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    "id": "lithuania-legislative-2028",
    "country": "LT",
    "country_name": "Lithuania",
    "date": "2028-10-08",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "legislative",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Vilnius",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Rinkimų kodeksas (Electoral Code, approved by Constitutional Law XIV-1381; consolidated edition in force 2026-09-02, e-seimas.lrs.lt) arts. 2, 12, 139, 167, 179, 180, 189, 191; Constitution arts. 55, 58, 59, 65, 84, 92, 105, 106 (lrs.lt English text); LRT and 15min reports of 14 Oct, 20 Oct and 3 Nov 2024 (2024 Seimas count and VRK approvals) and 11 Dec 2020 / 12 Dec 2024 (government sworn in)",
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        "key": "lithuania-legislative-2028/seimas",
        "name": "Seimas",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 141,
        "polls_close_utc": "2028-10-08T17:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Central Electoral Commission",
          "name_local": "Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.vrk.lt/",
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          "from": "2028-10-23T06:00:00Z",
          "by": "2028-10-31T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Code art. 179(2)-(4): the VRK sets the final results after deciding all complaints; where runoffs are held, the decision on the multi-member district is published together with the decision on the runoff districts, within 7 days of the runoff (22 Oct 2028), i.e. by Sunday 29 Oct 2028. The window closes at the end of Tuesday 31 Oct 2028, EET (UTC+2 after the 29 Oct clock change), two days past the statutory day. The opening (09:00 EEST the day after the runoff) is an ESTIMATED floor. PRECEDENT: 2024, the VRK approved the final Seimas results at its meeting on Sunday 3 Nov 2024, day 7 after the 27 Oct runoff and day 21 after round 1 (LRT, 3 Nov 2024). The VRK hands MPs their certificates within 5 working days of publication (art. 180(1)). No court-validation stage: complaints about counts go to the election commissions and the VRK must decide them before it publishes the final results (Code art. 189(3)); the Constitutional Court gives a conclusion on violations of electoral law only if the Seimas or the President asks for one (Constitution arts. 105-106, Code art. 191), which is not a routine step."
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            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2028-10-08T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-09T06:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2028-10-15T20:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "DATE WORKING: Electoral Code art. 12(1) puts a regular Seimas election on the second Sunday of October of the year in which the sitting MPs' powers end. The Seimas elected in 2024 first sat in November 2024 (Constitution arts. 55 and 59: four-year powers counted from the first sitting), so its powers end in 2028; the second Sunday of October 2028 is 8 Oct (1 Oct 2028 is a Sunday). Not yet decreed: the President must announce the election no later than 6 months before the MPs' powers end (art. 12(1)). An early election by a 3/5 Seimas vote or a presidential decree (Constitution art. 58, Code art. 13) would replace this date. POLLS: 07:00-20:00 local (Code art. 139(2)); 8 Oct 2028 is on EEST (UTC+3; summer time ends 29 Oct 2028), so the close is 17:00 UTC. PRECEDENT: 2024 (13 Oct), the VRK announced shortly before 05:00 EEST on 14 Oct that it had counted all 1,947 polling districts (15min live report, entry 05:03, 14 Oct 2024). The window closes at 09:00 EEST Monday, about 4 h past precedent. Preliminary, not the VRK's approved result.",
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            "from": "2028-10-09T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-15T20:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2028-10-31T21:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "The VRK approves the round-1 results: the single-member districts decided in round 1 and the runoff pairings, with the runoff date announced together with those results (Code art. 167(2)(2)). Code art. 179(3): the VRK's decision on the final results in a district is published in the Register of Legal Acts 'ne vėliau kaip per 7 dienas nuo rinkimų dienos', i.e. by 15 Oct 2028; the window closes at the end of that day, EEST. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor. PRECEDENT: 2024, the VRK approved the round-1 single-member results on Sunday 20 Oct, day 7 (LRT, 20 Oct 2024; 15min, 20 Oct 2024: 8 districts decided in round 1). The multi-member (list) seat allocation is NOT final at this stage: art. 179(4) publishes it together with the runoff results.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2028-10-23T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2028-10-31T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Code art. 179(2)-(4): the VRK sets the final results after deciding all complaints; where runoffs are held, the decision on the multi-member district is published together with the decision on the runoff districts, within 7 days of the runoff (22 Oct 2028), i.e. by Sunday 29 Oct 2028. The window closes at the end of Tuesday 31 Oct 2028, EET (UTC+2 after the 29 Oct clock change), two days past the statutory day. The opening (09:00 EEST the day after the runoff) is an ESTIMATED floor. PRECEDENT: 2024, the VRK approved the final Seimas results at its meeting on Sunday 3 Nov 2024, day 7 after the 27 Oct runoff and day 21 after round 1 (LRT, 3 Nov 2024). The VRK hands MPs their certificates within 5 working days of publication (art. 180(1)). No court-validation stage: complaints about counts go to the election commissions and the VRK must decide them before it publishes the final results (Code art. 189(3)); the Constitutional Court gives a conclusion on violations of electoral law only if the Seimas or the President asks for one (Constitution arts. 105-106, Code art. 191), which is not a routine step.",
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            "observedAt": null,
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          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2028-10-23T06:00:00Z",
            "by": null,
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 92: the Government returns its powers to the President after the Seimas election; art. 84(8): the President proposes a Prime Minister to the Seimas within 15 days; art. 92: the Prime Minister presents the Government and its programme, and the new Government acquires its powers once the Seimas approves the programme. The new Seimas first sits within 15 days of its election (art. 65), which cannot come before the runoff results; the floor (09:00 EEST the day after the runoff, the final-result stage's own floor) is an ESTIMATE. No statutory deadline for the whole process.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
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        ],
        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://rezultatai.vrk.lt/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Central Electoral Commission (VRK) results host (index of elections), not a page for this election. It could not be read on 25 Sep 2026: rezultatai.vrk.lt and www.vrk.lt answer automated requests with a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403), and the Wayback Machine was rate-limited. The 2024 Seimas results were published at https://www.vrk.lt/2024-seimo/rezultatai (found via search, not opened); a 2028 page on the same pattern is PREDICTED, not seen. Electoral Code art. 166(1): voting results are published on the VRK website.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/44e06821075711edbfe9c72e552dd5bd/asr",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Rinkimų kodeksas, consolidated edition in force 2026-09-02 to 2027-08-31 (a later edition is already scheduled from 2027-09-01; not checked). Art. 12(1): 'Eiliniai Seimo rinkimai rengiami esamos kadencijos Seimo narių įgaliojimų pabaigos metais spalio mėnesio antrą sekmadienį'; the President announces them by decree no later than 6 months before the MPs' powers end. Art. 2(2): 71 MPs in single-member districts, 70 in one nationwide multi-member district. Art. 139(2): polling 07:00-20:00. Art. 167(2): runoff two weeks after election day where no candidate got the most votes and at least 1/5 of the district's registered voters. Art. 179(3)-(4): final results within 7 days; the multi-member result is published together with the runoff results.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution art. 55 (141 MPs, four-year term), art. 58 (early elections), art. 59 (MPs' powers run from the new Seimas's first sitting), art. 65 (first sitting within 15 days of the election), arts. 84 and 92 (appointment of the Prime Minister and Government).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.vrk.lt/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2028-10-23T06:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
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            61
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          "note": "Days from round 1 to the Seimas approving the Government's programme and the ministers being sworn in (when the Government acquires its powers): 2020, 11 Oct to 11 Dec 2020 (61; LRT, 11 Dec 2020); 2024, 13 Oct to 12 Dec 2024 (60; LRT and lrs.lt, 12 Dec 2024). 2016 (9 Oct to 13 Dec 2016, 65) is a lead from memory, not checked. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent."
        },
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/lithuania-legislative-2028#seimas"
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