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    "country": "KG",
    "country_name": "Kyrgyzstan",
    "date": "2027-03-08",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if more than two candidates are on the ballot and none wins more than half of the votes of all voters who took part on 27 Jan (Constitutional Law art. 55(3)). The CEC then calls a runoff between the top two. The runoff must take place within 20 days of the CEC determining the round-1 result, and the CEC publishes its date within 3 days of that determination (art. 56(1)-(2)). The date shown is not a scheduled date: it is the latest the law allows if the CEC uses its full 20 days for round 1 (16 Feb + 20 days). The runoff winner is the candidate with the most votes (art. 56(4)).",
    "timezone": "Asia/Bishkek",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-24T20:27:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-24: Constitutional Law No. 68/2011 as amended to No. 135/2026 arts. 31, 37-1, 55, 56, 58 (shailoo.gov.kg), Jogorku Kenesh resolution of 24 Sep 2026 (media.kg), ess.shailoo.gov.kg",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/kyrgyzstan-presidential-2027-r2",
    "races": [
      {
        "id": "president",
        "key": "kyrgyzstan-presidential-2027-r2/president",
        "name": "President",
        "body": "head-of-state",
        "seats": null,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-03-08T14:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "kg-cec",
          "name": "Central Commission for Elections and Referendums",
          "name_local": "Центральная комиссия по выборам и проведению референдумов",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://shailoo.gov.kg/",
          "results_index": "https://ess.shailoo.gov.kg/ru/ele",
          "open_data": "https://shailoo.gov.kg/ru/otkrytye-dannye-cik/"
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "expected_stage_now": null,
        "observed": false,
        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-03-11T00:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-03-28T17:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "estimate",
          "basis": "ESTIMATE. The law sets no separate deadline for the runoff result. Art. 56(2) says the runoff follows the law's general requirements, so this window applies the art. 55(2) limit: the CEC determines the result 'не позднее чем в 20-дневный срок после дня голосования'. Twenty days after the tentative 8 Mar date is 28 Mar 2027 (end of day, Bishkek time). An appeal suspends the determination until the court rules (art. 55(2)). The result is officially published within 3 calendar days (art. 58(2)). No precedent: no presidential runoff has been held under this law. The opening is an estimated floor."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-03-08T14:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-09T06:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-03-28T17:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Constitutional Law art. 31(1): voting runs 08:00-20:00 local time (UTC+6, no DST), so polls close at 14:00 UTC. Art. 37-1(1): the CEC posts polling-station results on its website as soon as they arrive, as preliminary information without legal force. The window is tied to the tentative runoff date (the latest the law allows) and moves with the date the CEC sets. 2021 round-1 precedent: preliminary figures at 21:00 on polling night. Provisional, not the CEC's result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-03-11T00:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-28T17:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "ESTIMATE. The law sets no separate deadline for the runoff result. Art. 56(2) says the runoff follows the law's general requirements, so this window applies the art. 55(2) limit: the CEC determines the result 'не позднее чем в 20-дневный срок после дня голосования'. Twenty days after the tentative 8 Mar date is 28 Mar 2027 (end of day, Bishkek time). An appeal suspends the determination until the court rules (art. 55(2)). The result is officially published within 3 calendar days (art. 58(2)). No precedent: no presidential runoff has been held under this law. The opening is an estimated floor.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://ess.shailoo.gov.kg/ru/ele",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Results index of the CEC's Information Electoral System. No runoff page exists. Each election's page uses the polling date as its id (e.g. /ru/ele/20210110). Kyrgyzstan has never held a presidential runoff under this system, so the path is unconfirmed.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://shailoo.gov.kg/ru/konstitucionnye-zakony-kr/konstitucionnye-zakony-kr/O_vyborah_Pr-1913/",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitutional Law No. 68/2011, as amended to 28 Jul 2026, art. 56 (повторное голосование): the runoff is held within 20 days of the CEC determining the round-1 result.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Kyrgyz_presidential_election",
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            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://shailoo.gov.kg/ru/otkrytye-dannye-cik/",
            "role": "open-data",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
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            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://shailoo.gov.kg/",
            "role": "authority-home",
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        ],
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        "government": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/kyrgyzstan-presidential-2027-r2#president"
      }
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