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    "country": "SV",
    "country_name": "El Salvador",
    "date": "2027-02-28",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-24: TSE Calendario Electoral 2027 (national, amended per D.L. 573/574, D.O. 89 of 15 May 2026); Acuerdo de Reforma Constitucional N° 3 (D.O. 143, 31 Jul 2025); Código Electoral art. 198; TSE divulgacion portal (live and Wayback 2024); El Mundo and VOA on the 2024 count",
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        "key": "el-salvador-general-2027/president",
        "name": "President and Vice President",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Supreme Electoral Tribunal",
          "name_local": "Tribunal Supremo Electoral",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
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          "from": "2027-03-06T06:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-03-16T05:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027: final scrutiny of the presidential election 2-5 Mar 2027 (row 183); 'Levantamiento y notificación del acta de escrutinio final correspondiente a la Elección Presidencial' 6-7 Mar 2027 (row 184). The window opens on 6 Mar and, to err late, closes at the end of the whole final-scrutiny phase, 15 Mar 2027 (row 180, 'Escrutinio final (Art. 214 CE)'). 2024 precedent: vote 4 Feb, presidential final-scrutiny acta dated 9 Feb 2024 (El Mundo, on the D.O. decree), and the TSE portal showed the presidential final scrutiny last updated 2024-02-09 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). Settle on the acta de escrutinio final, not on the preliminary count."
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        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-02T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Código Electoral art. 198: 'La votación será continua y terminará a las diecisiete horas' (17:00 local, 23:00 UTC). TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 164: 'Transmisión, procesamiento y divulgación de resultados electorales preliminares (Art. 209 CE)', 28 Feb to 1 Mar 2027. The preliminary count may never reach 100%: on 4 Feb 2024 transmission failed and the TSE went to the final scrutiny without finishing it (VOA, 6 Feb 2024).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-06T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-06T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "The final scrutiny (escrutinio final, Art. 214 CE) is the TSE's own count from the polling-station records; it runs 2-15 Mar 2027 for all races (row 180) and 2-5 Mar 2027 for the presidential election (row 183). In 2024 the same portal switched from the preliminary count to an 'Escrutinio final 2024 (en proceso)' view (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). A partial final-scrutiny tally is not the final result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-03-06T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-16T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027: final scrutiny of the presidential election 2-5 Mar 2027 (row 183); 'Levantamiento y notificación del acta de escrutinio final correspondiente a la Elección Presidencial' 6-7 Mar 2027 (row 184). The window opens on 6 Mar and, to err late, closes at the end of the whole final-scrutiny phase, 15 Mar 2027 (row 180, 'Escrutinio final (Art. 214 CE)'). 2024 precedent: vote 4 Feb, presidential final-scrutiny acta dated 9 Feb 2024 (El Mundo, on the D.O. decree), and the TSE portal showed the presidential final scrutiny last updated 2024-02-09 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). Settle on the acta de escrutinio final, not on the preliminary count.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "court-validation",
            "from": "2027-03-12T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-20T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Not a separate court: the TSE rules on nullity appeals against the final scrutiny (7-10 Mar, Art. 272 CE; ruling from 12 Mar, Art. 270 CE) and then issues the 'Decreto de Declaratoria Firme de Resultados Elección Presidencial (Art. 220 CE)', 12-16 Mar 2027 (row 190), published with the acta 13-19 Mar 2027 (row 191, Art. 221 CE). 2024 precedent: firmness decree signed 22 Feb 2024, published in the Diario Oficial 27 Feb 2024 (El Mundo). The new term begins 1 June 2027 (Constitution art. 154 and transitional article, as reformed 31 Jul 2025).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE results portal, presidential dashboard (the portal home, divulgacion.tse.gob.sv, links here). On 24 Sep 2026 it was branded 'Elecciones 2027', titled 'Divulgación de datos preliminares' and showed 'ESCRUTINIO EN PROCESO'; its data feed (…/administracion/dashboard/ajax/get-data-presi/1) already returned small non-zero vote counts, which look like test data: do not read anything before polls close as a result. The same host is reused across elections: in 2024 it switched from the preliminary count to 'Escrutinio final 2024' (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024).",
            "check": null
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          {
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, national voting, as amended by D.L. 573 and 574 (D.O. 89, Tomo 451, 15 May 2026). Linked from tse.gob.sv/publico/calendario-electoral. Rows cited by number in the stage citations.",
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          {
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            "role": "see-also",
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Acuerdo de Reforma Constitucional N° 3 of 31 Jul 2025 (D.O. 143, Tomo 448, 31 Jul 2025), ratified the same day. Art. 80 now reads that the candidates 'que hayan obtenido el mayor número de votos válidos' are elected, so there is no runoff; Art. 154 sets a six-year term from 1 June; the transitional article ends the current term early on 1 June 2027 and puts presidential, legislative and municipal elections in 2027.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
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            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
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            "role": "results-index",
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            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
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          },
          {
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            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/el-salvador-general-2027#president"
      },
      {
        "id": "assembly",
        "key": "el-salvador-general-2027/assembly",
        "name": "Legislative Assembly",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 60,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "sv-tse",
          "name": "Supreme Electoral Tribunal",
          "name_local": "Tribunal Supremo Electoral",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.tse.gob.sv/",
          "results_index": "https://divulgacion.tse.gob.sv/",
          "open_data": null
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "expected_stage_now": null,
        "observed": false,
        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-03-18T05:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 192: 'Levantamiento y notificación del acta de escrutinio final Elecciones Legislativas y Municipales', 9-17 Mar 2027. The window closes at the end of 17 Mar local. 2024 precedent: vote 4 Feb; the TSE portal showed the Legislative Assembly final scrutiny last updated 2024-02-18, day 14 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). Settle on the acta de escrutinio final, not on the preliminary count."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-02T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Código Electoral art. 198: voting ends at 17:00 local (23:00 UTC). TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 164: preliminary results transmitted and published 28 Feb to 1 Mar 2027. In 2024 the preliminary count failed and the TSE recounted the legislative packages vote by vote in the final scrutiny (VOA, 6 Feb 2024).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-09T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "The final scrutiny (escrutinio final, Art. 214 CE) runs 2-15 Mar 2027 (row 180); the presidential race comes first (2-5 Mar, row 183) and the legislative and municipal acta follows from 9 Mar (row 192). In 2024 the same portal showed the final scrutiny 'en proceso' race by race (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). A partial final-scrutiny tally is not the final result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-18T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 192: 'Levantamiento y notificación del acta de escrutinio final Elecciones Legislativas y Municipales', 9-17 Mar 2027. The window closes at the end of 17 Mar local. 2024 precedent: vote 4 Feb; the TSE portal showed the Legislative Assembly final scrutiny last updated 2024-02-18, day 14 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). Settle on the acta de escrutinio final, not on the preliminary count.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "court-validation",
            "from": "2027-03-16T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-10T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Not a separate court: the TSE rules on nullity appeals (10-30 Mar, Art. 272 CE) and issues the 'Decreto de Declaratoria Firme de Resultados Elecciones Legislativas y Municipales (Art. 220 CE)', 16 Mar-6 Apr 2027 (row 198), published with the acta 17 Mar-9 Apr 2027 (row 199). Credentials to elected deputies: 17 Mar-12 Apr 2027 (row 201).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE results portal, 'Diputados a la Asamblea' dashboard (linked from divulgacion.tse.gob.sv). On 24 Sep 2026 branded 'Elecciones 2027', preliminary count, no results. Offers 'Descargar datos JRV' (per polling-station data). In 2024 the same host carried the final scrutiny and a 'Repositorio de actas Asamblea Legislativa por JRV' (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://tse.gob.sv/docs/calendarios/CALENDARIO-TSE-NACIONAL.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, national voting, as amended by D.L. 573 and 574 (D.O. 89, Tomo 451, 15 May 2026). D.L. 573 also created a constituency for Salvadorans abroad with six of the 60 seats (Infobae, 14 May 2026).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Salvadoran_legislative_election",
            "role": "see-also",
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            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
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            "role": "results-index",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.tse.gob.sv/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          }
        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/el-salvador-general-2027#assembly"
      },
      {
        "id": "municipal",
        "key": "el-salvador-general-2027/municipal",
        "name": "Municipal councils",
        "body": "subnational-executive",
        "seats": null,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "sv-tse",
          "name": "Supreme Electoral Tribunal",
          "name_local": "Tribunal Supremo Electoral",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
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        "expected_stage_now": null,
        "observed": false,
        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-03-18T05:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 192: acta de escrutinio final for the legislative and municipal elections, 9-17 Mar 2027. In 2024 (municipal vote on a separate day) the TSE portal still showed the mayors' final scrutiny 'en proceso' on 6 Mar 2024 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024)."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-02-28T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-02T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Código Electoral art. 198: voting ends at 17:00 local (23:00 UTC). TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 164: preliminary results transmitted and published 28 Feb to 1 Mar 2027.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
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            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2027-03-02T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-09T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
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            "citation": "The final scrutiny (escrutinio final, Art. 214 CE) runs 2-15 Mar 2027 (row 180); the presidential race comes first (2-5 Mar, row 183) and the legislative and municipal acta follows from 9 Mar (row 192). In 2024 the same portal showed the final scrutiny 'en proceso' race by race (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024). A partial final-scrutiny tally is not the final result.",
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            "observedAt": null
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
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            "by": "2027-03-18T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, row 192: acta de escrutinio final for the legislative and municipal elections, 9-17 Mar 2027. In 2024 (municipal vote on a separate day) the TSE portal still showed the mayors' final scrutiny 'en proceso' on 6 Mar 2024 (Wayback, 7 Mar 2024).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "court-validation",
            "from": "2027-03-16T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-10T05:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Not a separate court: TSE firmness decree for the legislative and municipal elections (Art. 220 CE), 16 Mar-6 Apr 2027 (row 198), published 17 Mar-9 Apr 2027 (row 199). Credentials to municipal councils 17 Mar-12 Apr 2027 (row 202, Art. 224 CE).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
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        ],
        "sources": [
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE results portal, 'Alcaldes' dashboard (linked from divulgacion.tse.gob.sv). On 24 Sep 2026 branded 'Elecciones 2027', preliminary count, no results.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://tse.gob.sv/docs/calendarios/CALENDARIO-TSE-NACIONAL.pdf",
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            "kind": "other",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "TSE Calendario Electoral 2027, national voting (row 163: 'Elecciones presidenciales, legislativas y municipales', 28 Feb 2027).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
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            "role": "see-also",
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