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    "country": "DE",
    "country_name": "Germany",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "DE-SL",
    "subdivision_name": "Saarland",
    "date": "2027-04-18",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "regional",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Saarland Ministry of the Interior press release of 3 Mar 2026; Amtsblatt des Saarlandes Teil I of 26 Mar 2026 p. 201 (polling day) and of 21 May 2026 p. 326 (call for nominations); 2022 final-result notice (Amtsblatt Teil I of 21 Apr 2022 p. 688); saarland.de/landeswahlleiterin (Landtag page, FAQ); wahlergebnis.saarland.de/LTW/.",
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        "name": "State Parliament (Landtag)",
        "body": "subnational-legislature",
        "seats": 51,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-04-18T16:00:00Z",
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          "name": "State Returning Officer of Saarland",
          "name_local": "Landeswahlleiterin des Saarlandes",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://www.saarland.de/landeswahlleiterin/home/home_node.html",
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          "from": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-05-07T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "The Landeswahlausschuss determines the final result, the seats per list and the members elected (§ 37 LWG with § 60 LWO); the determinations are published under § 39(1) LWG and § 61(1) LWO. No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was read. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the final result in its session on 6 Apr 2022, 10 days after the 27 Mar vote; the notice is dated 8 Apr 2022 and appeared in the Amtsblatt Teil I of 21 Apr 2022 (p. 688). On the same interval the 2027 meeting would fall around Wednesday 28 Apr 2027. The opening (Friday 23 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 7 May 2027, CEST, 19 days after polling day and nine days past the 2022 interval. The result is subject to the Landtag's decision on the validity of the election (Art. 75 of the Saarland Constitution, cited in the 2022 notice), which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage."
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-04-18T16:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-18T23:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Ministry of the Interior press release of 3 Mar 2026: \"Im Saarland wird am 18. April 2027 gewählt. Das hat der Ministerrat heute beschlossen.\" Formal notice: Bekanntmachung des Tages der Wahl des 18. Landtages des Saarlandes of 16 Mar 2026 (Amtsblatt des Saarlandes Teil I of 26 Mar 2026, p. 201, No. 59), signed by the Minister of the Interior: the state government \"hat als Tag der Wahl ... den 18. April 2027 bestimmt\". Voting ends at 18:00, when the count begins (State Returning Officer's FAQ); 18:00 CEST = 16:00 UTC. The preliminary result is counted on election night and published on wahlergebnis.saarland.de. The hour at which the 2022 preliminary result was complete was not found on the returning officer's pages; the window closes at 01:59 CEST on Monday 19 Apr 2027, an estimate for a small electorate (746,307 registered voters in 2022, three constituencies). This is the preliminary count, not the official result. Seats: 51, allocated among the lists that pass 5% statewide (§ 38 LWG as applied in the 2022 notice); the system has no overhang seats.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-05-07T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The Landeswahlausschuss determines the final result, the seats per list and the members elected (§ 37 LWG with § 60 LWO); the determinations are published under § 39(1) LWG and § 61(1) LWO. No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was read. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the final result in its session on 6 Apr 2022, 10 days after the 27 Mar vote; the notice is dated 8 Apr 2022 and appeared in the Amtsblatt Teil I of 21 Apr 2022 (p. 688). On the same interval the 2027 meeting would fall around Wednesday 28 Apr 2027. The opening (Friday 23 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 7 May 2027, CEST, 19 days after polling day and nine days past the 2022 interval. The result is subject to the Landtag's decision on the validity of the election (Art. 75 of the Saarland Constitution, cited in the 2022 notice), which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
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          {
            "url": "https://www.saarland.de/landeswahlleiterin/wahlinformationen/landtagswahlen/landtagswahl_node",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "The State Returning Officer's Landtag election page (read in a browser on 30 Sep 2026; saarland.de refuses scripted requests without browser headers). It states \"Die Wahl des 18. Landtages des Saarlandes findet am 18. April 2027 statt\" and links the 2022 results site and the 2022 Amtsblatt notice of the final result. No 2027 results URL is published yet and none is predicted.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://wahlergebnis.saarland.de/LTW/",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 precedent: results site for the Landtag election of 27 Mar 2022, now showing the \"Amtliches Endergebnis\".",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.saarland.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Landeswahlleiterin/LtW/bekanntmachung_wahlergebnis.pdf",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 precedent: Bekanntmachung of 8 Apr 2022 (Amtsblatt Teil I of 21 Apr 2022, p. 688): \"Der Landeswahlausschuss hat in seiner Sitzung am 6. April 2022 nach § 37 des Landtagswahlgesetzes (LWG) ... das endgültige Ergebnis der am 27. März 2022 durchgeführten Wahl ... festgestellt.\" Section III: \"Die 51 Landtagssitze verteilen sich ...\" (§ 38 LWG).",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.saarland.de/mibs/DE/aktuelles/newsletter/medieninformationen/_documents/2026/M%C3%A4rz/pm21_2026-03-03-Wahlankuendigung",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of the Interior, Construction and Sport press release of 3 Mar 2026 (read in a browser): the Council of Ministers set polling day as 18 Apr 2027.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
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            "kind": "other",
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            "note": "Bekanntmachung des Tages der Wahl des 18. Landtages des Saarlandes of 16 Mar 2026, Amtsblatt des Saarlandes Teil I of 26 Mar 2026, p. 201, No. 59: polling day 18 Apr 2027.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.saarland.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Landeswahlleiterin/LtW/bekanntmachung_einr_wahlvorschl.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "State Returning Officer's call for nominations of 11 May 2026 (Amtsblatt Teil I of 21 May 2026, p. 326) for the Landtag election on 18 Apr 2027: nominations due by Thursday 11 Feb 2027, 18:00; one vote per voter for a party's constituency list and, with it, its state list.",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.saarland.de/landeswahlleiterin/service/faq",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "State Returning Officer's FAQ: postal ballots must arrive \"spätestens am Wahlsonntag bis 18.00 Uhr\", when voting ends and the count begins.",
            "check": null
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            "role": "timetable",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Landtagswahlgesetz (LWG), version of the notice of 11 Jun 2026, on the official Saarland legal portal (opened; the portal did not render the section texts for reading, so sections are cited as applied in the 2022 Amtsblatt notice).",
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