2016 at https://bundeswahlen.gv.at/2016/; the 2028 path is PREDICTED, not seen. The Bundeswahlbehörde's Kundmachung of the result is posted on the BMI election page (2022: 'Verlautbarung der Bundeswahlbehörde vom 17. Oktober 2022', kundmachung_bpw22.pdf).",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000494",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Bundespräsidentenwahlgesetz 1971 (consolidated, RIS): § 1 (polling day set by government ordinance with the Main Committee), § 10 (voting rules of NRWO §§ 52 ff. apply), § 14a (postal ballot cards counted the day after polling from 09:00), § 15(2) (state files to reach the Bundeswahlbehörde by the fifth day), § 16 (48-hour objection), § 17 (absolute majority), §§ 18-19 (second round on the fourth Sunday, ordered by the eighth day), § 21 (publication; one-week challenge at the Verfassungsgerichtshof, which decides within four weeks), § 22 (Chancellor publishes the result in the Bundesgesetzblatt). Tentative: no ordinance yet, and no law fixes the day. B-VG art. 60(5): six-year term; the incumbent was sworn in for his second term before the Federal Assembly on 26 Jan 2023 (Parlamentskorrespondenz PK0071, 26 Jan 2023), so the term ends on 26 Jan 2029. BPräsWG § 1(1): the government sets polling day, a Sunday or public holiday, by ordinance with the Main Committee of the Nationalrat; the BMI says the date is set 'rechtzeitig vor Ablauf der Funktionsperiode' (bmi.gv.at/412/bundespraesidentenwahlen/start.html). 8 Oct 2028 is an ESTIMATE mirroring 2022: polling on Sun 9 Oct 2022, the second Sunday of October, 109 days before the 26 Jan 2023 swearing-in; 8 Oct 2028 is the second Sunday of October and leaves room for a second round four weeks later. Press reports speak of October 2028. An earlier vacancy (death, resignation, removal under art. 60(6)) would bring an earlier election.",
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            "note": "Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz art. 60: direct election, absolute majority or second round between the top two, six-year term, one consecutive re-election.",
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