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    "date": "2027-07-11",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Podgorica",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Zakon o izboru odbornika i poslanika (consolidated to Sl. list CG 114/26, dik.co.me), Constitution of Montenegro arts. 83, 84, 92, 103, 149 (paragraf.me), DIK 2023 calendar no. 395 and 2020/2023 results pages (dik.co.me), Glas Amerike 27 Jul 2023, standard.co.me 20 Jul 2025",
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        "name": "Parliament of Montenegro (Skupština Crne Gore)",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-07-11T18:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "me-dik",
          "name": "State Election Commission",
          "name_local": "Državna izborna komisija",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://dik.co.me/",
          "results_index": "https://dik.co.me/dik-izbori/za-izbor-poslanika-u-skupstinu-crne-gore",
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          "from": "2027-07-17T22:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-08-20T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Law art. 98: DIK sets the final results 'u roku od 12 časova od isteka roka za podnošenje prigovora, odnosno žalbi, odnosno od konačnosti ili izvršnosti odluka donešenih po prigovoru ili žalbi'; complaints go to the commissions within 72 hours, and DIK's decisions can be appealed to the Constitutional Court (arts. 107-110). Art. 99 sets Official Gazette publication within 15 days of polling day (26 Jul 2027), but that deadline was missed in 2023. Precedents on DIK's own site: 2020, vote 30 Aug, final results set at a session on 14 Sep 2020 (day 15; notice 'DIK sjutra utvrđuje konačne rezultate izbora', 13 Sep 2020); 2023, vote 11 Jun, final results set on 14 Jul 2023 (decision no. 910, day 33), after the Constitutional Court rejected the last appeal (press reports, e.g. portalanalitika.me 'DIK proglasio konačne rezultate izbora'). The window closes on 20 Aug 2027, end of day CEST (day 40), a week past the longest precedent, because appeals can hold up the result. The opening, Sunday 18 Jul (day 7), is an ESTIMATED floor: complaint and appeal periods have to run out first. The Constitutional Court rules before DIK sets the final results, so there is no separate court-validation stage."
        },
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-07-11T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-07-13T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Polls close at 20:00 local (law art. 70), 18:00 UTC in July (CEST, UTC+2). DIK's first official figures are the provisional results (privremeni rezultati). Statutory chain: polling boards deliver material within 6 hours of closing (art. 91), municipal commissions report to DIK within 12 hours, and DIK 'utvrđuje privremene rezultate za izbor poslanika, u roku od 12 časova' (art. 92), so by 02:00 local on Tuesday 13 Jul 2027 at the latest. Precedent: in 2023 DIK convened the session to set the provisional results at 20:30 on Monday 12 Jun 2023, the day after the vote, and posted them on 12 Jun (dik.co.me, 2023 section). The window closes at the end of Tuesday local time, a day past the statutory chain. Media and NGO projections on election night are not DIK figures. Provisional, not the final result.",
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-07-17T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-08-20T21:59:59Z",
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            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Law art. 98: DIK sets the final results 'u roku od 12 časova od isteka roka za podnošenje prigovora, odnosno žalbi, odnosno od konačnosti ili izvršnosti odluka donešenih po prigovoru ili žalbi'; complaints go to the commissions within 72 hours, and DIK's decisions can be appealed to the Constitutional Court (arts. 107-110). Art. 99 sets Official Gazette publication within 15 days of polling day (26 Jul 2027), but that deadline was missed in 2023. Precedents on DIK's own site: 2020, vote 30 Aug, final results set at a session on 14 Sep 2020 (day 15; notice 'DIK sjutra utvrđuje konačne rezultate izbora', 13 Sep 2020); 2023, vote 11 Jun, final results set on 14 Jul 2023 (decision no. 910, day 33), after the Constitutional Court rejected the last appeal (press reports, e.g. portalanalitika.me 'DIK proglasio konačne rezultate izbora'). The window closes on 20 Aug 2027, end of day CEST (day 40), a week past the longest precedent, because appeals can hold up the result. The opening, Sunday 18 Jul (day 7), is an ESTIMATED floor: complaint and appeal periods have to run out first. The Constitutional Court rules before DIK sets the final results, so there is no separate court-validation stage.",
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          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2027-07-17T22:00:00Z",
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            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Constitution art. 103: the President proposes a prime minister-designate within 30 days of the Parliament's constitution; the Parliament votes on the programme and cabinet together. Art. 92: the Parliament is dissolved if it elects no government within 90 days of the first proposal. The new Parliament is constituted when the commission's report on the results is submitted (law art. 14), so no government before the final results; the opening is the estimated floor of the final-result window. In 2023 the Parliament was constituted on 27 Jul 2023, 46 days after the vote.",
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        "sources": [
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            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "State Election Commission (DIK) section for parliamentary elections (index), not a page for this election. On 25 Sep 2026 it had sub-pages for 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2023 only; there is no 2027 page yet and its path is not predicted here. In 2023 the results were posted as separate articles and PDFs under .../2023/: provisional results ('Privremeni rezultati izbora ... održanih 11. juna 2023. godine', posted 12 Jun 2023, PDF /images/DIK-media/izbori/parlamentarni/2023/final-PRIVREMENI-REZULTATI-2023.pdf) and final results ('Konačni rezultati za izbor poslanika u Skupštinu Crne Gore', decision no. 910 of 14 Jul 2023, posted 15 Jul 2023, PDF .../2023/KONACNI-REZULTATI-2023.pdf), plus polling-station breakdowns. DIK has no separate live-results host. Under the amendments in Sl. list CG 81/25 and 114/26 the DIK is to be replaced by a Central Election Commission (Centralna izborna komisija) once the Parliament elects it (law art. 121a); the site may move.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://dik.co.me/images/DIK-media/legislativa/zakoni/Zakon_o_izboru_odbornika_i_poslanika.docx",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Law on the Election of Councillors and MPs (Zakon o izboru odbornika i poslanika), consolidated text on the DIK site including the amendments in Sl. list CG 81/25 (29 Jul 2025) and 114/26 (3 Aug 2026), read 25 Sep 2026. Art. 5: 'Mandat poslanika traje četiri godine.' Art. 13b: elections are called by the President of Montenegro; election day is a Sunday; the commission publishes the electoral calendar within 72 hours of the call. Art. 14: 'Izbori za odbornike i poslanike održavaju se najkasnije 15 dana prije isteka izbornog perioda', and 60 to 100 days must pass between the call and polling day; new MPs' mandates are confirmed within 30 days of polling day. Art. 70: polling stations open 07:00-20:00. Arts. 91-92: provisional-result deadlines. Art. 98: final results within 12 hours of the end of the complaint/appeal deadlines or of the final decisions on them. Art. 99: final results published in the Official Gazette within 15 days of polling day. Arts. 107-110: complaints within 72 hours, commission decides within 24 hours, appeal against the commission to the Constitutional Court. Art. 120b fixes the first joint general local elections on Sunday 13 Jun 2027 (these are municipal, not this election). DATE WORKING (tentative): Constitution art. 84: 'Mandat Skupštine traje četiri godine.' The current Parliament was constituted and its members' mandates confirmed on 27 Jul 2023 (Glas Amerike, 27 Jul 2023, 'čime je i zvanično počeo mandat novog saziva'), so its term runs to 27 Jul 2027. Art. 14 puts the election no later than 15 days before that, i.e. by Monday 12 Jul 2027; the latest Sunday is 11 Jul 2027, the date used here. That is a latest date, not an announced one: the President may call any Sunday 60-100 days after the call, and the 2020 regular election (30 Aug 2020) was held weeks before the 2016 Parliament's term expired. Reports in 2025 (standard.co.me, 20 Jul 2025, citing RTCG) said the parties had agreed in principle that, 'ukoliko politički uslovi to dozvole', the parliamentary election would be held on the same day as the June 2027 local elections; no call has been issued. Early elections are possible by dissolution (Constitution art. 92) or by shortening the mandate (art. 84); the Constitution bars dissolution in the three months before the mandate expires. No early election had been called on 25 Sep 2026.",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.paragraf.me/propisi-crnegore/ustav-crne-gore.html",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution of Montenegro (text via Paragraf Lex, read 25 Sep 2026; the official publication is Sl. list CG 1/2007 and amendments). Art. 83: 81 MPs. Art. 84: four-year mandate; early end by dissolution or shortening of the mandate. Art. 92: dissolution if no government is elected within 90 days of the President's first proposal of a prime minister-designate; the President calls elections the day after dissolution. Art. 103: the President proposes a prime minister-designate within 30 days of the Parliament's constitution. Art. 149(7): the Constitutional Court decides electoral disputes.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://dik.co.me/images/DIK-media/izbori/parlamentarni/2023/kalendar-izbornih-radnji-2023.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Precedent: DIK calendar no. 395 of 20 Mar 2023 for the 11 Jun 2023 election (called by presidential decision 01-235 of 17 Mar 2023). It restates the counting chain: polling boards deliver material within 6 hours of closing, municipal commissions report to DIK within 12 hours, DIK sets provisional results within 12 hours (arts. 91-92), final results within 12 hours of the end of the complaint deadlines (art. 98), Official Gazette publication by 26 Jun 2023 (art. 99, 15 days). The 2027 calendar will be published within 72 hours of the call (art. 13b).",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Infobox on 25 Sep 2026: 'Before 30 June 2027', citing IPU Parline, which does not match the statutory working above (term from the 27 Jul 2023 constitution). Previous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://dik.co.me/",
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        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2027-07-17T22:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
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            96,
            142
          ],
          "note": "Days from election to the government's election: 2016 (16 Oct) Marković cabinet 28 Nov 2016 (43); 2020 (30 Aug) Krivokapić cabinet 4 Dec 2020 (96); 2023 (11 Jun) Spajić cabinet 31 Oct 2023 (142). Dates from Wikipedia (Government of Montenegro), not yet checked against gov.me or skupstina.me. The constitutional limit (art. 92) allows up to about 30 + 90 days after constitution. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent."
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