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Vayk — Municipal council (proportional; mayor elected by council)

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Vayk — Municipal council (proportional; mayor elected by council)

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Vayk

Municipal council (proportional; mayor elected by council)

Next: 2026-10-25. Window: 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Checked 11 September 2026.

PARTIAL: 1 of three cycles recorded

2026 cohort. CEC day and community confirmed. The public elects the council; there is no separate direct mayoral ballot. Municipal mergers and the switch from majoritarian to proportional voting prevent automatic comparisons with predecessor towns. The latest reported top-two list margin is at most 10 points: competitive coalition formation watch; three-cycle index withheld.

Historical screen

Competition: Unavailable / 100. Latest eligible gap: Unavailable pp. Weighted gap: Unavailable pp. Grouped Pedersen: Unavailable pp. Margin dispersion: Unavailable pp.

Withheld: fewer than three comparable cycles and merger/system changes

Polling and governing control

No comparable current national polling assessed; no local government-change projection

Current governing arrangement not independently established; the historical leading party is not assumed to govern.

Election calendar evidence

Recorded historical entries

2021-12-05 — Ordinary election

Full reported vector; contemporary provisional returns unless separately certified

Basis: Valid candidate/list votes

Vayk 2021 published municipal returns — Public reporting of CEC returns; primary certification not independently obtained

Candidate or listUnitParty or proposerVotes / marksShareSeats
Civil ContractCivil Contract225736.61—
RepublicRepublic196731.91—
Liberal PartyLiberal Party108017.52—
HomelandHomeland86113.97—

Historical competition and aggregate share change are screening measures, not probabilities or observed individual voter switching. Missing data remain unscored.