Election notices, dates and public records
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CNE says a 24 September court appeal ruling admitted Loisito Tavares de Sousa, bringing the 15 November presidential field to six.
The CNE's 22 September notice described five candidacies admitted by the initial decision. A 27 September notice reports that an appeal brought the admitted count to six; this brief preserves the earlier decision.
The Electoral Commission says applications opened on 21 September for special votes ahead of the 4 November local elections. The deadline is 17:00 on 12 October.
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The CEN voter portal lists the 2026 local elections (Eleições Autárquicas) for 27 September 2026, alongside legislative and regional elections on the same date. The cycle has reached polling day, but no dated official turnout, count, declaration, or outcome was captured in this review.
Watch: CEN polling-day administration notices, any verified count publication, provisional-result notices, and final official result declarations; no outcome is added before an official declaration.
The 4 November 2026 election remains formally proclaimed. On 16 September the IEC certified 136,790 candidates for 10,526 council seats after statutory review and said that 5,096 nominees had been disqualified for specified administrative or voter-registration requirements. Its 21 September notice opened special-vote applications, with a deadline of 17:00 on 12 October. Its 23 September keynote records the Electoral Code of Conduct signing and ballot-paper draw ceremony and says ballot printing would begin after the draw.
Watch: Candidate certificates from 25 September, ballot-sample sign-off, special-vote application deadline at 17:00 on 12 October, political-party results-system testing from 5 to 12 October, polling notices, and official result administration.
Cabo Verde's CNE confirms the 15 November 2026 presidential election. Its 22 September notice reported five candidacies admitted by a 21 September Constitutional Court decision and an appeal window. On 27 September the CNE reported that Constitutional Court ruling 80/2026, dated 24 September, admitted Loisito Tavares de Sousa after his appeal, bringing the number of admitted candidacies to six. This is not presented as a final ballot order or election outcome.
Watch: Any remaining appeal decisions and a final CNE ballot roster, polling-place notices, campaign start on 29 October, and official result administration.
The IEC 2026-2027 electoral calendar lists the 5 December presidential election and revising-court work through 21 September. On 8 September the IEC issued media and observer accreditation guidance with a 20 November closing date. No voter-roll outcome or separate gazette publication is inferred from either notice.
Watch: Completion of revising-court work through 21 September, publication of the scheduled election gazette notice, nomination days, the 20 November media and observer accreditation deadline, campaign reconciliation, and polling notices.
South Sudan's NEC still references 22 December 2026 as polling day. On 2 September it began training state election committees on voter registration and separately clarified that registration had not started and that dates, centres, and required documents would be announced by public notice. The election date remains tentative until a formal calendar or statutory instrument is published.
Watch: NEC voter-registration public notice, registration dates and centres, a formal electoral calendar or statutory instrument, funding milestones, and any official timetable change.
INEC's current official election calendar, reviewed on 9 September 2026, lists the presidential election for 16 January 2027. The date is unchanged; the current calendar replaces unavailable legacy timetable links.
Watch: Court-appeal outcomes affecting the revised timetable, nomination windows, final candidate list, CVR, and voter-register cleanup notices.
INEC's current official election calendar, reviewed on 9 September 2026, lists governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections for 6 February 2027. The date is unchanged; the current calendar replaces the unavailable legacy remarks link.
Watch: Court-appeal outcomes affecting the revised timetable, state candidate lists, off-cycle exceptions, polling-unit changes, and final voter-register notices.
IEBC's 25 August 2026 critical-timelines notice confirms the 10 August 2027 general election and sets party-administration deadlines for October and November 2026. After clarifying voter-registration locations and transfer rules on 11 September, the Commission published the formal Notice of General Election on 14 September, covering the respective elections and campaign-financing timelines in Kenya Gazette notices published on 20 and 26 August.
Watch: Publication and implementation details for the cited Kenya Gazette notices, the 15 October, 30 October, and 6 November party deadlines, continued voter registration and verification, election-security risk assessment and training, nominations, the 29 May to 7 August 2027 campaign window, polling-station notices, and diaspora-voting updates.
INEC's current IReV listing identifies the Osun poll as 15 August 2026. On 9 September it still showed 3,752 of 3,763 polling-unit result sheets uploaded (99.71%). This is a result-sheet upload count, not a vote tally; no official declaration was captured, so no outcome is shown here.
Watch: Completion of IReV result-sheet uploads, state collation, official declaration, certificate of return, and any court-ordered update; no outcome is added before a declaration.
The ECZ roadmap scheduled declaration for 17 August 2026 and publication through 24 August. On 30 August the official 2026 results portal still showed 0 of 226 constituencies approved, 0.0% of results received, and pending valid votes, so no outcome is published here.
Watch: ECZ correction or explanation of the empty 2026 portal, an official presidential declaration, and approved constituency results.
The recorded 19 July 2026 presidential poll date has passed. The CEN portal reviewed on 30 August now highlights the September legislative, regional, and local elections. No official presidential declaration was captured, so no outcome is published here.
Watch: CEN official result declaration, any runoff notice, and final publication of the presidential result.
INEC's current IReV listing identifies the Ekiti poll as 20 June 2026. On 9 September it still showed 2,390 of 2,445 polling-unit result sheets uploaded (97.75%). Upload totals are not a declaration; no official declaration was captured, so no outcome is published here.
Watch: INEC result declaration, certificate-of-return notice, and any court-ordered candidate or outcome update.
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