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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Council of Ministers report of 1 Jul 2026 (elysee.fr), Constitution arts. 7 and 58, Décret n° 2001-213 arts. 9, 28-30 (conseil-constitutionnel.fr), Décret n° 2022-66 (2022 convocation decree, via affaires-publiques.org summary), Conseil constitutionnel Décisions 2022-195 and 2022-197 PDR, resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr",
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          "basis": "Constitution art. 58: the Conseil constitutionnel 'proclame les résultats du scrutin'. Décret 2001-213 art. 29: if no candidate has an absolute majority in round 1, the Council makes known the votes of each candidate 'au plus tard le mercredi, à 20 heures' (Wed 21 Apr 2027, 18:00 UTC), and names the two candidates for round 2 (art. 9). If a candidate wins outright, it proclaims the result of the whole election 'dans les dix jours qui suivent le scrutin' (by 28 Apr 2027). The window closes at the later deadline, end of 28 Apr CEST. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor: departmental counts are due by Monday midnight (art. 28). 2022 precedent: Décision n° 2022-195 PDR, declaring the round-1 results, was made public on Wed 13 Apr 2022, three days after the 10 Apr vote. Candidates may refer the whole election to the Council within 48 hours of the close (art. 30); the Council rules on those claims itself before it proclaims, so there is no separate court stage."
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            "by": "2027-04-19T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-04-28T21:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Polling hours are set by the convocation decree, not yet published. 2022 precedent (Décret n° 2022-66 of 26 Jan 2022): 08:00-19:00 local, with prefects allowed to extend closing to 20:00 at the latest. On 18 Apr 2027 metropolitan France is on CEST (UTC+2), so the last close is 20:00 CEST, 18:00 UTC; the Saturday-voting territories and the Americas vote the day before. The Ministry of the Interior publishes provisional results from the close. The window closes at the deadline for the departmental counting commissions, 'au plus tard le lundi qui suit le scrutin, à minuit' (Décret 2001-213 art. 28), i.e. midnight 19 Apr CEST. That end is an ESTIMATE of when the ministry's provisional count is complete. Provisional, not the proclaimed result.",
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            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 58: the Conseil constitutionnel 'proclame les résultats du scrutin'. Décret 2001-213 art. 29: if no candidate has an absolute majority in round 1, the Council makes known the votes of each candidate 'au plus tard le mercredi, à 20 heures' (Wed 21 Apr 2027, 18:00 UTC), and names the two candidates for round 2 (art. 9). If a candidate wins outright, it proclaims the result of the whole election 'dans les dix jours qui suivent le scrutin' (by 28 Apr 2027). The window closes at the later deadline, end of 28 Apr CEST. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor: departmental counts are due by Monday midnight (art. 28). 2022 precedent: Décision n° 2022-195 PDR, declaring the round-1 results, was made public on Wed 13 Apr 2022, three days after the 10 Apr vote. Candidates may refer the whole election to the Council within 48 hours of the close (art. 30); the Council rules on those claims itself before it proclaims, so there is no separate court stage.",
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            "note": "Ministry of the Interior results index (redirects to index2.html; on 25 Sep 2026 it listed only Sénatoriales 2026). No page for this election yet: /presidentielle2027/index.html returned 404 on 25 Sep 2026. Recent elections sat at <election><year>/index.html on this host (municipales2026/index.html, Senatoriales2026/index.html) and move to archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr afterwards; the 2027 path is unconfirmed. These are provisional results, not the proclaimed result.",
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            "note": "Conseil constitutionnel list of 2027 presidential-election (PDR) decisions, where its declaration of the round-1 results will appear. On 25 Sep 2026 it listed no round-1 decision. 2022 equivalent: Décision n° 2022-195 PDR of 13 Apr 2022 (conseil-constitutionnel.fr/decision/2022/2022195PDR.htm).",
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            "note": "Council of Ministers report of 1 Jul 2026: the Minister of the Interior's communication on the 2027 electoral calendar. 'La date du dimanche 18 avril 2027 a été retenue pour l'organisation du premier tour ... et le 2 mai 2027 pour le second tour.' Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and French Polynesia vote on the Saturday. The convocation decree (décret portant convocation des électeurs) is not yet published; the report says it comes at the start of the year (it prints '2026', evidently meaning 2027; it also dates the party consultation '29 juillet 2026', after the meeting itself).",
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