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    "country_name": "Spain",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "ES-RI",
    "subdivision_name": "La Rioja",
    "date": "2027-05-23",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Statute of Autonomy LO 3/1982 art. 17 and Ley 3/1991 arts. 19, 41, 42 (BOE consolidated); LOREG arts. 42, 84, 98, 103-108 (BOE); Decreto 3/2023 (BOE-A-2023-8470); JEC 2023 La Rioja page with the proclamation act of 4 Jun 2023 and scrutiny act of 2 Jun 2023 (BOR 20 Jun 2023 PDFs); web.larioja.org/elecciones.",
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          "name_local": "Gobierno de La Rioja",
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          "homepage": "https://web.larioja.org/elecciones",
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          "by": "2027-06-21T21:59:59Z",
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          "basis": "Proclamation of the 33 elected deputies by the Junta Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja (Ley 3/1991 art. 42). Ley 3/1991 art. 41 says the general scrutiny is held on the third day after the vote (Wed 26 May 2027) per the LOREG; the LOREG as amended by LO 12/2022 now sets the fifth day (art. 103.1: Fri 28 May) with an end by the eighth (art. 107.2: Mon 31 May). The opening uses the third-day date as a floor. 2023 precedent: the general scrutiny concluded at 18:37 on Fri 2 Jun 2023 (fifth day) and the proclamation was made at 11:00 on Sun 4 Jun 2023, seven days after the vote; both were published in the BOR of 20 Jun 2023 (JEC 2023 La Rioja page, proclamation and scrutiny PDFs). The window closes at the end of Mon 21 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest date for the constitutive session (within 30 days of the vote, Ley 3/1991 art. 22 as cited in Decreto 3/2023), which requires the proclamation first. A proclamation can be challenged in a contentious-electoral appeal (LOREG art. 112); there is no court-validation stage."
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            "from": "2027-05-23T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-05-24T04:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Polling day DERIVED, not decreed: Sun 23 May 2027 is the fourth Sunday of May (LOREG art. 42.3), four years after 28 May 2023; the call decree would be issued on the 55th day before (Mon 29 Mar 2027) and published the next day. LOREG art. 84.1: voting 'a las nueve horas ... hasta las veinte horas'; 20:00 CEST = 18:00 UTC. The provisional count is compiled from copies of each polling station's tally (art. 98.2, for provisional information only). Held with the municipal elections (Statute art. 17.5); early dissolution is barred in the final year (art. 17.6), so no snap election is possible after May 2026. The Government of La Rioja publishes provisional results on its elections portal (web.larioja.org/elecciones), which keeps the results of earlier elections and election-night open data; 2023 precedent: election of 28 May 2023 called by Decreto 3/2023. The window's end (06:00 CEST Monday) is an ESTIMATE: the 2023 time of 100% counted was not verified. Provisional only; votes of electors resident abroad (CERA) are counted at the general scrutiny (art. 75).",
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            "citation": "Proclamation of the 33 elected deputies by the Junta Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja (Ley 3/1991 art. 42). Ley 3/1991 art. 41 says the general scrutiny is held on the third day after the vote (Wed 26 May 2027) per the LOREG; the LOREG as amended by LO 12/2022 now sets the fifth day (art. 103.1: Fri 28 May) with an end by the eighth (art. 107.2: Mon 31 May). The opening uses the third-day date as a floor. 2023 precedent: the general scrutiny concluded at 18:37 on Fri 2 Jun 2023 (fifth day) and the proclamation was made at 11:00 on Sun 4 Jun 2023, seven days after the vote; both were published in the BOR of 20 Jun 2023 (JEC 2023 La Rioja page, proclamation and scrutiny PDFs). The window closes at the end of Mon 21 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest date for the constitutive session (within 30 days of the vote, Ley 3/1991 art. 22 as cited in Decreto 3/2023), which requires the proclamation first. A proclamation can be challenged in a contentious-electoral appeal (LOREG art. 112); there is no court-validation stage.",
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            "kind": "results_index",
            "kindReason": "results section without an election code",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Government of La Rioja elections portal, results of previous elections (content loads by script; the static page shows no data). Not a page for this election; no 2027 URL is predicted. The portal also lists open data ('Elecciones autonómicas. Resumen de escrutinio por mesa') and an elections API under web.larioja.org/opendata. The official result is the proclamation by the Junta Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja, published in the Boletín Oficial de La Rioja (BOR).",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Junta Electoral Central page for the 2023 La Rioja election: convocation decree (BOR no. 66, 4 Apr 2023), general-scrutiny data and the proclamation act (BOR of 20 Jun 2023). The proclamation PDF records the general scrutiny concluded at 18:37 on 2 Jun 2023 and the proclamation 'a las 11:00 horas del día 4 de junio de 2023'.",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-15030",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Statute of Autonomy (LO 3/1982, amended by LO 2/1999), consolidated on BOE: art. 17.2 (32-40 deputies), 17.3 (single constituency), 17.4 (four-year term), 17.5 (elections called by the President, 'pudiendo coincidir con las elecciones locales'), 17.6 (early dissolution barred 'cuando reste menos de un año para su terminación'; a chamber elected early only serves out the original term).",
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            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1991-7743",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ley 3/1991 de elecciones a la Diputación General de La Rioja, consolidated on BOE (the BOE text shows no amendment after 1991): art. 19 ('estará formada por 33 Diputados'), art. 41 (general scrutiny 'el tercer día siguiente al de la votación' by the Junta Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma, per the LOREG), art. 42 (proclamation of elected members per the LOREG).",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2023-8470",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2023 precedent: Decreto 3/2023, de 3 de abril, called the election for 28 May 2023, 33 deputies in a single constituency; the constitutive session falls within 30 days of the vote (Ley 3/1991 art. 22, as cited in the decree).",
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            "note": "Ley Orgánica 5/1985 del Régimen Electoral General, consolidated text on BOE (read 30 Sep 2026): art. 42.3 (elections held 'el cuarto domingo de mayo del año que corresponda'; decree issued on the 55th day before), art. 84.1 (voting 09:00-20:00), art. 98.2 (provisional-results copies), arts. 103.1 (general scrutiny 'el quinto día siguiente al de la votación', as amended by LO 12/2022), 104.2 (starts at 10:00), 107.2 (must end 'no más tarde del octavo día posterior'), 108.2-4 (one day for claims, one for the board's decision, appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, proclamation 'dentro del día siguiente'), 112 (contentious-electoral appeal).",
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            "origin": "authority",
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