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    "id": "finland-parliamentary-2027",
    "country": "FI",
    "country_name": "Finland",
    "date": "2027-04-18",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "legislative",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Helsinki",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T08:50:17Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Vaalilaki 714/1998 (§§68, 86, 87, 94, 102, 107) and Constitution 731/1999 (§§24, 61) on finlex.fi; vaalit.fi 2027 schedule; tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi EKV-2023 (live and Wayback); oikeusministerio.fi press release 5 Apr 2023",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-parliamentary-2027",
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        "id": "eduskunta",
        "key": "finland-parliamentary-2027/eduskunta",
        "name": "Eduskunta",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 200,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-04-18T17:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Ministry of Justice (election unit)",
          "name_local": "Oikeusministeriö",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://vaalit.fi/",
          "results_index": "https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/fi/index.html",
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          "from": "2027-04-21T09:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-04-23T20:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §87: the checking count (tarkastuslaskenta) starts 'Vaalipäivää seuraavana maanantaina viimeistään kello 12' (19 Apr); its figures are not published separately. §94: 'Vaalipiirilautakunta vahvistaa vaalien tuloksen 3. päivänä vaalipäivän jälkeen viimeistään kello 18 aloitettavassa kokouksessa' - Wednesday 21 Apr 2027 (vaalit.fi schedule agrees); the Eduskunta's term starts on confirmation (Constitution 731/1999 §24). Precedent: 2023 all 13 district committees confirmed on Wed 5 Apr (day 3); the Ministry of Justice announced the confirmed results online at 19:39 EEST (oikeusministerio.fi, 5 Apr 2023) and the national page shows 'Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS' from 19:44 EEST. The opening (12:00 EEST Wednesday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 23 Apr, EEST, two days past the statutory day to allow for a late district. Appeals go to the administrative court within 14 days of publication (§102); no court confirmation step, so no court-validation stage."
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            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-04-18T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-19T03:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-04-21T09:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Advance votes may be counted from 10:00 on election day and are released once polls close at 20:00 EEST (Vaalilaki 714/1998 §86, §68). 2023: the results service marked the preliminary count complete ('Alustava laskenta on VALMIS') at 03.04.2023 00:34 EEST, about 4.5 h after polls closed (tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/fi/tulos_kokomaa.html, Wayback 20230403092034). The window closes at 06:00 EEST Monday, 5.5 h past precedent. Preliminary, not the confirmed result.",
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            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-04-21T09:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-23T20:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §87: the checking count (tarkastuslaskenta) starts 'Vaalipäivää seuraavana maanantaina viimeistään kello 12' (19 Apr); its figures are not published separately. §94: 'Vaalipiirilautakunta vahvistaa vaalien tuloksen 3. päivänä vaalipäivän jälkeen viimeistään kello 18 aloitettavassa kokouksessa' - Wednesday 21 Apr 2027 (vaalit.fi schedule agrees); the Eduskunta's term starts on confirmation (Constitution 731/1999 §24). Precedent: 2023 all 13 district committees confirmed on Wed 5 Apr (day 3); the Ministry of Justice announced the confirmed results online at 19:39 EEST (oikeusministerio.fi, 5 Apr 2023) and the national page shows 'Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS' from 19:44 EEST. The opening (12:00 EEST Wednesday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 23 Apr, EEST, two days past the statutory day to allow for a late district. Appeals go to the administrative court within 14 days of publication (§102); no court confirmation step, so no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2027-04-21T09:00:00Z",
            "by": null,
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Constitution 731/1999 §61: the Eduskunta elects the prime minister after parliamentary groups negotiate the programme and composition; the President then appoints. The new Eduskunta's term begins only when the result is confirmed (§24), so no prime minister before 21 Apr 2027. The negotiations have no statutory deadline.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/fi/index.html",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of Justice results service (index), not a page for this election. Checked 25 Sep 2026: the index lists elections up to AV/KV-2025 and https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2027/ returns 404. PREDICTED, not seen: tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2027/ (2023 used tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/, 2019 EKV-2019). In 2023 one page carried both counts: tulos_kokomaa.html showed 'Alustava laskenta on VALMIS' from 03.04.2023 00:34 and was overwritten with 'Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS' at 05.04.2023 19:44 (Wayback captures 20230403092034 and 20230405181622). CSV/XML downloads (ladattavat_tiedostot.html) appear per election after the preliminary count.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/en/schedule-in-the-parliamentary-elections",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of Justice schedule for 2027: advance voting 7-13 Apr (abroad 7-10 Apr), election day Sunday 18 Apr 2027, 'Confirmation of election results' Wednesday 21 Apr 2027 (checked 25 Sep 2026).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Finnish_parliamentary_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2027-04-21T09:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
            40,
            53,
            79
          ],
          "note": "Days from election to cabinet appointment: 2015 Sipilä 29 May (40), 2019 Rinne 6 Jun (53), 2023 Orpo 20 Jun (79). Dates from Wikipedia cabinet articles, not yet checked against valtioneuvosto.fi. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent."
        },
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-parliamentary-2027#eduskunta"
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