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    "date": "2029-11-25",
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    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round (tentatively 14 Oct 2029). The second round takes place within the two weeks following the announcement of the final first-round results, between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round (Constitution art. 90; Electoral Law arts. 102, 112). Withdrawals are not taken into account; the ISIE sets the second-round dates by decision once the final first-round results are declared.",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of 2022 arts. 90, 92 (constituteproject.org English text); Loi organique n° 2014-16 as consolidated through Loi organique n° 2024-45 of 28 Sep 2024, arts. 101-102, 111-112, 144-148 ter (isie.tn PDF); ISIE Décisions n° 543 of 4 Jul 2024 (2024 calendar) and n° 552 of 11 Oct 2024 (2024 final result); isie.tn 2024 presidential page; La Presse (lapresse.tn) 5 Oct 2024 on polling hours; Africanews 22 Oct 2024 on the 21 Oct 2024 oath",
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        "name": "President of the Republic",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2029-11-25T17:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Independent High Authority for Elections",
          "name_local": "الهيئة العليا المستقلة للانتخابات",
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          "basis": "Electoral Law art. 147: appeals against the second-round results are open to the candidates who took part in the first round, with the same deadlines and procedure as arts. 145 bis and 146 bis. Presidential disputes go to the judiciary since Loi organique n° 2024-45: art. 145 bis, appeal against the preliminary results to the Court of Appeal of Tunis within 3 days of their posting, hearing within 3 days, judgment within 5 days of the hearing, parties notified within 3 days; art. 146 bis, appeal to the Court of Cassation within 3 days of notification, hearing within 3 days, judgment within a week, notification within 48 hours; art. 148, the ISIE declares the final results within 48 hours of receiving the last Court of Cassation decision, or after the appeal period lapses, by a decision published on its website and in the Official Gazette (JORT). All days count as working days (art. 148 ter). Art. 148 bis sets shorter deadlines (about 17 days in all) but says they apply to presidential elections held under art. 90 para. 4 and art. 109 of the Constitution (a reopened or early election); this record uses the longer regular deadlines. Summed: up to 3 days to the preliminary results plus 31 days of appeals = 34 days after polling day. From 25 Nov 2029 that gives 29 Dec 2029, the window's end (end of day, local). The opening is an ESTIMATED floor: preliminary results the day after polling plus the 3-day appeal period. The ISIE's final declaration follows the courts' rulings, so there is no separate court-validation stage. The elected President takes the oath before both chambers (Constitution art. 92)."
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            "citation": "DATE (tentative, latest lawful Sunday): the second round must fall within the two weeks after the final first-round results (Constitution art. 90; Electoral Law art. 102). The latest statutory date for those results, after the full appeal path, is 17 Nov 2029 (34 days after a 14 Oct first round; see that record); two weeks later is Saturday 1 Dec 2029, so the latest Sunday is 25 Nov 2029. Without appeals the final first-round results would come about five days after polling (2024: Décision n° 552 of 11 Oct 2024) and the second round would be in late October or early November 2029. POLLS CLOSE: set by decree; 2024 precedent 08:00-18:00 local = 17:00 UTC (UTC+1, no DST). STAGE: the ISIE declares preliminary results within at most the three days following polling and the end of counting (art. 144); the window closes at the end of the third day. Preliminary, not final.",
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            "citation": "Electoral Law art. 147: appeals against the second-round results are open to the candidates who took part in the first round, with the same deadlines and procedure as arts. 145 bis and 146 bis. Presidential disputes go to the judiciary since Loi organique n° 2024-45: art. 145 bis, appeal against the preliminary results to the Court of Appeal of Tunis within 3 days of their posting, hearing within 3 days, judgment within 5 days of the hearing, parties notified within 3 days; art. 146 bis, appeal to the Court of Cassation within 3 days of notification, hearing within 3 days, judgment within a week, notification within 48 hours; art. 148, the ISIE declares the final results within 48 hours of receiving the last Court of Cassation decision, or after the appeal period lapses, by a decision published on its website and in the Official Gazette (JORT). All days count as working days (art. 148 ter). Art. 148 bis sets shorter deadlines (about 17 days in all) but says they apply to presidential elections held under art. 90 para. 4 and art. 109 of the Constitution (a reopened or early election); this record uses the longer regular deadlines. Summed: up to 3 days to the preliminary results plus 31 days of appeals = 34 days after polling day. From 25 Nov 2029 that gives 29 Dec 2029, the window's end (end of day, local). The opening is an ESTIMATED floor: preliminary results the day after polling plus the 3-day appeal period. The ISIE's final declaration follows the courts' rulings, so there is no separate court-validation stage. The elected President takes the oath before both chambers (Constitution art. 92).",
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            "note": "ISIE results index (French). Checked 2 Oct 2026: it lists results only up to 2019; later elections each have their own page under isie.tn/fr/election_fr/. No page for this election yet; its URL is not known. Preliminary results by decision (art. 144), final results by decision after the appeal period (arts. 147-148).",
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            "note": "Loi organique n° 2014-16 of 26 May 2014 on elections and referendums, consolidated by the ISIE through Loi organique n° 2024-45 of 28 Sep 2024 (Arabic). Art. 101: voters are convened by presidential decree at least three months before polling day. Art. 102: polling lasts one day, on a public holiday or weekly rest day; the convocation decree sets the hours. Arts. 144-148 ter: preliminary and final results and appeals.",
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            "note": "Constitution of 25 Jul 2022 (English translation, Constitute Project). Art. 90: the President is elected for five years 'during the last three months of the presidential term' by an absolute majority of votes cast; otherwise a second round within the two weeks following the announcement of the final first-round results. Art. 90 also allows the term to be extended by law if war or imminent danger prevents the election.",
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            "note": "Precedent: ISIE Décision n° 543 of 4 Jul 2024 (2024 presidential calendar). Art. 15: if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a second round is held within the two weeks following the announcement of the final first-round results, its dates fixed by an ISIE decision issued as soon as those results are declared. (No second round was needed in 2024.)",
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            "note": "No English Wikipedia article for this election yet; 'Next Tunisian presidential election' redirects here.",
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