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    "country_name": "Spain",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "ES-MC",
    "subdivision_name": "Region of Murcia",
    "date": "2027-05-23",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "regional",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Madrid",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Statute of Autonomy LO 4/1982 arts. 24, 27, 31 and Ley 2/1987 arts. 13-17, 31 (BOE consolidated); LOREG arts. 42, 84, 98, 103-108 (BOE); Decreto 24/2023 (BOE-A-2023-8471); JEC 2023 Murcia page and BORM no. 135 of 14 Jun 2023 (definitive results PDF); elecciones2023.carm.es (2023 results and previous-results pages, read in a browser).",
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        "name": "Regional Assembly (Asamblea Regional de Murcia)",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-05-23T18:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Government of the Region of Murcia",
          "name_local": "Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia",
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          "homepage": "https://elecciones2023.carm.es/",
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          "from": "2027-05-28T08:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-06-21T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Proclamation of the 45 elected deputies by the Junta Electoral de la Región de Murcia (Ley 2/1987 art. 31) after the general scrutiny under the LOREG: it starts at 10:00 on the fifth day after the vote (arts. 103.1, 104.2: Fri 28 May 2027) and must end by the eighth day (art. 107.2: Mon 31 May); then one day for claims, one for the board's decision, a possible appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, and proclamation the next day (art. 108.2-4). 2023 precedent: vote 28 May; the definitive results with the list of elected deputies were published by edict dated 12 Jun 2023 in BORM no. 135 of 14 Jun 2023 (JEC 2023 Murcia page), the day of the constitutive session (Decreto 24/2023 art. 3); the exact proclamation date was not found. The opening is the statutory start of the scrutiny (a floor). The window closes at the end of Mon 21 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest date for the constitutive session (Statute art. 24.4 and Ley 2/1987 art. 17.2: within 30 days of the vote, i.e. by 22 Jun), which requires the proclamation first. A proclamation can be challenged in a contentious-electoral appeal (LOREG art. 112); the result does not wait for it, so there is no court-validation stage."
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            "from": "2027-05-23T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-05-24T04:00:00Z",
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            "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; the Statute fixes the Region's elections to the fourth Sunday of May every four years (art. 24.3), and early dissolution is barred in the final year (art. 27.4), so no snap election is possible after May 2026. 2023 precedent: the Regional Government's portal published the Assembly results and elected members from 28 May 2023 (elecciones2023.carm.es/resultados-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 45 elected deputies by the Junta Electoral de la Región de Murcia (Ley 2/1987 art. 31) after the general scrutiny under the LOREG: it starts at 10:00 on the fifth day after the vote (arts. 103.1, 104.2: Fri 28 May 2027) and must end by the eighth day (art. 107.2: Mon 31 May); then one day for claims, one for the board's decision, a possible appeal to the Junta Electoral Central, and proclamation the next day (art. 108.2-4). 2023 precedent: vote 28 May; the definitive results with the list of elected deputies were published by edict dated 12 Jun 2023 in BORM no. 135 of 14 Jun 2023 (JEC 2023 Murcia page), the day of the constitutive session (Decreto 24/2023 art. 3); the exact proclamation date was not found. The opening is the statutory start of the scrutiny (a floor). The window closes at the end of Mon 21 Jun 2027 CEST, the day before the latest date for the constitutive session (Statute art. 24.4 and Ley 2/1987 art. 17.2: within 30 days of the vote, i.e. by 22 Jun), which requires the proclamation first. A proclamation can be challenged in a contentious-electoral appeal (LOREG art. 112); the result does not wait for it, so there is no court-validation stage.",
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            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
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        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://elecciones2023.carm.es/resultados-anteriores",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "race_results",
            "kindReason": "election code and results marker",
            "resolvable": true,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Regional Government (CARM) elections portal, previous-results page (links the Regional Statistics Centre's summaries). Not a page for this election: the portal is the 2023 edition; no 2027 site is known and none is predicted. The official result is the proclamation and the definitive results published in the Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia (BORM). The portal sits behind a bot check that blocks plain HTTP clients.",
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          {
            "url": "https://elecciones2023.carm.es/resultados-2023",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "race_results",
            "kindReason": "election code and results marker",
            "resolvable": true,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2023 precedent (read 30 Sep 2026): 'A partir del día 28 de mayo, los resultados de las Elecciones a la Asamblea Regional y el listado de candidatos electos están disponibles a través de este enlace.'",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/elecciones/Murcia-mayo2023?p=1379061494795",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Junta Electoral Central page for the 2023 Murcia election: convocation decree (BORM no. 78, 4 Apr 2023) and the definitive results with the elected deputies (BORM no. 135, 14 Jun 2023; the Junta Electoral Provincial de Murcia edict is dated 12 Jun 2023).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-15031",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Statute of Autonomy (LO 4/1982), consolidated on BOE: art. 24.2 (45-55 members, set by law), 24.3 (elections 'el cuarto domingo de mayo cada cuatro años'), 24.4 (the new Assembly meets within 30 days of the vote), 27.4-5 (early dissolution barred 'cuando reste menos de un año para su terminación'; a chamber elected early only serves out the original term), 31 (President elected by the Assembly).",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-9474",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ley 2/1987 Electoral de la Región de Murcia, consolidated on BOE (last amendment Ley 14/2015): art. 13 (single constituency), art. 14 ('La Asamblea Regional estará formada por 45 diputados'), art. 15 (3% threshold), art. 17 (decree published in the BORM, polling day per LOREG art. 42.3, constitutive session within 30 days), art. 31 (proclamation of the elected deputies by the Junta Electoral de la Región de Murcia).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2023-8471",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "2023 precedent: Decreto 24/2023, de 3 de abril, called the election for 28 May 2023 (fourth Sunday of May) and set the constitutive session for 14 Jun 2023.",
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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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            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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