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        "name": "Provincial Council (Provinciale Staten)",
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            "citation": "Kieswet art. P 20: the central electoral committee determines the result and the seat allocation in a public session, as soon as possible but not before the eighth day after polling day (Thu 23 Mar 2023 for polling on Wed 15 Mar). The NL-UT committee's proces-verbaal (model P 22) records the session in Utrecht as opening on 24 March 2023 at 13:00 CET; observedAt is that opening time, the result being announced in that session. The Kiesraad posted the report on kiesraad.nl on 27 Mar 2023.",
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            "note": "Kiesraad results database, Provinciale Staten 2023. Province figures there are built from the district files and can differ by a few votes from the central committee.",
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