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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution arts. 39, 43, 44 and Law 37/1959 ss. 9, 23, 34, 36 (cylaw.org); Ministry of the Interior Central Elections Service pages (gov.cy/moi-elections); VOA/Reuters 12 Feb 2023; Euronews 5 Feb 2023; Cyprus Mail 13 Feb 2023",
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        "name": "President of the Republic",
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          "basis": "Law 37/1959 s.34(6): 'When the counting of the votes has been completed the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare' elected the candidate with more than 50% of the valid votes; otherwise a new poll is held between the two leading candidates (s.34(7); Constitution art. 39(2)), a week later. The Chief Returning Officer publishes the name of the person elected in the Gazette (s.36). A recount may be ordered before the declaration where the result is in reasonable doubt (s.34(8)). Precedent: in 2023 the official round-1 result was announced on polling night, 5 Feb 2023 (Euronews), and the runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Tuesday 22 Feb 2028, EET, two days past precedent, to allow for a recount. Election petitions go to the court after the result, with no confirmation step, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "citation": "Law 37/1959 s.23: voting runs from 07:00 to noon and from 13:00 to 18:00, and the presiding officer may extend it to 21:00 if circumstances require. On 20 Feb 2028 Cyprus is on EET (UTC+2), so polls close 16:00 UTC. Votes are counted at each polling station and the results sent to the district Returning Officer (s.34(2), (4)). 2023 precedent: on 12 Feb 2023 (runoff) official results with all votes counted were reported in the early evening and the winner was to be formally proclaimed at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters, 12 Feb 2023); on 5 Feb 2023 (first round) the official results were announced the same Sunday evening (Euronews, 5 Feb 2023). The window closes at 22:00 EET. Unofficial running count, not the declared result.",
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            "citation": "Law 37/1959 s.34(6): 'When the counting of the votes has been completed the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare' elected the candidate with more than 50% of the valid votes; otherwise a new poll is held between the two leading candidates (s.34(7); Constitution art. 39(2)), a week later. The Chief Returning Officer publishes the name of the person elected in the Gazette (s.36). A recount may be ordered before the declaration where the result is in reasonable doubt (s.34(8)). Precedent: in 2023 the official round-1 result was announced on polling night, 5 Feb 2023 (Euronews), and the runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Tuesday 22 Feb 2028, EET, two days past precedent, to allow for a recount. Election petitions go to the court after the result, with no confirmation step, so there is no court-validation stage.",
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            "note": "Ministry of the Interior (Central Elections Service) results index, not a page for this election. On 25 Sep 2026 it linked to results.elections.moi.gov.cy, whose English root is titled 'Presidential runoff Elections 2023: Official Results' (the 2023 pages are at results.elections.moi.gov.cy/english/presidential_elections_2023_154/islandwide and .../presidential_runoff_elections_2023_157/Islandwide, with dotted-İ spellings in the live links; they showed no figures without JavaScript). The 2026 parliamentary count was published at https://live.elections.moi.gov.cy/ instead; the host for 2028 is unknown.",
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            "note": "Elections (President and Vice-President of the Republic) Law 37/1959 (consolidated, CyLaw): s.9 writ of election (nomination day at most 15 days after the writ; polling on the 30th day after nomination day), s.23 polling hours, s.34 counting and declaration, s.36 Gazette publication.",
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            "note": "Constitution (consolidated, CyLaw). DATE WORKING (tentative): art. 43(1) five-year term from investiture; art. 43(3) the election is held before the term expires 'so that the new President can be installed on the day that period ends'; art. 39(2) a runoff, if needed, is held on the corresponding day of the following week. The incumbent was sworn in on 28 Feb 2023 (Cyprus Mail, 13 Feb 2023), so the term ends on Monday 28 Feb 2028. No law fixes the day: the Minister of the Interior sets it in the writ of election (Law 37/1959 s.9; s.4 of Law 81/1982 transfers the Governor's powers to the Minister). The LATEST Sunday that leaves room for a runoff before 28 Feb 2028 is 20 Feb 2028 (runoff 27 Feb), and that latest date is used here. The minister may pick an earlier Sunday: 2023 voted on 5 Feb with the runoff on 12 Feb, 23 days before the term ended. Death or resignation of the President would bring an election within 45 days (art. 44(4)).",
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