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    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "NL-NH",
    "subdivision_name": "North Holland",
    "date": "2027-03-17",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
    "status": "scheduled",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Kiesraad election calendar PS/WS 2027 (24 Aug 2026) and agenda; Kieswet arts. C 4, E 17, F 1, J 1, N, Na, O, P 1-P 23, V 4 (wetten.overheid.nl, version of 1 Jan 2026); Provinciewet arts. 1, 8; CBS StatLine 37230ned (population 1 Jan 2026, provisional); 2023 central electoral committee reports on kiesraad.nl. Seats: 55 derived from Provinciewet art. 8 and CBS population, not from an official 2027 notice.",
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        "name": "Provincial Council (Provinciale Staten)",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-03-17T20:00:00Z",
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          "from": "2027-03-24T23:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-03-30T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "The province's central electoral committee (centraal stembureau, appointed by the provincial executive, Kieswet art. E 17) determines and announces the result and the seat allocation in a public session \"zo spoedig mogelijk ... doch niet eerder dan de achtste dag nadat de stemming heeft plaatsgevonden\" (art. P 20(1)-(2)): not before Thursday 25 March 2027. The Kiesraad calendar advises holding the session on Thursday afternoon 25 March after 12:00, notes Good Friday (26 Mar) and Easter (28-29 Mar), and has the outgoing Staten examine the credentials of those elected by Tuesday 30 March, before members step down on Wednesday 31 March (art. C 4(2)); the result must precede that. The committee publishes its report P 22 online without delay (art. P 23) and sends the digital results file to the Kiesraad, which adds it to verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. The window runs from the start of 25 March (CET) to the end of Tuesday 30 March (CEST: summer time starts on Sunday 28 March). In North Holland the 2023 session opened on 23 Mar 2023 14:00 in Haarlem (the province's report P 22, kiesraad.nl). 2023 precedent (polling day Wed 15 Mar 2023; the eighth day was Thu 23 Mar): the central electoral committees' reports on kiesraad.nl give the opening of the public session as 23 Mar 2023 in Drenthe (Assen 10:00), Flevoland (Lelystad 10:00), Gelderland (Arnhem 10:00), Groningen (14:00), Limburg (Maastricht 10:00), Noord-Holland (Haarlem 14:00) and Overijssel (Zwolle 17:00), and 24 Mar 2023 in Noord-Brabant ('s-Hertogenbosch 09:00) and Utrecht (13:00); the Fryslân, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland reports are scanned images whose date we could not read. The outgoing Provinciale Staten then examine the credentials of those elected (art. V 4); the result does not wait for any later challenge, so no court-validation stage is modelled."
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            "from": "2027-03-17T20:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-18T11:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
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            "citation": "Polling day Wednesday 17 March 2027, the same day as the water board (waterschap) elections, which are not covered here. Kieswet art. F 1(1): nomination day is the Monday between 30 Jan and 5 Feb (1 Feb 2027); art. J 1(1): polling takes place on the 44th day after nomination (17 Mar 2027), confirmed by the Kiesraad calendar and agenda. Art. J 1(2): \"De stemming vangt aan om zeven uur dertig en duurt tot eenentwintig uur\" (07:30-21:00); 21:00 CET = 20:00 UTC. Polling-station committees count the votes immediately after the polls close (Kieswet art. N 1a-N 10, Kiesraad calendar). The Kiesraad publishes no preliminary result: on election night the media carry exit polls and quick counts that municipalities pass to the ANP news agency (Kiesraad, 'Bekendmaking uitslag'). The window closing at 12:00 CET on Thursday 18 Mar is an ESTIMATE of when those unofficial counts are substantially complete; it is not an official result. Seats: 55. Provinciewet art. 8(1) sets the size of Provinciale Staten by population (55 members for over 2,000,000 inhabitants), counted on 1 January of the year before the election (art. 1(2)); CBS StatLine table 37230ned gives 2,994,174 inhabitants on 1 Jan 2026 (provisional figure), so the council keeps its 2023 size of 55. No official 2027 seat notice was found; this is derived, not announced.",
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            "from": "2027-03-17T23:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-03-22T09:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Each municipal electoral committee (gemeentelijk stembureau) determines the municipal totals in a public session on Thursday 18 or Friday 19 March (Kieswet art. Na 1 and Na 26-Na 31; Kiesraad calendar), and the mayor publishes the polling-station and municipal reports online by Monday 22 March, 10:00 CET (art. Na 33; Kiesraad calendar). In provinces with more than one electoral district a district returning office (hoofdstembureau) then totals its district in a closed session and publishes its report O 7 (art. O 4-O 10). These are official municipal counts, published by the municipalities, not the province's result; the central electoral committee can still order recounts (art. P 1-P 1g).",
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            "citation": "The province's central electoral committee (centraal stembureau, appointed by the provincial executive, Kieswet art. E 17) determines and announces the result and the seat allocation in a public session \"zo spoedig mogelijk ... doch niet eerder dan de achtste dag nadat de stemming heeft plaatsgevonden\" (art. P 20(1)-(2)): not before Thursday 25 March 2027. The Kiesraad calendar advises holding the session on Thursday afternoon 25 March after 12:00, notes Good Friday (26 Mar) and Easter (28-29 Mar), and has the outgoing Staten examine the credentials of those elected by Tuesday 30 March, before members step down on Wednesday 31 March (art. C 4(2)); the result must precede that. The committee publishes its report P 22 online without delay (art. P 23) and sends the digital results file to the Kiesraad, which adds it to verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. The window runs from the start of 25 March (CET) to the end of Tuesday 30 March (CEST: summer time starts on Sunday 28 March). In North Holland the 2023 session opened on 23 Mar 2023 14:00 in Haarlem (the province's report P 22, kiesraad.nl). 2023 precedent (polling day Wed 15 Mar 2023; the eighth day was Thu 23 Mar): the central electoral committees' reports on kiesraad.nl give the opening of the public session as 23 Mar 2023 in Drenthe (Assen 10:00), Flevoland (Lelystad 10:00), Gelderland (Arnhem 10:00), Groningen (14:00), Limburg (Maastricht 10:00), Noord-Holland (Haarlem 14:00) and Overijssel (Zwolle 17:00), and 24 Mar 2023 in Noord-Brabant ('s-Hertogenbosch 09:00) and Utrecht (13:00); the Fryslân, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland reports are scanned images whose date we could not read. The outgoing Provinciale Staten then examine the credentials of those elected (art. V 4); the result does not wait for any later challenge, so no court-validation stage is modelled.",
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            "note": "Kiesraad results database (Databank verkiezingsuitslagen): the Kiesraad enters each central electoral committee's result there as soon as possible after it is determined (Kiesraad, 'Bekendmaking uitslag'). Not a page for this election; no 2027 URL is predicted. The 2023 Provinciale Staten page is verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/PS20230315.",
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            "note": "Kiesraad election calendar for the Provinciale Staten and water board elections of Wednesday 17 March 2027 (published 24 Aug 2026, PDF read 30 Sep 2026): municipal electoral committees sit Thu 18 or Fri 19 Mar; municipal reports online by Mon 22 Mar 10:00 (Kieswet art. Na 33); central electoral committee session 'zo spoedig mogelijk, maar niet eerder dan donderdag 25 maart', the Kiesraad advising Thursday afternoon 25 Mar after 12:00; credentials examined by Tue 30 Mar; sitting members step down Wed 31 Mar (art. C 4(2)).",
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