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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Statute of Autonomy of Melilla (LO 2/1995) arts. 7, 8, 15 (BOE consolidated); LOREG arts. 8, 42, 84, 98, 103-108, 195 (BOE); Real Decreto 207/2023 (BOE-A-2023-8458); JEC 2023 Melilla page and BOE-A-2023-22387 (results PDF); La Moncloa note of 26 May 2023; infoelectoral.interior.gob.es.",
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            "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). The Assembly is elected on the date of the local elections nationwide (Statute art. 8.3), called by Royal Decree; no early-election mechanism applies. 2023 precedent: the Ministry of the Interior's local-elections results site (resultados.locales2023.es) and app covered the Assembly of Melilla, releasing provisional results 'desde las 21 horas, tras el cierre de los colegios electorales en las Islas Canarias' (La Moncloa note, 26 May 2023); the window opens at the local close (20:00 CEST) as a floor. 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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            "note": "Junta Electoral Central page for the 2023 Melilla election: Real Decreto 207/2023 and the JEC Resolution of 5 Jul 2023 publishing the local results from the proclamation acts (BOE no. 261, 1 Nov 2023, BOE-A-2023-22387), which lists Melilla: 25 councillors (PP 14, CpM 5, PSOE 3, VOX 2, Somos Melilla 1).",
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