{ "data": { "id": "isle-of-man-general-2026", "country": "IM", "country_name": "Isle of Man", "date": "2026-09-24", "date_status": "declared", "kind": "general", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Europe/Isle_of_Man", "status": "finalising", "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T11:50:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: elections.gov.im (House of Keys General Election 2026 page, election timetable, Guidance for Candidates 2026, election results page, 12 constituency pages); Elections (Keys) Regulations 2021 (SD 2021/0096); Elections (Keys and Local Authorities) Act 2020; Manx Radio", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/isle-of-man-general-2026", "races": [ { "id": "house-of-keys", "key": "isle-of-man-general-2026/house-of-keys", "name": "House of Keys", "body": "legislature-lower", "seats": 24, "polls_close_utc": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "im-cabinet-office", "name": "Cabinet Office (Crown and Elections), Isle of Man Government", "name_local": null, "role": "ministry", "homepage": "https://elections.gov.im/", "results_index": "https://elections.gov.im/election-results/", "open_data": null }, "status": "finalising", "expected_stage_now": "final-result", "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2026-09-24T23:00:00Z", "by": "2026-10-23T22:59:59Z", "confidence": "estimate", "basis": "Elections (Keys) Regulations 2021 reg. 52(4)-(6): the Chief Executive Officer (Isle of Man Government) must \"as soon as practicable\" publish one composite notice of the members elected for all constituencies, in a local newspaper and on a website. The law sets no deadline. No precedent was found: the results page has only a turnout table for 2021, with no dated notice. The window runs late on purpose, to the end of 23 Oct 2026 local time. Legally, each constituency's result is final when it is declared, unless an election petition is filed with the High Court. Under the Elections (Keys and Local Authorities) Act 2020 Sch. 1 para. 3, a petition must be filed within 28 days after the return to the Clerk of the Rolls, and the ballot packets reach the Clerk within 7 days of the declaration (reg. 56). Not observed as of 2026-09-25T11:45Z." }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z", "by": "2026-09-25T05:00:00Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "Elections (Keys) Regulations 2021 reg. 52(2): once the count is done, each constituency's returning officer must \"immediately and in public\" declare who is elected and give notice of the votes per candidate. elections.gov.im says the count starts \"as soon as practicable\" after polls close at 8pm (19:00 UTC). These declarations are the constituency results, not a provisional count. The authority does not post them online as they happen. The 06:00 BST end of the window is an estimate: the counts are overnight. Press only: Manx Radio reported all 24 seats filled by 02:20 BST on 25 Sep 2026. observedAt is left unset because no authority page shows the declarations yet.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2026-09-24T23:00:00Z", "by": "2026-10-23T22:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "Elections (Keys) Regulations 2021 reg. 52(4)-(6): the Chief Executive Officer (Isle of Man Government) must \"as soon as practicable\" publish one composite notice of the members elected for all constituencies, in a local newspaper and on a website. The law sets no deadline. No precedent was found: the results page has only a turnout table for 2021, with no dated notice. The window runs late on purpose, to the end of 23 Oct 2026 local time. Legally, each constituency's result is final when it is declared, unless an election petition is filed with the High Court. Under the Elections (Keys and Local Authorities) Act 2020 Sch. 1 para. 3, a petition must be filed within 28 days after the return to the Clerk of the Rolls, and the ballot packets reach the Clerk within 7 days of the declaration (reg. 56). Not observed as of 2026-09-25T11:45Z.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "government", "from": "2026-10-12T23:00:00Z", "by": null, "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "elections.gov.im Guidance for Candidates 2026 (rev. July 2026) ยง4.5: the first sitting of the House of Keys, where members are sworn in and the Speaker is elected, is on Tuesday 29 September 2026. \"A further sitting of Keys will be held on Tuesday 13 October 2026 to appoint the Chief Minister.\" In 2021 the Keys elected the Chief Minister on 12 Oct 2021, 19 days after the 23 Sep 2021 poll (BBC News, 12 Oct 2021).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://elections.gov.im/election-results/", "role": "results-final", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Results index. The Chief Executive Officer's composite notice of the members elected (Elections (Keys) Regulations 2021 reg. 52(4)-(6)) is published here. As of 2026-09-25T11:45Z it listed no 2026 House of Keys result, and neither did the 12 constituency pages. No live results page exists: returning officers declare in public at each count.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://elections.gov.im/house-of-keys-general-election-2026/", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Official election page: polling 8am to 8pm on 24 Sep 2026, key dates, how the count and declaration work. Timetable PDF: https://elections.gov.im/media/umuj2bam/2025-final-2026-election-timetable.pdf", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/three-ministers-lose-seats-as-15-newcomers-are-elected-to-house-of-keys/", "role": "media-call", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Manx Radio (public broadcaster), 25 Sep 2026 02:20 BST: all 24 members elected. Press report, not the authority.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Manx_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://elections.gov.im/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": { "earliestUtc": "2026-10-12T23:00:00Z", "precedentDays": [ 19 ], "note": "The House of Keys elects the Chief Minister, at a sitting set for 13 Oct 2026. Precedent: 2021, 19 days after polling day (Alfred Cannan, 12 Oct 2021)." }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/isle-of-man-general-2026#house-of-keys" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-09-25.d34ce25d", "built_at": "2026-09-25T14:52:52Z", "generated_at": "2026-09-25T15:17:05.169Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }