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    "date": "2028-02-27",
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    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins more than 50% of the valid votes in the first round. The election is then repeated on the corresponding day of the following week between the two candidates with the most valid votes, and the one with more votes is elected (Constitution art. 39(2); Law 37/1959 s.34(7)). Tentative: it follows the tentative first-round date of 20 Feb 2028.",
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          "basis": "Law 37/1959 s.34(7): the candidate with more votes at the second poll 'shall be declared by the Returning Officer to be elected', after the count (s.34(6)) and any recount (s.34(8)); the name is published in the Gazette (s.36). Precedent: the 2023 runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters), and sworn in before the House on 28 Feb 2023 (Cyprus Mail). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at 11:00 EET on Monday 28 Feb 2028, the day the outgoing term ends and the House convenes for the investiture (Constitution art. 43(3); Ministry of the Interior 'Presidential Term of Office'), so the declaration cannot come later without the investiture slipping. Election petitions go to the court after the result, with no confirmation step, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "replacedAt": "2028-02-28T09:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Law 37/1959 s.23: voting 07:00-12:00 and 13:00-18:00, extendable by the presiding officer to 21:00. On 27 Feb 2028 Cyprus is on EET (UTC+2), so polls close 16:00 UTC. 2023 precedent: on 12 Feb 2023 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). The window closes at 22:00 EET. Unofficial running count, not the declared result.",
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            "citation": "Law 37/1959 s.34(7): the candidate with more votes at the second poll 'shall be declared by the Returning Officer to be elected', after the count (s.34(6)) and any recount (s.34(8)); the name is published in the Gazette (s.36). Precedent: the 2023 runoff winner was proclaimed on polling night, 12 Feb 2023 at 18:00 GMT (VOA/Reuters), and sworn in before the House on 28 Feb 2023 (Cyprus Mail). The opening (19:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at 11:00 EET on Monday 28 Feb 2028, the day the outgoing term ends and the House convenes for the investiture (Constitution art. 43(3); Ministry of the Interior 'Presidential Term of Office'), so the declaration cannot come later without the investiture slipping. 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 2026 parliamentary count was published at https://live.elections.moi.gov.cy/ instead; the host for 2028 is unknown.",
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            "note": "Constitution (consolidated, CyLaw): art. 39(2) runoff 'κατά την αντίστοιχον ημέραν της αμέσως επομένης εβδομάδος' (on the corresponding day of the following week), so 7 days after the first round of 20 Feb 2028 (itself tentative: the latest Sunday that leaves room for a runoff before the term ends on 28 Feb 2028; see cyprus-presidential-2028). Art. 43(3): the new President is installed on the day the outgoing term ends.",
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            "note": "Elections (President and Vice-President of the Republic) Law 37/1959 (consolidated, CyLaw): s.23 polling hours, s.34(6)-(8) counting, declaration and recount, s.36 Gazette publication.",
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