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    "id": "slovakia-legislative-2027",
    "country": "SK",
    "country_name": "Slovakia",
    "date": "2027-09-25",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "legislative",
    "conditional": null,
    "timezone": "Europe/Bratislava",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution 460/1992 arts. 30, 73, 82, 110, 113, 129 and Act 180/2014 §§20, 33, 56, 63-70 (static.slov-lex.sk consolidated texts); volby.statistics.sk NRSR 2023 results pages; minv.sk election pages; vlada.gov.sk government history; TASR (teraz.sk) 1 Oct 2023",
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        "id": "national-council",
        "key": "slovakia-legislative-2027/national-council",
        "name": "National Council (Národná rada)",
        "body": "legislature-unicameral",
        "seats": 150,
        "polls_close_utc": "2027-09-25T20:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "sk-sk",
          "name": "State Commission for Elections and Control of Political Party Financing",
          "name_local": "Štátna komisia pre voľby a kontrolu financovania politických strán",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.minv.sk/?uvod-komisia-pre-volby",
          "results_index": "https://volby.statistics.sk/",
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        "status": "scheduled",
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        "observed": false,
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        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-09-30T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Act 180/2014 §33(2): the State Commission publishes the overall results after signing its record of the election result (zápisnica, contents in §69), on the Statistical Office's website; §70: it issues certificates of election. The law sets no deadline. 2023 precedent: volby.statistics.sk/nrsr/nrsr2023/sk/suhrnne_vysledky.html shows 'Dátum a čas zverejnenia výsledkov: 01.10.2023 14:30' (CEST), the day after the 30 Sep vote. The opening (12:00 CEST Sunday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Thursday 30 Sep 2027, CEST, four days past precedent, because no statutory deadline binds it. Challenges go to the Constitutional Court (Constitution art. 129(2)) and the new National Council verifies the election at its first sitting (§69(3)); neither is a confirmation step the result waits for, so there is no court-validation stage."
        },
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            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-09-25T20:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Act 180/2014 §20(3): voting is held on one day, a Saturday, 'od siedmej do dvadsiatej druhej hodiny' (07:00-22:00; a mayor may only move the opening earlier). 22:00 CEST = 20:00 UTC (summer time runs until 31 Oct 2027). Precinct and district commissions send their records electronically as they finish (§§63-65) and the running count appears on volby.statistics.sk overnight. 2023 precedent: the Statistical Office's chairman said processing took 10 h 38 min, i.e. complete at about 08:40 CEST on 1 Oct 2023 (TASR, teraz.sk, 1 Oct 2023). The window closes at 12:00 CEST Sunday, about 3.5 h past precedent. Running count, not the State Commission's result.",
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            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-30T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Act 180/2014 §33(2): the State Commission publishes the overall results after signing its record of the election result (zápisnica, contents in §69), on the Statistical Office's website; §70: it issues certificates of election. The law sets no deadline. 2023 precedent: volby.statistics.sk/nrsr/nrsr2023/sk/suhrnne_vysledky.html shows 'Dátum a čas zverejnenia výsledkov: 01.10.2023 14:30' (CEST), the day after the 30 Sep vote. The opening (12:00 CEST Sunday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Thursday 30 Sep 2027, CEST, four days past precedent, because no statutory deadline binds it. Challenges go to the Constitutional Court (Constitution art. 129(2)) and the new National Council verifies the election at its first sitting (§69(3)); neither is a confirmation step the result waits for, so there is no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "government",
            "from": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
            "by": null,
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Constitution (460/1992) art. 82(2): the President convenes the constituent sitting of the National Council within 30 days of the announcement of the results, otherwise it meets on the 30th day; art. 117: 'Vláda podá demisiu vždy po ustanovujúcej schôdzi novozvolenej Národnej rady' and stays in office until a new government is formed; art. 110: the President appoints the Prime Minister; art. 113: the government must seek a vote of confidence within 30 days of appointment. The window opens with the result; formation has no statutory deadline.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://volby.statistics.sk/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Results index run by the Statistical Office for the State Commission (Act 180/2014 §33(2): the State Commission publishes the results 'prostredníctvom svojho odborného sumarizačného útvaru na webovom sídle štatistického úradu'). Not a page for this election. Checked 25 Sep 2026: the index lists NRSR elections up to 2023, and https://volby.statistics.sk/nrsr/nrsr2027/sk/index.html returns 404. PREDICTED, not seen: volby.statistics.sk/nrsr/nrsr2027/sk/ (2023 used volby.statistics.sk/nrsr/nrsr2023/sk/index.html). In 2023 the same pages carried the running count overnight and then the State Commission's result, stamped 'Dátum a čas zverejnenia výsledkov: 01.10.2023 14:30'.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.minv.sk/?volby-nrsr",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of the Interior page for National Council elections; on 25 Sep 2026 it still shows 2023 (Speaker's decision No. 204/2023 Coll. calling the election for Saturday 30 Sep 2023). DATE NOT YET CALLED - TENTATIVE: the Speaker calls the election at least 110 days before polling day (Act 180/2014 §56(1)), i.e. by early June 2027 for a late-September vote. Working: deputies are elected for four years (Constitution art. 73(1)); the previous, shortened term ended on polling day 30 Sep 2023 (art. 73(3)), so the current term runs to 30 Sep 2027 (a Thursday); elections must be held within the regular term (art. 30(2)) and always on a Saturday (Act 180/2014 §20(3)); the last Saturday inside the term is 25 Sep 2027, used here as the latest date. Precedent regular terms: 2016 (5 Mar) -> 2020 (29 Feb). Wikipedia gives 'by 28 September 2027' without a source; either way the latest Saturday is 25 Sep. An earlier vote is possible: the National Council may shorten its term by resolution setting the election date (art. 73(3)), as it did for 30 Sep 2023.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://static.slov-lex.sk/static/SK/ZZ/2014/180/20260601.html",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Act No. 180/2014 Coll. on the conditions for exercising the right to vote, consolidated text in force from 1 Jun 2026 (Slov-Lex static version): §20(3) polling hours, §33 publication of results, §56 calling the election, §§64-70 counting and results.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Slovak_parliamentary_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.minv.sk/?uvod-komisia-pre-volby",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          }
        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": {
          "earliestUtc": "2027-09-26T10:00:00Z",
          "precedentDays": [
            25,
            18,
            21,
            25
          ],
          "note": "Days from polling day to the Prime Minister's appointment: 2012 (10 Mar) government from 4 Apr 2012 (25); 2016 (5 Mar) Fico appointed 23 Mar 2016 (18); 2020 (29 Feb) government from 21 Mar 2020 (21); 2023 (30 Sep) government from 25 Oct 2023 (25; the previous government's term on vlada.gov.sk ends 24 Oct 2023). Dates from Úrad vlády, vlada.gov.sk/vlada-sr/historia-vlad-sr/. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent."
        },
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/slovakia-legislative-2027#national-council"
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