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Following the resignation of Ulf Kristersson (Moderates), Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was tasked by the Riksdag Speaker on September 18, 2026 with forming a government (source: CP24, Jerusalem Post). Swedish constitutional law (Regeringsformen) uses negative parliamentarism: Andersson becomes PM unless an absolute Riksdag majority votes against her. A center-left coalition (S + V + MP) is expected to command a slim majority. Andersson knows the process from 2021/22 and should present her coalition quickly. Historically, Swedish government formation after a clear election result takes 1–3 weeks — the October 7 deadline is therefore realistic. No prediction markets available; calibrated at 62%.
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In the September 13, 2026 Riksdag election, the Social Democrats won 28.1% and 100 of 349 seats. The centre-left bloc (S + V + MP + C) secured 176 seats vs. 173 for the governing Tidö coalition. PM Kristersson is expected to resign by September 22 per an open Cassandra prediction. The Riksdag Speaker (Talman) then opens consultations; Andersson, as leader of the largest party with a clear bloc majority, is the only realistic candidate. A three-week window to October 7 is consistent with Swedish constitutional procedure. No Polymarket market available; probability based on the election result and constitutional process.
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Polymarket prices PQ at 94% (Sept 28, 2026) — by far the highest market probability. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon benefits from the collapse of the incumbent CAQ; the PLQ recovers seats but trails far behind. lines.com puts a PQ majority at 17%, PLQ at 28+ seats at 65.5%. All polls confirm PQ as the clear seat winner. A small discount to the market is applied for possible CAQ base mobilization surprises.
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Current polls (Léger, Mainstreet, September 28-29, 2026) show the PQ at 30% vote share — ahead of Liberals (PLQ, 22%), PCQ (17%), and a collapsing CAQ (16%). Projection model 338Canada assigns a 56% probability to a PQ majority; Route127 also projects a PQ majority government. QC125 is more conservative: 32% chance of majority, projecting 63 seats (exactly at the threshold). Elevated advance-poll turnout (+23.59% by September 28) historically favors PQ core voters outside Montréal. No direct Polymarket contract; the model range (32-56%) reflects genuine uncertainty. A midpoint of 55% is set — just above a toss-up. Key risk: strategic voting by ex-CAQ voters for PLQ in suburban ridings around Québec City.
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The once-ruling CAQ is experiencing a historic collapse. Current polls (Léger, Synopsis, Pallas, September 2026) show the party at only 16–18% of votes, far behind the PQ (~29–30%). The Qc125.com seat projection model (September 25) forecasts just 7 seats for the CAQ (down from 74 in 2022). Polymarket puts the probability of 5 or more CAQ seats at only 38% (as of approx. September 28, 2026) — implying a 62% chance of 4 or fewer seats. A total of fewer than 10 seats is by far the most probable outcome across the entire seat distribution. Polymarket gives the PQ 95% for overall victory. This prediction contradicts none of the open PQ forecasts.
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In Quebec's provincial election on October 5, 2026, the Parti Québécois (PQ) under Paul St-Pierre Plamondon leads the latest Léger poll (September 27, 2026) with 30% (PLQ 26%, PCQ 18%, CAQ 16%, QS 9%). The Writ (September 28) projects the PQ at ~68 seats — four above the 64-seat majority threshold. A PQ majority is supported by a commanding francophone lead (PQ 37%) and the collapse of the CAQ (16% from its 2022 majority of 41%). Risk: 47% of decided voters said their vote could still change — high volatility remains. A PQ majority and the separately open-predicted CAQ <10-seat result are fully compatible and mutually reinforcing. No direct Polymarket market for PQ majority found.
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Léger polls from September 2026 show the PCQ at 17–27% vote share province-wide, with a particularly strong regional foothold in the Quebec City belt. Polymarket prices a 14–16 seat outcome at 32% probability; cumulative probability for ≥12 seats is estimated at 68–72%. Quebec's first-past-the-post system strongly favors geographically concentrated parties, and PCQ candidates lead comfortably in their strongholds. The 12-seat threshold is set deliberately below the Polymarket central projection, providing a conservative margin.
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338Canada (as of October 1, 2026) projects 0 seats for the governing CAQ — despite ~23% vote share, which yields nothing in the first-past-the-post system without concentrated strongholds. qc125.com also forecasts fewer than 5 CAQ seats. The PQ leads with 26% and ~66 projected seats toward a majority government (majority threshold: 64). No prediction market offers a direct CAQ seat bet; models are consistent. The 18% counter-probability accounts for possible vote concentration in CAQ strongholds such as Terrebonne or Lévis, and model uncertainty. The result is independently verifiable: it would represent the steepest collapse of a majority party at the provincial level in Canadian history in generations.
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Québec Solidaire (QS) held 11 seats after the 2022 election with 15.4% of the vote. Current polls (Synopsis, September 27, 2026) give QS only 13%, with others showing 9–11%. Seat projections based on this vote distribution place QS at just ~5 seats — a drastic decline driven by the massive PQ wave drawing voters away from QS in Montreal's urban ridings. No direct Polymarket market for QS seat count found. With an expected value of ~5 seats, the probability of finishing below 9 seats is high but not trivial (tactical voting could preserve QS strongholds). Own calibration: 68%.
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All leading electoral models position the PLQ as the second-strongest party behind the PQ. 338Canada (as of October 3, 2026) projects 39 seats as its central estimate (90% CI: 33–44), PoliWave projects 34 seats, and 127QC 35–36 seats. The PLQ was polling at 25–26% of votes (Léger, October 1, 2026). The prediction market Lines.com assigns 65.5% probability to PLQ winning ≥ 28 seats; Cassandra calibrates the slightly higher bar of 30+ seats at 65%, as the lower tail of the model range does not fully rule out a sub-30-seat outcome.
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The 1 October 2026 Léger poll places PQ at 29% (PLQ 25%), a clear lead. The vote-scope.com seat-projection model (50,000 simulations) shows a median of 66 PQ seats; the 60-seat threshold corresponds to roughly the 25th percentile of that distribution. No Polymarket market for Quebec 2026 found. The majority threshold is 63 seats (125-seat Assembly; platform's existing open prediction targets ≥64). A ≥60 prediction is fully consistent with the existing platform prediction (PQ ≥64) and adds information: it resolves TRUE even in a near-miss majority scenario. CAQ collapse (<10 seats) and PLQ recovery (≥30 seats) are already captured in separate open predictions.
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Latest poll: Datafolha (Sept 17, 2026) shows Lula at 39% vs Flávio Bolsonaro at 36% in the first round. Other surveys: Quaest (Aug 2026): Lula 38% vs Bolsonaro 31%; AtlasIntel (Sept 17): Lula 44.1% vs Bolsonaro 41.7%. Neither candidate will reach 50%+ outright; a runoff on October 25 is virtually certain. Polymarket gives Bolsonaro a 55.6% chance to win the overall election, but that market concerns the runoff winner, not first-round leader. Lula has historically finished first in every first round he contested (2002, 2006, 2022). Risk: late Bolsonaro mobilization, but closing a six-point gap in under two weeks is very unlikely.
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Datafolha (September 17, 2026) shows Lula (PT, incumbent) at 46% and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) at 44% in runoff simulations — both far below the 50%+1 of valid votes required to win in the first round. More than 10 additional candidates (Caiado, Zema, Marçal, etc.) fragment the remaining electorate. Polymarket prices Lula at 71% as first-round leader (by vote share), implying a runoff setup with Lula in first place but without an absolute majority. Historically: since Fernando Henrique Cardoso's wins in 1994 (54.3%) and 1998 (53.1%), Brazil has seen no presidential first-round winner — every election since 2002 has gone to a runoff.
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Lula da Silva leads Brazilian polls as incumbent president. His main opponent Flávio Bolsonaro (PL, son of election-banned Jair Bolsonaro) mobilizes the Bolsonarist base but lags significantly. The open platform prediction 'no candidate above 50% in round 1' implies Lula's share between 40% and 49%; specifying >42% (below the absolute majority threshold) is informative and contradicts no existing prediction. Polymarket sees Lula winning the runoff at >80% probability (indirect calibration for first-round share). Own estimate for >42% in round 1: ~62%.
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Datafolha (September 15–17, 2026) shows Flávio Bolsonaro at 36% in round one — one point above the threshold. AtlasIntel (Sept. 2026) shows him significantly higher at 41.7%. Most aggregates fall between 36% and 42%. Historically, the Bolsonaro bloc displayed a 'shy voter' effect: Jair Bolsonaro outperformed his polls by ~2pp in 2022. AtlasIntel has Flávio actually leading the runoff 47.2% vs. Lula's 46.8%. Falling below 35% would represent a substantial polling miss. No direct Polymarket market found for Bolsonaro's exact vote share; own estimate 63%.
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Datafolha (September 15-17, 2026): Lula 39%, Flávio Bolsonaro 31% in the first round — an 8-percentage-point lead. AS/COA tracker and BTG Pactual/Nexus confirm Lula's consistent first-round lead (runoff: Lula 46% vs. Bolsonaro 45% — much tighter). This prediction is consistent with but strictly separate from open predictions (Lula >42% and Bolsonaro >35%): both can coexist without Lula necessarily leading. The 80-year-old Lula holds a structural advantage in the first round as incumbent with a broad coalition. Flávio Bolsonaro's runoff surge reflects right-consolidation but does not erode Lula's first-round lead.
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All available polls show Lula (PT) at 36–44% and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) at 35–41% — both well short of the absolute majority of 50% of valid votes required for a first-round win. Polymarket gives both candidates a 97% probability of advancing to the runoff; overall win probability: Flávio Bolsonaro 57–61%, Lula 38–42%. Since no third candidate holds a realistic blocking majority, the October 25 runoff is virtually unavoidable. Brazilian electoral law: without an absolute majority in the first round, the winner is determined in a runoff between the top two finishers.
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Datafolha (September 22–23, 2026): Lula 40%, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) 36%. Veritá (September 20, 2026): technical tie (Bolsonaro 38.9% vs. Lula 38.4%). Polymarket currently prices Bolsonaro's overall win probability at 56.2% and Lula's at 43% — this refers to the final outcome, not first-round rank. Since the open platform forecast has the race going to a runoff on October 25 (which Lula wins), Lula finishing first in round one is fully consistent with all existing platform forecasts. Lula leads by four percentage points in the most recent major poll.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina holds general elections on October 4, 2026. In Republika Srpska, SNSD has dominated the National Assembly since 2006. In the 2025 RS special presidential election, SNSD narrowly won 50.5% vs. SDS 48.1% — a clear sign of a tighter political landscape. The Troika–SNSD coalition collapsed in January 2025 after two EU accession laws failed, weakening SNSD's position. For the National Assembly (proportional multi-party system), SNSD has structurally broader support than in direct elections; however, the race remains competitive. No Polymarket market found. Europinion.uk characterises it as a 'familiar deadlock' — SNSD remains the largest force, without a majority.
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AS/COA Poll Tracker (Sep 25, 2026) shows Lula at 47% and Bolsonaro at 45%; with 13 candidates splitting the remaining 8–10%, neither can mathematically reach >50% of valid votes. Brazil's constitution (Art. 77 §2) mandates a runoff on October 25 if no candidate wins outright. No specific Polymarket/Kalshi market found; own estimate 90% based on consistent polling. Distinct from the existing 'Lula places 1st' prediction — this forecasts the structural result (mandatory runoff), not the ranking.