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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-24: State Gazette No. 70/2026 (National Assembly decision of 31 Jul 2026), CIK Decision 30-ПВР/13.08.2026 (timetable), Electoral Code arts. 220, 339, 342, 344 and Constitution art. 93 (lex.bg), CIK Decision 957-ПВР/16.11.2021, results.cik.bg",
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          "basis": "Electoral Code art. 342(1): the CIK announces the result 'не по-късно от 48 часа от обявяване на изборния ден за приключен' (no later than 48 hours after declaring polling day closed), i.e. by 27 Oct 2026 (CIK timetable). Art. 344(1): the final results are announced 'в срок до три дни след изборния ден' and published in the State Gazette within 7 days. The window closes at the end of 28 Oct (EET), the later of the two deadlines. 2021 precedent: CIK Decision 957-ПВР of 16 Nov 2021, two days after polling, announced the round-1 result. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor. If no one is elected, the same decision names the two candidates for the runoff (art. 342(2)); results of both rounds are then announced after the runoff (art. 344(2)). Election disputes go to the Constitutional Court, which rules within one month (Constitution art. 93(6)). That is a contest route, not a required confirmation, so it has no stage here."
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            "citation": "Electoral Code art. 342(1): the CIK announces the result 'не по-късно от 48 часа от обявяване на изборния ден за приключен' (no later than 48 hours after declaring polling day closed), i.e. by 27 Oct 2026 (CIK timetable). Art. 344(1): the final results are announced 'в срок до три дни след изборния ден' and published in the State Gazette within 7 days. The window closes at the end of 28 Oct (EET), the later of the two deadlines. 2021 precedent: CIK Decision 957-ПВР of 16 Nov 2021, two days after polling, announced the round-1 result. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor. If no one is elected, the same decision names the two candidates for the runoff (art. 342(2)); results of both rounds are then announced after the runoff (art. 344(2)). Election disputes go to the Constitutional Court, which rules within one month (Constitution art. 93(6)). That is a contest route, not a required confirmation, so it has no stage here.",
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