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Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Conditions for recount
Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
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a
Never recounted
b
Always recounted
c
Automatically (triggered) recounted under certain conditions
d
By request
e
Court order
f
Other
g
No information available
h
Not applicable
Not included in research
Several applicable answers
Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
total countries:
188
Answers
# Countries
% Countries
Country List
a . Never recounted
14
7.4 %
Angola ,
Costa Rica ,
Croatia ,
Israel ,
Lebanon ,
Mali ,
Niger ,
Panama ,
Paraguay ,
Romania ,
Turkmenistan ,
Uzbekistan ,
Venezuela ,
Yemen ,
b . Always recounted
17
9.0 %
Argentina ,
Australia ,
Bolivia ,
Bahamas ,
Cook Islands ,
Dominica ,
Ecuador ,
Estonia ,
Spain ,
Finland ,
Grenada ,
Saint Lucia ,
Niue ,
New Zealand ,
Peru ,
Sweden ,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ,
c . Automatically (triggered) recounted under certain conditions
23
12.2 %
Canada ,
Switzerland ,
Eritrea ,
Fiji ,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ,
Micronesia, Federated States of ,
France ,
French Guiana ,
Guadeloupe ,
Guam ,
Hungary ,
Italy ,
Martinique ,
Mexico ,
New Caledonia ,
Norway ,
French Polynesia ,
Reunion ,
Slovakia ,
El Salvador ,
Tajikistan ,
Tanzania, United Republic of ,
Uganda ,
d . By request
97
51.5 %
Antigua and Barbuda ,
Albania ,
Armenia ,
American Samoa ,
Australia ,
Aruba ,
Azerbaijan ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Barbados ,
Belgium ,
Burundi ,
Benin ,
Bermuda ,
Belize ,
Canada ,
Switzerland ,
Chile ,
Cameroon ,
Colombia ,
Cape Verde ,
Djibouti ,
Denmark ,
Dominican Republic ,
Estonia ,
Ethiopia ,
Fiji ,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ,
Micronesia, Federated States of ,
France ,
Georgia ,
French Guiana ,
Ghana ,
Gibraltar ,
Gambia ,
Guinea ,
Guadeloupe ,
Guatemala ,
Guyana ,
Hong Kong ,
Honduras ,
Hungary ,
Indonesia ,
Ireland ,
India ,
Iran, Islamic Republic of ,
Iceland ,
Jamaica ,
Jordan ,
Japan ,
Kenya ,
Cayman Islands ,
Kazakhstan ,
Sri Lanka ,
Liberia ,
Lesotho ,
Lithuania ,
Latvia ,
Moldova, Republic of ,
Marshall Islands ,
Martinique ,
Mauritania ,
Mexico ,
Malaysia ,
Namibia ,
Nigeria ,
Nicaragua ,
Netherlands ,
Nepal ,
Niue ,
New Zealand ,
Papua New Guinea ,
Pakistan ,
Puerto Rico ,
Palau ,
Reunion ,
Russian Federation ,
Solomon Islands ,
Seychelles ,
Singapore ,
Saint Helena ,
Slovenia ,
Sierra Leone ,
Senegal ,
Suriname ,
Swaziland ,
Togo ,
Tajikistan ,
Timor-Leste ,
Tonga ,
Turkey ,
Tanzania, United Republic of ,
Ukraine ,
Uganda ,
Uruguay ,
South Africa ,
Zambia ,
Zanzibar ,
e . Court order
54
28.7 %
Austria ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Bangladesh ,
Burkina Faso ,
Bulgaria ,
Bahrain ,
Burundi ,
Brazil ,
Botswana ,
Canada ,
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the ,
Chile ,
Colombia ,
Cyprus ,
Czech Republic ,
Ethiopia ,
Fiji ,
France ,
French Guiana ,
Gambia ,
Guadeloupe ,
Greece ,
Guam ,
Guyana ,
Ireland ,
Japan ,
Kenya ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Lithuania ,
Luxembourg ,
Martinique ,
Mauritania ,
Mauritius ,
Malawi ,
Mozambique ,
Namibia ,
New Caledonia ,
French Polynesia ,
Palestine ,
Portugal ,
Reunion ,
Russian Federation ,
Solomon Islands ,
Seychelles ,
Slovakia ,
Swaziland ,
Togo ,
Tajikistan ,
Tuvalu ,
Vanuatu ,
Samoa ,
South Africa ,
Zambia ,
Zimbabwe ,
f . Other
26
13.8 %
Afghanistan ,
Albania ,
Aruba ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Bolivia ,
Belarus ,
Belize ,
Germany ,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ,
Hungary ,
Iraq ,
Cambodia ,
Korea, Republic of ,
Kazakhstan ,
Madagascar ,
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of ,
Philippines ,
Poland ,
Palestine ,
Portugal ,
Russian Federation ,
Solomon Islands ,
Seychelles ,
San Marino ,
Togo ,
Thailand ,
g . No information available
21
11.1 %
Andorra ,
United Arab Emirates ,
Cote d'Ivoire ,
China ,
Algeria ,
Egypt ,
Western Sahara ,
Guinea-Bissau ,
Morocco ,
Mongolia ,
Sudan ,
Somalia ,
Turks and Caicos Islands ,
Chad ,
Tunisia ,
Trinidad and Tobago ,
United States of America ,
Virgin Islands, British ,
Virgin Islands, U.S. ,
Viet Nam ,
Wallis and Futuna ,
h . Not applicable
0
0.0 %
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