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    "date": "2029-05-11",
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    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins a majority of the votes of all registered voters in the first round (tentatively 27 Apr 2029; Constitution art. 81, Electoral Code art. 120). The two candidates with the most votes then meet within 14 days of the first round (art. 121); the winner needs a majority of the votes cast with more than 40% of the electorate voting (Amendment XXXI), otherwise the whole election is repeated (art. 122).",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia arts. 63, 80, 81, 90 and Amendment XXXI (English text, sobranie.mk); Electoral Code (Sl. vesnik 40/2006 as amended to 215/2021, consolidated text) arts. 12, 14, 15, 101, 119-123, 127, 135, 147-151; ODIHR EOM Final Report on the 24 April and 8 May 2024 elections (23 Sep 2024); BTA 28 and 31 May 2024, Kurir 28 May 2024, IPU Parline (constitutive session 28 May 2024); AP 12 May 2024 (presidential oath); RFE/RL 23 Jun 2024, 30 Aug 2020, 1 Jun 2017 (government votes). sec.mk and rezultati.sec.mk could not be read on 2 Oct 2026 (Cloudflare 522 / bot challenge)",
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        "name": "President of the Republic",
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          "name": "State Election Commission",
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          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Electoral Code (2021 text) art. 148: objections within 48 hours, SEC decision within 72 hours, Administrative Court lawsuit within 24 hours; art. 151(8): re-votes at annulled polling stations 14 days after polling day; art. 135(2): final results published within 24 hours of finality; art. 123: the President-elect takes the oath within ten days of the final results, not before the predecessor's term ends. 2024 precedent (ODIHR Final Report): runoff 8 May, SEC Conclusion on Finality adopted 11 May 2024 (day 3). The opening (day 3) follows that precedent; the window errs late to the end of day 25 (5 Jun 2029, CEST) to allow for a repeat vote and appeals. If turnout is 40% or less, no one is elected and the whole election is repeated. No court confirms the result afterwards, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "from": "2029-05-11T17:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-05-12T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-05-13T22:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Electoral Code art. 101: voting 07:00-19:00, CEST (UTC+2), so the close is 17:00 UTC. Art. 135(1): preliminary results posted as received, and from the municipal commissions' records within 12 hours of the close. 2024 precedent (ODIHR Final Report): on 8 May 2024 the SEC published partial results by polling station on an ongoing basis after the close and announced preliminary turnout of 47.48 per cent for the runoff. The window closes at the end of the day after polling day. Preliminary, not the final result.",
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            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2029-05-13T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-06-05T21:59:59Z",
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            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Electoral Code (2021 text) art. 148: objections within 48 hours, SEC decision within 72 hours, Administrative Court lawsuit within 24 hours; art. 151(8): re-votes at annulled polling stations 14 days after polling day; art. 135(2): final results published within 24 hours of finality; art. 123: the President-elect takes the oath within ten days of the final results, not before the predecessor's term ends. 2024 precedent (ODIHR Final Report): runoff 8 May, SEC Conclusion on Finality adopted 11 May 2024 (day 3). The opening (day 3) follows that precedent; the window errs late to the end of day 25 (5 Jun 2029, CEST) to allow for a repeat vote and appeals. If turnout is 40% or less, no one is elected and the whole election is repeated. No court confirms the result afterwards, so there is no court-validation stage.",
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        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://rezultati.sec.mk/",
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            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "State Election Commission (Државна изборна комисија) results site, an index of past elections, not a page for this election. On 2 Oct 2026 it answered only with a Cloudflare bot challenge (HTTP 403) and www.sec.mk returned Cloudflare 522, so its contents could not be checked; ODIHR's 2024 report cites 'the SEC results website'. No per-election URL is predicted.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.sobranie.mk/content/EN%20DOKUMENTI/USTAVen.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
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            "note": "Constitution art. 80: the President is elected for five years; art. 81: 'The election of the President of the Republic takes place within the last 60 days of the term of the previous President'; a candidate needs a majority of all registered voters in round 1; otherwise a second round between the top two 'within 14 days of the termination of voting in the first round', valid only if more than 40% of the electorate vote (Amendment XXXI, 2009), else the whole procedure is repeated. Electoral Code art. 14 and arts. 120-122 repeat this; art. 123: the President-elect takes the oath within ten days of the final results but not before the predecessor's term ends. DATE (tentative): the incumbent took the oath before the Assembly on Sunday 12 May 2024 (AP, 12 May 2024), so the five-year term ends on 12 May 2029 and the 60-day window runs from 13 Mar 2029. Reading 'the election' as both rounds (as in 2019: 21 Apr and 5 May, before a 12 May handover; and 2024: 24 Apr and 8 May), the latest first round is the one whose 14-day runoff still falls inside the term: Friday 27 Apr 2029, runoff Friday 11 May 2029. The law fixes no weekday, so an earlier date is likely (2014, 2019 and 2024 first rounds fell between 13 and 24 April). If only the first round must fall inside the window, the latest first round would be 11 May 2029. SNAP RISK: if the President's term ends early, the election is held within 40 days of that. In 2019 and 2024 the second round was held exactly 14 days after the first.",
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            "url": "https://levica.mk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Izboren-zakonik.pdf",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
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            "resolvable": false,
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            "note": "Electoral Code (Изборен законик, Sl. vesnik 40/2006), consolidated text 'актуелен' through amendment 215/2021, source line 'Собрание на Република Северна Македонија', hosted by a third party (levica.mk); no official consolidated text after 2021 was found. ODIHR reports further amendments of 7 Mar and 1 Apr 2024 (which, among other things, 'specified deadlines for resolving election disputes'); the article numbers and deadlines quoted here are from the 2021 text and should be re-checked against the current text. Art. 12: the Speaker calls the election 70-90 days before polling day, published in the Služben vesnik. Art. 101: voting 07:00-19:00. Art. 135: SEC publishes preliminary results within 12 hours of the close and final results within 24 hours of their becoming final.",
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            "note": "ODIHR EOM Final Report: the 2024 runoff (8 May, held with the parliamentary elections) was set after the first-round final result of 2 May; the SEC's Conclusion on Finality of the runoff results (no. 08-2163/1) was adopted on 11 May 2024; the President took the oath on 12 May 2024 (AP).",
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