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    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins a majority of the votes of the voters who voted in the first round (tentatively 27 Dec 2026; Law on the Election of the President art. 21). RIK then orders, within three days of the total report becoming final, a repeat vote ('ponovno glasanje') within 15 days of that decision, on a non-working day, between the two candidates with the most votes (more if tied) (arts. 22-23).",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-28: Constitution of Serbia arts. 116, 117, 120 and Law on the Election of the President of the Republic (Sl. glasnik RS 14/2022, 47/2026) arts. 8, 10, 11, 19-23 (texts via paragraf.rs); Law on the Election of MPs art. 123; RIK page 'O izborima za predsednika Republike' (read 28 Sep 2026); RIK session reports (20 Apr 2017, 9 May 2022; read 25 Sep 2026); Danas and Mondo 27 Sep 2026, Tanjug 27 Sep 2026, Kurir and Nedeljnik 28 Sep 2026, Euronews 28 Sep 2026 (resignation and handover); Nova.rs 27 Sep 2026 and NS Uzivo 28 Sep 2026 (alternative deadline readings)",
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          "basis": "Law on the Election of the President art. 19: local election commissions file summary reports within 96 hours of the close; art. 20: RIK adopts and publishes the total report (ukupan izveštaj) within 96 hours of receiving all of them, published in the Službeni glasnik; both clocks restart after repeat voting at annulled polling stations or decisions on objections, and objections to the total report run 72 hours after it is posted. The opening (96 h after the close) is an ESTIMATED floor. Precedents from RIK's own session reports: 2017 (standalone, like this one), polling 2 Apr, repeat voting 11 and 17 Apr, final report adopted 20 Apr 2017 (day 18); 2022 (held with parliamentary elections), polling 3 Apr, repeat voting at 35 stations 16 Apr, total report adopted 9 May 2022 (day 36). The window errs late and closes at the end of day 40; the Statehood Day public holidays (15-16 Feb) fall inside it. Appeals against RIK decisions on objections go to the Administrative Court before the report becomes final; no court confirms the result afterwards, so there is no court-validation stage. Art. 26: the candidate with the most votes in the repeat vote is elected; a tie repeats the vote within 15 days."
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            "citation": "Polls open 07:00-20:00 local (RIK, 'O izborima za predsednika Republike'); Belgrade is on CET (UTC+1), so the close is 19:00 UTC. The presidential law applies the MPs' law where it is silent (art. 8); MPs' law art. 123: polling-station results go up on RIK's site as they are processed, and RIK establishes preliminary results for all processed stations within 24 hours of the close. 2022 precedent: RIK announced preliminary presidential results (87.25% of stations) at 19:20 on 4 Apr 2022, the day after the 3 Apr vote (Nedeljnik). The window closes at the end of the day after polling day. Preliminary, not the final result.",
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            "citation": "Law on the Election of the President art. 19: local election commissions file summary reports within 96 hours of the close; art. 20: RIK adopts and publishes the total report (ukupan izveštaj) within 96 hours of receiving all of them, published in the Službeni glasnik; both clocks restart after repeat voting at annulled polling stations or decisions on objections, and objections to the total report run 72 hours after it is posted. The opening (96 h after the close) is an ESTIMATED floor. Precedents from RIK's own session reports: 2017 (standalone, like this one), polling 2 Apr, repeat voting 11 and 17 Apr, final report adopted 20 Apr 2017 (day 18); 2022 (held with parliamentary elections), polling 3 Apr, repeat voting at 35 stations 16 Apr, total report adopted 9 May 2022 (day 36). The window errs late and closes at the end of day 40; the Statehood Day public holidays (15-16 Feb) fall inside it. Appeals against RIK decisions on objections go to the Administrative Court before the report becomes final; no court confirms the result afterwards, so there is no court-validation stage. Art. 26: the candidate with the most votes in the repeat vote is elected; a tie repeats the vote within 15 days.",
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            "note": "RIK's results application, with a round selector ('izborni krug'). On 28 Sep 2026 no presidential election was listed yet.",
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            "note": "RIK summary of the rules for the second round ('drugi krug izbora'): RIK orders it within three days of the total report becoming final, to be held within 15 days of that decision, on a non-working day. DATE (tentative): no fixed interval. Working with the statutory maximums from a 27 Dec 2026 first round (itself tentative), close 19:00 UTC: local summary reports by 31 Dec 20:00 local (96 h, art. 19), RIK total report by 4 Jan 2027 20:00 (96 h, art. 20), objections until 7 Jan 2027 20:00 (72 h), RIK decision on the repeat vote within three days, by 10 Jan, repeat vote within 15 days, by Monday 25 Jan 2027 - so the latest non-working day is Sunday 24 Jan 2027, used here. Objections, appeals to the Administrative Court or repeat voting at polling stations would push it later (art. 22 para. 2 restarts the three days from delivery of the appeal decision); RIK can set it earlier, e.g. 10 or 17 Jan 2027. An earlier first round moves it earlier. A January runoff would fall after the three-month limit on the Speaker acting as president (Constitution art. 120); how that is handled is not settled in the sources read.",
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