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    "country": "HR",
    "country_name": "Croatia",
    "date": "2028-07-15",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "legislative",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Zagreb",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution arts. 73, 74, 109-109.b, 125 and Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (zakon.hr consolidated text), Poslovnik Hrvatskoga sabora NN 81/2013 arts. 9-10 (narodne-novine.nn.hr), sabor.hr press release of 16 May 2024, DIP results decisions of 19 Apr 2024 (izbori.hr) and 29 Apr 2024 (NN 50/2024), dnevnik.hr election-night live blog 17-18 Apr 2024, vlada.gov.hr news of 2020 and 2024",
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      {
        "id": "sabor",
        "key": "croatia-legislative-2028/sabor",
        "name": "Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor)",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 151,
        "polls_close_utc": "2028-07-15T17:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "hr-dip",
          "name": "State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia",
          "name_local": "Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.izbori.hr/site/",
          "results_index": "https://www.izbori.hr/arhiva-izbora/index.html",
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        "status": "scheduled",
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        "observed": false,
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        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2028-07-20T06:00:00Z",
          "by": "2028-08-05T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Art. 94(2): 'Službeni rezultati objavit će se nakon što se iscrpe sva pravna sredstva u zaštiti biračkog prava ili proteknu rokovi za njihovo podnošenje.' Objections go to the DIP within 48 hours of the end of the day of the act, and it decides within 48 hours (art. 98); appeals go to the Constitutional Court within 48 hours of the end of the day the decision is received, and it decides within 48 hours (art. 100). The DIP publishes the official results per constituency ('Konačni rezultati') in Narodne novine. 2024 precedent: 'Konačni rezultati izbora zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor' dated Zagreb, 29 Apr 2024, twelve days after polling, in NN 50/2024 (narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/full/2024_04_50_856.html); constituency V needed repeat voting on 21 Apr 2024 (NN 50/2024-857). The opening (08:00 CEST Thursday 20 Jul, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor for the case where no objection is filed; the window closes at the end of Saturday 5 Aug 2028, CEST, day 21, nine days past precedent, to allow for repeat voting or appeals. The Constitutional Court rules only on appeals (art. 96, Constitution art. 125); it does not confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2028-07-15T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-07-16T12:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Voting runs 07:00-19:00 local (Zakon o izborima zastupnika art. 79.a); on 15 Jul 2028 Croatia is on CEST (UTC+2), so polls close 17:00 UTC. The DIP 'nakon zatvaranja birališta može objavljivati privremene i neslužbene rezultate' (art. 94(1)). 2024 precedent (polling 17 Apr 2024, press live blog, not the authority): DIP's first provisional release came at 21:00 CEST with 24% of polling stations processed; 99.70% at 06:37 CEST and 99.79% at 11:30 CEST on 18 Apr (dnevnik.hr, 'Rezultati izbora: Obrađeno više od 99 posto biračkih mjesta'). The window closes at 14:00 CEST the next day, 2.5 h past precedent. Provisional and unofficial, not the official result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2028-07-16T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-07-19T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Constituency commissions must total their polling stations within 24 hours of the close (art. 89); polling boards abroad send their records to the DIP within 48 hours (art. 87(2)). The DIP then 'utvrđuje' and publishes the results by constituency with the seats won and the members elected (arts. 91-92), which opens the 48-hour objection period (art. 98). 2024 precedent: DIP 'Rezultati izbora zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor' by constituency dated 19 Apr 2024, two days after polling (izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2024/Izbori_za_zastupnike_u_Hrvatski_sabor/Rjesenje19042024.pdf). The opening (24 h after the close) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Wednesday 19 Jul 2028, CEST, two days past precedent. Not yet the official result: art. 94(2) holds that back until appeals are exhausted.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2028-07-20T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-08-05T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Art. 94(2): 'Službeni rezultati objavit će se nakon što se iscrpe sva pravna sredstva u zaštiti biračkog prava ili proteknu rokovi za njihovo podnošenje.' Objections go to the DIP within 48 hours of the end of the day of the act, and it decides within 48 hours (art. 98); appeals go to the Constitutional Court within 48 hours of the end of the day the decision is received, and it decides within 48 hours (art. 100). The DIP publishes the official results per constituency ('Konačni rezultati') in Narodne novine. 2024 precedent: 'Konačni rezultati izbora zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor' dated Zagreb, 29 Apr 2024, twelve days after polling, in NN 50/2024 (narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/full/2024_04_50_856.html); constituency V needed repeat voting on 21 Apr 2024 (NN 50/2024-857). The opening (08:00 CEST Thursday 20 Jul, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor for the case where no objection is filed; the window closes at the end of Saturday 5 Aug 2028, CEST, day 21, nine days past precedent, to allow for repeat voting or appeals. The Constitutional Court rules only on appeals (art. 96, Constitution art. 125); it does not confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2028-07-20T06:00:00Z",
            "by": null,
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 74: the new Sabor first sits no later than 20 days after the election is completed (in 2024 counted from the official results: results 29 Apr, first sitting 16 May, convened by the President's decision of 9 May, per sabor.hr press release 'Konstituiran 11. saziv Hrvatskoga sabora'). Art. 109: the person given the mandate presents the government and its programme to the Sabor within 30 days of accepting it, extendable by 30 days (art. 109.a); the government takes office when a majority of all members expresses confidence. No government before the Sabor is constituted, so not before the official result (window floor shared with final-result, an ESTIMATE).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2264",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "State Electoral Commission (DIP) list of past Sabor elections ('Dosadašnji izbori zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor'), linking each to the results archive (https://www.izbori.hr/arhiva-izbora/index.html#/app/parlament-2024 back to 2011). An index, not a page for this election. Checked 25 Sep 2026: the 2024 live results site https://www.izbori.hr/sabor2024/rezultati/ now redirects to the DIP homepage, and https://www.izbori.hr/sabor2028/ does the same; the 2028 path is unconfirmed (2024 used izbori.hr/sabor2024/rezultati/). Open-data result files per election: https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/479 (2024: rezultati_sabor.zip).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.zakon.hr/z/355/Zakon-o-izborima-zastupnika-u-Hrvatski-sabor",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (NN 116/99 ... 98/19; consolidated on zakon.hr, checked 25 Sep 2026): art. 1 (four-year mandate), art. 5 (the President of the Republic calls the election and sets polling day, a non-working day, at least 30 days after the decision), art. 79.a (voting 07:00-19:00; abroad two days), arts. 87-89 (count deadlines), arts. 91-94 (DIP determines and publishes results; official results only after legal remedies are exhausted), arts. 96-100 (objections and appeals to the Constitutional Court).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.zakon.hr/z/94/Ustav-Republike-Hrvatske",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution: art. 73 (four-year term), art. 74 (election no later than 60 days after the mandate expires or the Sabor is dissolved; first sitting no later than 20 days after the election), arts. 109-109.b (government formation). DATE WORKING (tentative): the 11th Sabor was constituted on Thursday 16 May 2024 (sabor.hr press release 'Konstituiran 11. saziv Hrvatskoga sabora'); a member's term starts on the day the Sabor is constituted and ends when the next one is (Poslovnik Hrvatskoga sabora, NN 81/2013, arts. 9-10); four years (Constitution art. 73, law art. 1) run to 16 May 2028; art. 74 then allows the election up to 60 days later, so 15 Jul 2028 (a Saturday) is the LATEST date, used here. The law sets no weekday (2024 polled on a Wednesday, declared a non-working day under art. 5). An early dissolution of the Sabor, or a failure to form a government (Constitution art. 109.b), would bring the date forward; the President may also call the regular election earlier than the latest date.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Croatian_parliamentary_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.izbori.hr/arhiva-izbora/index.html",
            "role": "results-index",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.izbori.hr/site/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2028-07-20T06:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
            38,
            18,
            30
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          "note": "Days from polling day to the Sabor's vote of confidence: 2016 (11 Sep to 19 Oct; from Wikipedia, not checked against sabor.hr), 2020 (5 Jul to Thursday 23 Jul; vlada.gov.hr 'Sabor potvrdio povjerenje novoj Vladi koju će predvoditi Andrej Plenković' gives the weekday), 2024 (17 Apr to Friday 17 May; vlada.gov.hr 'Izglasano povjerenje Vladi Republike Hrvatske', 79 votes). A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent and the 30+30-day mandate limit of Constitution arts. 109-109.a."
        },
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/croatia-legislative-2028#sabor"
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