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    "date": "2029-02-18",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins at least half of the votes of the voters who took part in round 1 (tentatively 4 Feb 2029; Constitution art. 78, Electoral Code art. 146(1)). The CEC then sets, by decision taken immediately after processing the round-1 results and at least 10 days before polling, a second round two weeks after the first between the two candidates with most votes (art. 146(4)).",
    "timezone": "Europe/Chisinau",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Electoral Code no. 325/2022 arts. 8, 12, 75, 84-86, 135, 145-150 (official text on legis.md doc_id=155595 is behind a bot wall; read via the Venice Commission/TEPJF VOTA unofficial English translation 'Electoral Code (amended 2025)' and the prg.kz Russian consolidation to 10.07.2025); Constitution arts. 78-80, 90 as summarised article by article on presedinte.md; Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 (constcourt.md) and IPN report of 16 Sep 2024 on the Court's ruling on art. 135(2); CEC report on the 2024 presidential election (approved by HCEC 3209 of 9 Nov 2024, a.cec.md); CEC calendar for the 28 Sep 2025 parliamentary election (HCEC 3601/2025); CEC election pages on a.cec.md; Moldpres 29 Sep 2025; RFE/RL 24 Dec 2024",
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        "name": "President of the Republic of Moldova",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2029-02-18T19:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Central Electoral Commission",
          "name_local": "Comisia Electorală Centrală",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://a.cec.md/",
          "results_index": "https://a.cec.md/alegeri-si-referendumuri-2830.html",
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          "from": "2029-02-20T19:00:00Z",
          "by": "2029-02-27T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Electoral Code art. 84(4): district councils' protocols within 48 h of the close (20 Feb 2029, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): CEC national protocol in five days, by the end of day 7 (25 Feb 2029) as the CEC's 2025 calendar counts it; art. 146(5): the candidate with most votes in round 2 is elected. Precedent from the Court's ruling and the CEC report: 2024 run-off (3 Nov) centralised by HCEC nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024 (day 6), which declared the winner. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of day 9 (27 Feb 2029, EET), past the statutory limit, to err late. Not yet confirmed: see court-validation."
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            "from": "2029-02-18T19:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-02-19T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Electoral Code art. 75: voting 07:00-21:00 (up to 2 h longer for voters queuing, art. 78(8)); 18 Feb 2029 is on EET (UTC+2), so the close is 19:00 UTC; stations abroad close at 21:00 local time. Art. 86(1): preliminary results by polling station go up on CEC resources as soon as processed (2024 run-off: pvt22024.cec.md). Precedent, the CEC's last national count (28 Sep 2025, Moldpres): 99.03% processed by 06:31 local the next morning, 100% by 15:19. The window closes at the end of the day after polling day. Preliminary, not the CEC's result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2029-02-20T19:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-02-27T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Electoral Code art. 84(4): district councils' protocols within 48 h of the close (20 Feb 2029, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): CEC national protocol in five days, by the end of day 7 (25 Feb 2029) as the CEC's 2025 calendar counts it; art. 146(5): the candidate with most votes in round 2 is elected. Precedent from the Court's ruling and the CEC report: 2024 run-off (3 Nov) centralised by HCEC nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024 (day 6), which declared the winner. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of day 9 (27 Feb 2029, EET), past the statutory limit, to err late. Not yet confirmed: see court-validation.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "court-validation",
            "from": "2029-02-21T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-03-25T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 79(1) and Electoral Code arts. 147(2)-149: the CEC sends its papers to the Constitutional Court within 24 h; the Court confirms or refuses to confirm the legality of the election within 10 days of receiving them, but not before complaints are finally resolved, and validates the President's mandate by a judgment published at once. Precedent: 2024, referral lodged 9 Nov 2024 (sesizarea nr. 226e), Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024, 25 days after the run-off; 2025 parliamentary, 10 days after referral. The opening is an ESTIMATE; the window closes at the end of day 35 (25 Mar 2029, EET), past the 2024 precedent. Art. 79(2): oath at the latest 45 days after the election (by early Apr 2029).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://pv.cec.md/preliminare",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "CEC preliminary-results platform ('Rezultate preliminare'); on 2 Oct 2026 it still carried the 28 Sep 2025 parliamentary election. In 2024 the presidential rounds used their own hosts instead (pvt12024.cec.md and pvt22024.cec.md/cec-presidential-results-tour2.html, linked from a.cec.md/20-octombrie-2024-18425.html), so the host for this election is not known. Preliminary, by polling station, not the CEC's result.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://a.cec.md/alegeri-si-referendumuri-2830.html",
            "role": "results-final",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "CEC index of election pages ('Alegeri și referendumuri'), the CEC's results index. Each election gets its own page with a 'Rezultate alegeri' subpage (2024: a.cec.md/20-octombrie-2024-18425.html, with rezultate-alegeri-turul-i-18700.html and rezultate-alegeri-turul-ii-18701.html). On 2 Oct 2026 it listed no presidential or parliamentary election after 2025; the page for this election does not exist yet. The CEC's centralisation decision is the official result; the Constitutional Court's confirmation follows.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.constcourt.md/ccdocview.php?tip=hotariri&docid=867&l=ro",
            "role": "court-validation",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Precedent: Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 confirming the 2024 presidential election (both rounds) and validating the President's mandate. The CEC's referral (sesizarea nr. 226e) was lodged on 9 Nov 2024. The Court's judgments for this election will appear in its document register (constcourt.md/ccdocs.php).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=155595&lang=ro",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Electoral Code no. 325/2022 on the official legislation portal (the link the CEC's 'Legislație' page gives). On 2 Oct 2026 legis.md answered every request with a bot-check page, so it was read through the Venice Commission/TEPJF VOTA unofficial English translation 'MOLDOVA - Electoral Code (amended 2025)' (te.gob.mx/vota_elections) and the prg.kz Russian consolidation to 10.07.2025. Art. 75: voting 07:00-21:00; art. 84(4): district councils send their protocol to the CEC within 48 h of the close; art. 85(1): the CEC draws up the national protocol 'in five days'; art. 86: preliminary results by polling station go on CEC resources as soon as processed; arts. 146-148: second round two weeks after the first, CEC declares the result, Constitutional Court confirms within 10 days of receiving the documents.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://presedinte.md/rom/statutul-si-atributiile?print=1",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Presidency page quoting the Constitution: art. 78 (direct election, majority of those voting in round 1, else a run-off between the top two), art. 79 (result validated by the Constitutional Court, oath 'cel târziu la 45 de zile după alegeri'), art. 80 (four-year mandate from the oath; the incumbent serves until the newly elected President takes the oath), art. 90 (vacancy includes expiry of the mandate; elections within 2 months of the vacancy).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://ipn.md/curtea-constitutionala-declara-inadmisibila-sesizarea-privind-termenul-de-organizare-a-prezidentialelor/",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "DATE (tentative): two weeks after the tentative round 1 of 4 Feb 2029 (Electoral Code art. 146(4)); see moldova-presidential-2029 for how round 1 was derived (latest lawful pair under Electoral Code art. 135(2) and Constitution art. 90(4), as read in the Court ruling reported here). Moves with round 1.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Moldovan_presidential_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Previous election; no Wikipedia article for the next one existed on 2 Oct 2026.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://a.cec.md/",
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            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
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            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        "government": null,
        "results": [],
        "live_count": null,
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