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    "country": "ES",
    "country_name": "Spain",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "ES-CB",
    "subdivision_name": "Cantabria",
    "date": "2027-05-23",
    "date_status": "tentative",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Madrid",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Statute of Autonomy LO 8/1981 arts. 10, 23 and Law 5/1987 arts. 16-18 (boe.es); LOREG arts. 42, 84, 98, 103-108 and Additional Provision 1 (boe.es); JEC 2023 page (Decreto 3/2023); BOC extraordinario 46 of 7 Jun 2023 (scrutiny and proclamation records); cantabria.es results archive.",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-05-23T18:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Government of Cantabria",
          "name_local": "Gobierno de Cantabria",
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          "homepage": "https://www.cantabria.es/",
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          "from": "2027-05-28T08:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-06-16T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Law 5/1987 art. 16: the Junta Electoral de Cantabria proclaims the elected deputies and exercises the provincial boards' LOREG functions (the 2023 records are signed as Junta Electoral Provincial de Cantabria). LOREG timing (supletory, Additional Provision 1.3): general scrutiny on the 5th day, Fri 28 May 2027, from 10:00 (arts. 103.1, 104.2); it must end by the 8th day, Mon 31 May (art. 107.2); then one day for claims, one for the board's decision, a possible appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, and proclamation of the elected 'dentro del día siguiente' (art. 108.2-4). 2023 precedent: the scrutiny concluded at 15:00 on 2 Jun 2023 (day 5) and the board proclaimed the elected at 09:00-09:30 on Mon 5 Jun 2023 (day 8), published in BOC extraordinario 46 of 7 Jun 2023. The 2027 equivalent of day 8 is Mon 31 May. The opening is the ESTIMATED floor (start of the scrutiny). The window closes at the end of Wed 16 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest legal date for the constitutive session (Law 5/1987 art. 18.2.c: 'dentro de los veinticinco días siguientes a la celebración de las elecciones', i.e. by Thu 17 Jun), which requires the proclamation first. Proclamations can be challenged in the contentious-electoral procedure (LOREG arts. 109-117, which bind regional elections); the result does not wait for a court, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "from": "2027-05-23T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-05-24T00:00:00Z",
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            "citation": "Polling day DERIVED, not decreed. Statute art. 10.3: elections are called 'de manera que se realicen el cuarto domingo de mayo cada cuatro años' (Law 5/1987 art. 18.1 applies it): the fourth Sunday of May 2027 is 23 May. 2023 precedent: Decreto 3/2023 of 3 Apr (BOC extraordinario 18, 3 Apr 2023) for 28 May 2023; the 2027 decree is expected about 29-30 Mar 2027 (LOREG art. 42.3; estimate). Snap-election risk is low: Statute art. 23.3 bars dissolution 'cuando reste menos de un año para su terminación', and art. 23.4 limits an early chamber to the original term. The Junta Electoral Central's 'Elecciones en curso' page listed no election in progress on 30 Sep 2026. Polls: LOREG art. 84.1, 09:00-20:00 (supletory); 20:00 CEST = 18:00 UTC. The regional institutions supply the provisional information (LOREG arts. 98.2 and Additional Provision 1.5.a). ESTIMATE: the 2023 provisional-results site (elecciones2023.cantabria.es) was seen only in search and could not be opened, so the channel is not verified. Provisional count only; it excludes the votes of electors resident abroad (CERA), which are counted at the general scrutiny (LOREG art. 75). The window's end (02:00 local time on Monday) is an ESTIMATE; the 2023 time of 100% counted was not verified. Held on the same day as the municipal elections (LOREG art. 42.3).",
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            "citation": "Law 5/1987 art. 16: the Junta Electoral de Cantabria proclaims the elected deputies and exercises the provincial boards' LOREG functions (the 2023 records are signed as Junta Electoral Provincial de Cantabria). LOREG timing (supletory, Additional Provision 1.3): general scrutiny on the 5th day, Fri 28 May 2027, from 10:00 (arts. 103.1, 104.2); it must end by the 8th day, Mon 31 May (art. 107.2); then one day for claims, one for the board's decision, a possible appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, and proclamation of the elected 'dentro del día siguiente' (art. 108.2-4). 2023 precedent: the scrutiny concluded at 15:00 on 2 Jun 2023 (day 5) and the board proclaimed the elected at 09:00-09:30 on Mon 5 Jun 2023 (day 8), published in BOC extraordinario 46 of 7 Jun 2023. The 2027 equivalent of day 8 is Mon 31 May. The opening is the ESTIMATED floor (start of the scrutiny). The window closes at the end of Wed 16 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest legal date for the constitutive session (Law 5/1987 art. 18.2.c: 'dentro de los veinticinco días siguientes a la celebración de las elecciones', i.e. by Thu 17 Jun), which requires the proclamation first. Proclamations can be challenged in the contentious-electoral procedure (LOREG arts. 109-117, which bind regional elections); the result does not wait for a court, so there is no court-validation stage.",
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            "observedAt": null,
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Government of Cantabria archive of Parliament results 2003-2023 (2023 definitive results, 100% counted, with polling-station files). An index, not a page for this election. The 2023 provisional-results site (elecciones2023.cantabria.es, seen only in search) did not respond on 30 Sep 2026; no 2027 URL is known.",
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            "note": "BOC extraordinario 46, 7 Jun 2023: Junta Electoral Provincial de Cantabria records. General scrutiny concluded 'siendo las 15:00 horas del dia 02 de Junio de 2023'; proclamation of the elected at 09:00-09:30 on 5 Jun 2023.",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/elecciones/Cantabria-mayo2023",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Junta Electoral Central page for the 2023 election: Decreto 3/2023, de 3 de abril (BOC extraordinario 18, 3 Apr 2023); results and proclamation records (BOC extraordinario 46, 7 Jun 2023).",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-635",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Statute of Autonomy (LO 8/1981), consolidated on BOE: art. 10.3 (mandate ends four years after the election; elections 'de manera que se realicen el cuarto domingo de mayo cada cuatro años'), art. 10.4 (35-45 deputies), art. 23 (dissolution limits).",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.boe.es/eli/es-cb/l/1987/03/27/5/con",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Law 5/1987 on elections to the Parliament of Cantabria, consolidated on BOE (last update 8 Mar 2019): art. 16 (the Junta Electoral de Cantabria proclaims the elected and has the provincial boards' functions), art. 17 (35 deputies, one constituency), art. 18 (convocation).",
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            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672",
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            "kind": "other",
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            "note": "Ley Organica 5/1985 del Regimen Electoral General (LOREG), consolidated text on BOE (read 30 Sep 2026): art. 42.3 (local elections, and regional parliaments whose president cannot dissolve early: decree on the 55th day before the fourth Sunday of May, published the next day, elections 'el cuarto domingo de mayo del año que corresponda'); art. 84.1 (voting from 09:00 'hasta las veinte horas'); arts. 103.1, 104.2, 107.2, 108.2-4 (general scrutiny 'el quinto día siguiente al de la votación' from 10:00, to end 'no más tarde del octavo día posterior'; one day for claims, one for the board's decision, appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, proclamation of the elected 'dentro del día siguiente'). Additional Provision 1: arts. 1-42, 108.2 and 109-119 bind regional elections; the other Title I articles apply where the region has not legislated.",
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            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Cantabrian_regional_election",
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            "origin": "race",
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          {
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            "kind": "emb_home",
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            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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