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    "country_name": "Cape Verde",
    "date": "2026-11-29",
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    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of valid votes (blank votes excluded) on 15 Nov. The top two candidates go through (Electoral Code art. 374). The President of the Constitutional Court names the provisionally admitted pair by public notice by 18:00 on the third day after the vote, 18 Nov 2026 (art. 397). Decree 22/2026 sets the date.",
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          "basis": "ESTIMATE. The CNE, sitting as the general counting assembly, proclaims the winner and starts at 08:00 on the day after the vote (Electoral Code art. 395, applied to the second round by art. 396). That sets the floor at 30 Nov, 09:00 UTC. The Code sets no deadline for the proclamation. The window copies the first round's: day 5 in 2021 (first round), day 12 for the May 2026 legislative election. It closes at the end of Friday 11 Dec 2026 local, day 12. The 2001 and 2011 second rounds were not checked. Appeals go to the Constitutional Court (art. 400 read with Lei 56/VII/2010 art. 4)."
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