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    "country_name": "Germany",
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    "subdivision_name": "Schleswig-Holstein",
    "date": "2027-04-18",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: SH State Returning Officer's call for nominations of 24 Mar 2026 (schleswig-holstein.de); Landtag news of 25 Mar 2026 (landtag.ltsh.de); statistik-nord.de (2027 and 2022 Landtag pages, 2022 publication schedule, 2022 final-results report of 20 May 2022).",
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        "name": "State Parliament (Landtag)",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-04-18T16:00:00Z",
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          "name": "State Returning Officer of Schleswig-Holstein",
          "name_local": "Landeswahlleiter des Landes Schleswig-Holstein",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/themen/demokratie-gesellschaft/wahlen/Wahlen-in-SH/wahlen_in_sh_node.html",
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          "from": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-05-10T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "The Landeswahlausschuss determines the final result; the State Returning Officer publishes it. No statutory deadline was read (the LWahlG and LWO texts were not opened on the legal portal). 2022 precedent: the State Returning Officer's final-results report is signed \"Kiel, 20. Mai 2022\" and the final result tables are dated 20 May 2022, 12 days after the 8 May vote (Statistik Nord 2022 page and schedule). On the same interval the 2027 final result would appear around Friday 30 Apr 2027. The opening (Friday 23 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Monday 10 May 2027, CEST, 22 days after polling day and ten days past the 2022 interval. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny, which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "from": "2027-04-18T16:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-04-18T23:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The state government decided on 24 Mar 2026 that the Landtag election is held on Sunday 18 Apr 2027 (State Returning Officer's notice of 24 Mar 2026, IV 314 - 86199/2025: \"Nach dem Beschluss der Landesregierung vom 24. März 2026 findet die Wahl des Landtages am Sonntag, dem 18. April 2027 statt.\"). The Landtag's news of 25 Mar 2026 gives the constitutional window: the new election must fall between the 58th and 60th month after the start of the term (the Landtag constituted on 7 Jun 2022), i.e. 8 Apr to 7 Jun 2027. The count starts at 18:00 when voting ends (2022 schedule: \"Ab 18:00 Uhr Auszählung live verfolgen\"); 18:00 CEST = 16:00 UTC. The polling-hours provision of the LWahlG/LWO was not read on the legal portal. 2022 precedent: on election night (8 May 2022) the preliminary results and the seat distribution were published on www.landtagswahl-sh.de once all precincts were counted, with result tables following on the Monday morning (Statistik Nord publication schedule). The exact 2022 completion time was not found; the window closes at 01:59 CEST on Monday 19 Apr 2027, an estimate. This is the preliminary count, not the official result. Seats: 69 regular (35 constituencies, 34 list seats); overhang seats (\"Mehrsitze\") and further balancing seats can raise the number (§ 3(5) LWahlG, per the 2022 report); the 2017 Landtag had 73 members, the 2022 Landtag 69.",
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            "from": "2027-04-22T22:00:00Z",
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            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The Landeswahlausschuss determines the final result; the State Returning Officer publishes it. No statutory deadline was read (the LWahlG and LWO texts were not opened on the legal portal). 2022 precedent: the State Returning Officer's final-results report is signed \"Kiel, 20. Mai 2022\" and the final result tables are dated 20 May 2022, 12 days after the 8 May vote (Statistik Nord 2022 page and schedule). On the same interval the 2027 final result would appear around Friday 30 Apr 2027. The opening (Friday 23 Apr 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Monday 10 May 2027, CEST, 22 days after polling day and ten days past the 2022 interval. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny, which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.",
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        "sources": [
          {
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Statistics Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein page \"Wahl zum 21. Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtag am 18. April 2027\". On 30 Sep 2026 it has only pre-election material (constituency list of 19 May 2026, constituency map of 28 Sep 2026). In 2022 the preliminary and final results were posted in the matching 2022 section of this site; election-night results ran on www.landtagswahl-sh.de. No 2027 results URL is predicted.",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.statistik-nord.de/wahlen/wahlen-in-schleswig-holstein/landtagswahlen/landtagswahl-2022-in-schleswig-holstein",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "note": "2022 precedent: \"Endgültiges Ergebnis der Landtagswahl 2022 in Schleswig-Holstein\"; the final-results report and tables are dated 20 May 2022, 12 days after the 8 May 2022 vote.",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Wahlen/Schleswig-Holstein/Landtagswahlen/2022/Vor_der_Wahl/Termin%C3%BCbersicht_Ver%C3%B6ffentlichungen-Landtagswahl-Schleswig-Holstein_2022.pdf",
            "role": "see-also",
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            "note": "2022 precedent, publication schedule: on polling day \"Ab 18:00 Uhr Auszählung live verfolgen\" on www.landtagswahl-sh.de, then the preliminary results with the seat distribution once all precincts are counted; preliminary result tables on Monday 9 May 2022 in the morning; final-results report on 20 May 2022, early afternoon.",
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            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2022 final-results report, published by the State Returning Officer (signed Kiel, 20 May 2022). Seat table: 69 seats (35 constituency, 34 list) with no overhang seats (\"Mehrsitze\", § 3(5) LWahlG) in 2022; the 2017 Landtag had 73 seats.",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/themen/demokratie-gesellschaft/wahlen/Wahlen-in-SH/Landtagswahl/Downloads/aufforderungLandtagswahl.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2",
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            "note": "State Returning Officer's notice of 24 Mar 2026 (IV 314 - 86199/2025), call for nominations: polling day Sunday 18 Apr 2027 by decision of the state government of 24 Mar 2026; nominations due Monday 22 Feb 2027, 18:00; party status determined by the Landeswahlausschuss by 5 Feb 2027. Cites the Landeswahlgesetz (LWahlG) as published 7 Oct 1991 (GVOBl. Schl.-H. p. 442), last amended 13 Mar 2024, and the Landeswahlordnung of 9 Jul 2019.",
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            "note": "Landtag news of 25 Mar 2026: the Landtag is elected on Sunday 18 Apr 2027; the cabinet set the date (announced by the Interior Ministry on 24 Mar); constitutional window 8 Apr to 7 Jun 2027.",
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