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    "id": "norway-legislative-2029",
    "country": "NO",
    "country_name": "Norway",
    "level": "national",
    "subdivision": null,
    "subdivision_name": null,
    "date": "2029-09-24",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "legislative",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Oslo",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Grunnloven (§§12, 15, 54, 57, 64, 68) and Valgloven LOV-2023-06-16-62 (§§9-1, 10-2, 10-8, 11-8–11-12, 15-1, 16-6, 21-8) on lovdata.no; valg.no 'Stortingsval' and news of 7 May 2026; valgresultat.no API index and /api/2025/st; Valgdirektoratet utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf; Storting referater 9 Oct 2025 and 8 Oct 2021",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/norway-legislative-2029",
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        "key": "norway-legislative-2029/storting",
        "name": "Storting",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
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        "seats_provisional": false,
        "polls_close_utc": "2029-09-24T19:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Norwegian Directorate of Elections",
          "name_local": "Valgdirektoratet",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.valg.no/",
          "results_index": "https://valgresultat.no/",
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        "observed": false,
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          "from": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
          "by": "2029-10-26T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "The 19 district boards declare the district seats and Valgdirektoratet calculates the 19 levelling seats and announces them 'så raskt som mulig' (Valgloven §§11-8 to 11-12); district boards then issue credentials to the Storting. The election is final only when the newly elected Storting rules it valid (Grunnloven §64, Valgloven §15-1); the Storting meets on the first weekday of October (Grunnloven §68: Monday 1 Oct 2029). Precedent: 2025 (polling day 8 Sep) — Valgdirektoratet's levelling-seat report 'utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf' was generated 15 Sep 2025 16:35 CEST (day 7); the Storting approved all credentials unanimously on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 13:19 CEST (day 31; Innst. 1 S (2025–2026), referat 9 Oct 2025). 2021 (polling day 13 Sep): approved Fri 8 Oct 2021 (day 25; Innst. 1 S (2021–2022), referat 8 Oct 2021). Window opens at day 7 (12:00 CEST) and closes at the end of Friday 26 Oct 2029 CEST, two weeks past the expected credentials vote, because with a 24 Sep polling day the Storting would convene only 7 days later. If the King in Council picks an earlier Monday (2021 and 2025 used the second Monday, 13 and 8 Sep: that would be 10 Sep 2029), the levelling seats will come about two weeks earlier but the credentials vote should still fall in October. Lists may appeal the Storting's validity decision to the Supreme Court (Grunnloven §64 second paragraph); that is optional, so there is no court-validation stage."
        },
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2029-09-24T19:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-09-25T06:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-09-25T06:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Valgloven §9-1(6): polling stations close 'senest klokken 21' (21:00 CEST = 19:00 UTC); §21-8: no results or polling-day forecasts may be published before 21:00. Advance votes may be counted from the day before polling day (§10-8(4): 'kan tidligst starte dagen før valgdagen'), so most advance votes are in when polls close. The preliminary count (første opptelling, manual) then fills valgresultat.no overnight. ESTIMATE: no archived timing of the 2025 overnight count could be read (Wayback blocked from here); the window closes at 08:00 CEST Tuesday. Preliminary only.",
            "source": null,
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          },
          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2029-09-25T06:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "valg.no 'Stortingsval': ballots are counted three times, twice by the municipality (polling station, then centrally, optionally by machine) and once by the county (distriktsvalgstyret, control). Envelope votes received by 17:00 the day after polling day still count (Valgloven §10-2(1)f), so the second count cannot finish before Tuesday evening. The second and control counts replace the preliminary figures on the same valgresultat.no record (2025: api/2025/st carries forste, andre, kontroll and oppgjor statuses). ESTIMATE: window closes when the 2025 precedent's levelling-seat calculation appeared (day 7).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
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          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-10-26T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The 19 district boards declare the district seats and Valgdirektoratet calculates the 19 levelling seats and announces them 'så raskt som mulig' (Valgloven §§11-8 to 11-12); district boards then issue credentials to the Storting. The election is final only when the newly elected Storting rules it valid (Grunnloven §64, Valgloven §15-1); the Storting meets on the first weekday of October (Grunnloven §68: Monday 1 Oct 2029). Precedent: 2025 (polling day 8 Sep) — Valgdirektoratet's levelling-seat report 'utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf' was generated 15 Sep 2025 16:35 CEST (day 7); the Storting approved all credentials unanimously on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 13:19 CEST (day 31; Innst. 1 S (2025–2026), referat 9 Oct 2025). 2021 (polling day 13 Sep): approved Fri 8 Oct 2021 (day 25; Innst. 1 S (2021–2022), referat 8 Oct 2021). Window opens at day 7 (12:00 CEST) and closes at the end of Friday 26 Oct 2029 CEST, two weeks past the expected credentials vote, because with a 24 Sep polling day the Storting would convene only 7 days later. If the King in Council picks an earlier Monday (2021 and 2025 used the second Monday, 13 and 8 Sep: that would be 10 Sep 2029), the levelling seats will come about two weeks earlier but the credentials vote should still fall in October. Lists may appeal the Storting's validity decision to the Supreme Court (Grunnloven §64 second paragraph); that is optional, so there is no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
            "by": null,
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Negative parliamentarism: there is no investiture vote; the King appoints the government (Grunnloven §12) and a government must resign after a vote of no confidence (§15). By convention a defeated government resigns once the new Storting has met (first weekday of October, Grunnloven §68: 1 Oct 2029); this is practice, not a statutory floor. Precedent for a change of government: 2005 cabinet appointed 17 Oct (day 35), 2013 on 16 Oct (day 37), 2021 on 14 Oct (day 31). When the sitting government continues (2009, 2017, 2025) no appointment takes place.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://valgresultat.no/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Valgdirektoratet results service (index of all elections), not a page for this election. Checked 2 Oct 2026: its API index https://valgresultat.no/api lists elections up to 2025 (/2025/st, /2025/sa); https://valgresultat.no/api/2029/st returns 404. No 2029 page exists yet and none is predicted here. In 2025 the national Storting result was served at https://valgresultat.no/api/2025/st (JSON; counting statuses forste/andre/kontroll/oppgjor on one record, last votes 2025-09-17T09:02:40 local).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.valg.no/om-valg/valgene-i-norge/stortingsvalg/",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Valgdirektoratet, 'Stortingsval' (published 21.05.2026, read 2 Oct 2026): 'Neste stortingsval er i september 2029'; no day given. The valg.no front page's 'Neste valg' is the 2027 local elections, whose day (13 Sep 2027) was set in Council of State on 7 May 2026 (valg.no news 'Valgdagen blir 13. september 2027'). No 2029 Storting date has been set.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2023-06-16-62",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Valgloven (Election Act) LOV-2023-06-16-62: §9-1 polling day and closing hour, §10-2 envelope votes accepted until 17:00 the day after polling day, §11-9 levelling seats, §15-1 the Storting validates the election, §16-6 complaints within four days, §21-8 no results before 21:00.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2029_Norwegian_parliamentary_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://valgresultat.no/api",
            "role": "open-data",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.valg.no/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          }
        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2029-10-01T10:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
            31,
            35,
            37
          ],
          "note": "Days from polling day to the appointment of a new cabinet when government changed: 2005 (12 Sep → 17 Oct, 35), 2013 (9 Sep → 16 Oct, 37), 2021 (13 Sep → 14 Oct, 31). Dates from the English Wikipedia cabinet articles, not yet checked against regjeringen.no (blocked by a bot check from here). earliestUtc is the conventional floor (new Storting convenes 1 Oct 2029), not a legal one. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent and must allow for 'no change of government'."
        },
        "results": [],
        "live_count": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/norway-legislative-2029#storting"
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