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    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins a majority of the voters who took part in the first voting (tentatively 15 Jun 2027). The two candidates with the most votes go to a second voting, which the General Election Commission calls and organises within 14 days of the first voting day (Law on the Presidential Election art. 77.1-77.2; Constitution art. 31.5). If no one wins a majority again, a new election is held (art. 77.3).",
    "timezone": "Asia/Ulaanbaatar",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Law on the Presidential Election of Mongolia (revised 24 Dec 2020) arts. 8, 56, 68, 72-73, 77 and Constitution arts. 31-32 (legalinfo.mn); MONTSAME 27 Jun 2017, 7 Jul 2017, 10 Jun 2021, 25 Jun 2021; m-election.mn (GEC site)",
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        "name": "President of Mongolia",
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          "name": "General Election Commission of Mongolia",
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          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Law on the Presidential Election art. 72.2-72.3: the GEC issues and publishes its decision declaring the winner elected and submits the result and that decision to the State Great Khural within 10 days after voting, i.e. by 9 Jul 2027 on the tentative date; the window closes at the end of that day, Ulaanbaatar time. The opening (00:00 on the day after polling) is an ESTIMATED floor. Parliament then passes a law recognising the mandate (Constitution art. 31.5; law art. 73), with no statutory deadline; it is not a court step. 2021 (first voting, no runoff): parliament passed that law on 11 Jun 2021, two days after the vote (MONTSAME montsame.mn/en/read/268204). If no candidate wins a majority, no president is declared and a new election is called (art. 77.3, 8.10)."
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            "replacedAt": "2027-07-09T15:59:59Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Polls close at 22:00 Ulaanbaatar time (art. 56.1), 14:00 UTC (UTC+8, no DST). Counting machines transmit each station's result to the GEC as soon as voting ends (art. 68.1.2). Precedents: the 2017 second ballot closed at 22:00 on 7 Jul and the GEC began releasing preliminary results at once in a live broadcast (MONTSAME 7 Jul 2017, montsame.mn/en/read/130788); in the 2021 first voting 99.3% of stations had reported by 01:30 (MONTSAME montsame.mn/en/read/266563). The window closes at the end of the following day, local time. Preliminary, not the GEC's decision.",
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            "citation": "Law on the Presidential Election art. 72.2-72.3: the GEC issues and publishes its decision declaring the winner elected and submits the result and that decision to the State Great Khural within 10 days after voting, i.e. by 9 Jul 2027 on the tentative date; the window closes at the end of that day, Ulaanbaatar time. The opening (00:00 on the day after polling) is an ESTIMATED floor. Parliament then passes a law recognising the mandate (Constitution art. 31.5; law art. 73), with no statutory deadline; it is not a court step. 2021 (first voting, no runoff): parliament passed that law on 11 Jun 2021, two days after the vote (MONTSAME montsame.mn/en/read/268204). If no candidate wins a majority, no president is declared and a new election is called (art. 77.3, 8.10).",
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            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "General Election Commission results section ('СОНГУУЛИЙН ДҮН'). On 26 Sep 2026 it pointed to the 2026 by-election; no page or election id exists for 2027 yet. Results are rendered client-side and were not read. The former domain gec.gov.mn answered 410 Gone from outside Mongolia on 26 Sep 2026.",
            "check": null
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            "note": "Law on the Presidential Election of Mongolia (revised 24 Dec 2020), official legislation portal. Art. 77.2: 'хоёр дахь санал хураалтыг анхны санал авсан өдрөөс хойш 14 хоногийн дотор зарлан, зохион байгуулна'. DATE WORKING: 14 days after the tentative first voting day of Tue 15 Jun 2027 is Tue 29 Jun 2027, the LATEST the law allows; the GEC may pick an earlier day, and an earlier first voting day moves it too. 2017 precedent (under the previous law): first voting 26 Jun 2017; on 27 Jun the GEC fixed the second ballot for 9 Jul (MONTSAME montsame.mn/en/read/130648), and it was held on Fri 7 Jul 2017 (MONTSAME montsame.mn/en/read/130788), 11 days after the first. Art. 56.1: polls 07:00-22:00 Ulaanbaatar time.",
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            "role": "timetable",
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution of Mongolia, art. 31.5-31.6 (second voting between the two leading candidates; new election if no majority) and art. 32.2 (oath within 30 days).",
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            "check": null
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            "origin": "authority",
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