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What is the legally imposed minimum threshold of votes required by a candidate (independent/party) to win a seat in Chamber 2?

a. No minimum 20 countries (18%): Australia, Chile, Colombia, France, French Polynesia, India, Italy, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Wallis and Futuna,
b. Specify the percentage: 3 countries (2%): Czech Republic, Japan, Romania,
c. Not applicable 87 countries (78%): Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Federated States of, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, United Republic of, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar,
d. Other 1 countries (0%): Malawi,
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