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    "country_name": "Finland",
    "date": "2030-01-27",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "presidential",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Helsinki",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Vaalilaki 714/1998 (§§68, 86, 87, 100, 127, 137-139) and Constitution 731/1999 (§§54-55) on finlex.fi; vaalit.fi presidential schedule; tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi TPV-2024_1 (live); oikeusministerio.fi release of 10 Jan 2024; valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024; Yle 28 Jan 2024",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-presidential-2030",
    "races": [
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        "id": "president",
        "key": "finland-presidential-2030/president",
        "name": "President of the Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
        "seats": null,
        "polls_close_utc": "2030-01-27T18:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
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          "name": "Ministry of Justice (election unit)",
          "name_local": "Oikeusministeriö",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://vaalit.fi/",
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        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2030-01-29T08:00:00Z",
          "by": "2030-01-31T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §137: each district committee confirms the first-round votes 'vaalipäivän jälkeen 2. päivänä ... kello 10 aloitettavassa kokouksessaan' (Tue 29 Jan 2030, 10:00 EET = 08:00 UTC, the window's opening), after the checking count that starts on the Monday (§87); §138: the Helsinki district committee then 'viipymättä' confirms the nationwide totals. If no candidate has more than half of the votes, the Ministry of Justice must 'viipymättä 2. päivänä vaalipäivän jälkeen' publish the round-1 result and the two run-off candidates in the Statute Book (§139), i.e. 29 Jan 2030. If a candidate has a majority, the Government states the result and publishes it in the Statute Book (§138(2)); the law sets no day for that, and in 2024 the Government did so at its Thursday plenary after the confirmation (round 2: valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024). The window therefore closes at the end of Thursday 31 Jan 2030, EET, an ESTIMATED allowance. 2024 precedent: results page TPV-2024_1 marked the checking count complete ('Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS') at 30.01.2024 14:10 EET, day 2 as the law requires. No appeal lies against the confirmation of either round (§100), so there is no court-validation stage. A president elected in round 1 takes office on 1 Feb 2030 (Constitution 731/1999 §55)."
        },
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2030-01-27T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2030-01-28T04:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2030-01-29T08:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §68: polling 'aloitetaan kello 9, ja sitä jatketaan yhtäjaksoisesti kello 20:een'; 27 Jan 2030 is on EET (UTC+2), so polls close 18:00 UTC. Advance votes may be counted from 10:00 on election day and are released after polls close (§86). 2024 precedent: the Ministry of Justice said preliminary information would be published from 20.00 and 'the preliminary election results will be available during the evening and the following night' (oikeusministerio.fi release of 10 Jan 2024); Yle's round-1 results article (yle.fi/a/74-20071753) was still being updated for changed placings at 00:26 on 29 Jan 2024. The window closes at 06:00 EET Monday, an allowance past that precedent (the exact 2024 completion time could not be read: Wayback was unreachable). Preliminary, not the confirmed result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2030-01-29T08:00:00Z",
            "by": "2030-01-31T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §137: each district committee confirms the first-round votes 'vaalipäivän jälkeen 2. päivänä ... kello 10 aloitettavassa kokouksessaan' (Tue 29 Jan 2030, 10:00 EET = 08:00 UTC, the window's opening), after the checking count that starts on the Monday (§87); §138: the Helsinki district committee then 'viipymättä' confirms the nationwide totals. If no candidate has more than half of the votes, the Ministry of Justice must 'viipymättä 2. päivänä vaalipäivän jälkeen' publish the round-1 result and the two run-off candidates in the Statute Book (§139), i.e. 29 Jan 2030. If a candidate has a majority, the Government states the result and publishes it in the Statute Book (§138(2)); the law sets no day for that, and in 2024 the Government did so at its Thursday plenary after the confirmation (round 2: valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024). The window therefore closes at the end of Thursday 31 Jan 2030, EET, an ESTIMATED allowance. 2024 precedent: results page TPV-2024_1 marked the checking count complete ('Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS') at 30.01.2024 14:10 EET, day 2 as the law requires. No appeal lies against the confirmation of either round (§100), so there is no court-validation stage. A president elected in round 1 takes office on 1 Feb 2030 (Constitution 731/1999 §55).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/fi/index.html",
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            "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/TPV-2030_1/ returns 404. PREDICTED, not seen: tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2030_1/ (2024 used TPV-2024_1/ for the first round and TPV-2024_2/ for the second). In 2024 one page carried both counts: TPV-2024_1/fi/tulos_kokomaa.html showed the preliminary count on election night and was overwritten by the checking count, 'Sivu päivitetty 30.01.2024 14:10:59. Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS' (live page, read 25 Sep 2026). XML/CSV downloads appear per election once the preliminary count is complete.",
            "check": null
          },
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            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/en/schedule-in-the-presidential-election",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of Justice schedule (read 25 Sep 2026): 'The next presidential election will be held on Sunday 27 January 2030. The possible second round of the presidential election will be held on Sunday 10.2.2030.' Advance-voting dates for 2030 not yet published there.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1998/714",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Vaalilaki (Election Act) 714/1998, chapter 10 (§§127-143): election day, confirmation of the first round (§§137-139); §68 polling hours; §100 no appeal against the presidential result.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_Finnish_presidential_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
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            "origin": "authority",
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        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-presidential-2030#president"
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