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    "id": "finland-aland-2027",
    "country": "FI",
    "country_name": "Finland",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "FI-01",
    "subdivision_name": "Åland",
    "date": "2027-10-17",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "regional",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Mariehamn",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Election Act for Åland (2019:45) §§3, 13, 96, 100, 103, 110 (regeringen.ax); val.ax (home page, counting page, news of 16 and 18 Oct 2023); valresultat.ax (2023 Lagting result).",
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    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-aland-2027",
    "races": [
      {
        "id": "lagting",
        "key": "finland-aland-2027/lagting",
        "name": "Parliament of Åland (Lagting)",
        "body": "subnational-legislature",
        "seats": 30,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-10-17T17:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "fi-01-cn",
          "name": "Central Committee for Lagting Elections",
          "name_local": "Centralnämnden för lagtingsval",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.val.ax/",
          "results_index": "https://www.valresultat.ax/",
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        },
        "status": "scheduled",
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        "observed": false,
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        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-10-18T09:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-10-21T20:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Election Act (2019:45) §96: the Central Committee for Lagting Elections starts reviewing the ballots and the polling boards' counts by 12:00 on the day after polling day (Monday 18 Oct 2027, 09:00 UTC). §100: \"Centralnämnderna fastställer valresultatet vid ett sammanträde som ska hållas senast den fjärde dagen efter valdagen\", so the result is due by Thursday 21 Oct 2027; the window closes at the end of that day, EEST. §103: the committee publishes the result at once on the government's electronic notice board. 2023 precedent: polling day was 15 Oct 2023, and the committee confirmed the result after the check count on 18 Oct 2023, the third day (val.ax news of 18 Oct 2023; valresultat.ax updated 18.10.2023 16.45). Appeals go to the Åland Administrative Court within 14 days of publication (§110). The confirmed result stands unless corrected, so there is no court-validation stage."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-10-17T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-10-17T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-10-18T09:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "The date is fixed by law. Election Act for Åland (2019:45) §3: ordinary Lagting and municipal elections are held together four years after the last ordinary election, and \"Den tredje söndagen i oktober är valdag\". The last ordinary election was on 15 Oct 2023, so polling day is Sunday 17 Oct 2027; val.ax also states this date (read 30 Sep 2026). The municipal elections are held on the same day. A dissolution of the Lagting and a snap election would change the cycle (§3). Polls are open 09:00-20:00 on polling day; 20:00 EEST = 17:00 UTC (summer time ends on 31 Oct 2027). The count of advance votes may not be published before 20:00. The municipal boards then count the polling-day votes, and val.ax states that the preliminary result \"blir klart redan på kvällen på valdagen\". The window closing at 00:59 EEST on Monday 18 Oct 2027 is an ESTIMATE, because no 2023 timestamp for the completed preliminary count was found. This is the preliminary count, not the confirmed result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-10-18T09:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-10-21T20:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Election Act (2019:45) §96: the Central Committee for Lagting Elections starts reviewing the ballots and the polling boards' counts by 12:00 on the day after polling day (Monday 18 Oct 2027, 09:00 UTC). §100: \"Centralnämnderna fastställer valresultatet vid ett sammanträde som ska hållas senast den fjärde dagen efter valdagen\", so the result is due by Thursday 21 Oct 2027; the window closes at the end of that day, EEST. §103: the committee publishes the result at once on the government's electronic notice board. 2023 precedent: polling day was 15 Oct 2023, and the committee confirmed the result after the check count on 18 Oct 2023, the third day (val.ax news of 18 Oct 2023; valresultat.ax updated 18.10.2023 16.45). Appeals go to the Åland Administrative Court within 14 days of publication (§110). The confirmed result stands unless corrected, so there is no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.valresultat.ax/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Åland election results site, where the preliminary count and the confirmed result were published in 2023. Not a page for this election: on 30 Sep 2026 it still shows the 2023 Lagting result (\"Uppdaterad 18.10.2023 16.45.01\"). No 2027 URL is predicted.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.valresultat.ax/2023/lagtingsval",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2023 precedent: \"Resultatet i lagtingsvalet är fastställt av centralvalnämnden per den 18 oktober 2023\". The page was last updated 18.10.2023 16.45.01.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.val.ax/nyheter/valresultatet-lagtingsvalet-2023-har-faststallts",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "race_results",
            "kindReason": "election code and results marker",
            "resolvable": true,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2023 precedent (val.ax news, 18 Oct 2023): \"Centralnämnden för lagtingsval har vid sitt sammanträde idag den 18 oktober 2023 efter kontrollräkning fastställt valresultatet i lagtingsvalet 2023.\" The formal notice and appeal instructions were posted on the government's electronic notice board.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.val.ax/nyheter/kontrollrakningen-har-inletts",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "val.ax news, 16 Oct 2023: the elections were held on 15 Oct, with a preliminary count on polling day. The check count began on Monday 16 Oct, and the result had to be confirmed by Thursday 19 Oct, the fourth day after polling day.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.val.ax/",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Åland government election site (read 30 Sep 2026): \"Den 17 oktober 2027 är det allmänna val på Åland. I lagtingsvalet väljs 30 ledamöter till Ålands lagting. Lagtinget väljs för fyra år.\"",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.val.ax/om-val-pa-aland/hur-raknas-valresultatet",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "How the count works. Advance votes are counted from 09:00 on polling day and may not be published before 20:00. At 20:00 the municipal boards start the preliminary count of polling-day votes: \"Det preliminära valresultatet blir klart redan på kvällen på valdagen\". The check count starts by 12:00 the next day, and the result is confirmed by the fourth day after polling day.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.regeringen.ax/alandsk-lagstiftning/alex/201945",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Vallag (2019:45) för Åland. §3: ordinary Lagting and municipal elections are held together every four years, and \"Den tredje söndagen i oktober är valdag\"; after a dissolution and snap election the cycle restarts from that election. §13: the central boards meet on polling day, the day after, and by the fourth day after. Polling stations are open 09:00-20:00 on polling day. §96: the review of ballots starts by 12:00 the day after polling day. §100: \"Centralnämnderna fastställer valresultatet vid ett sammanträde som ska hållas senast den fjärde dagen efter valdagen\". §103: the result is published at once on the government's electronic notice board. §110: appeals go to the Åland Administrative Court within 14 days.",
            "check": null
          }
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        "government": null,
        "results": [],
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-aland-2027#lagting"
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