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If independent candidates can compete in legislative elections (Chamber 1), what are the registration requirements?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 109
a. Signature requirement (specify) 63 57.7% Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Ecuador, Eritrea, Spain, Finland, Fiji, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ghana, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Saint Lucia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malta, Maldives, Niger, Netherlands, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palestine, Paraguay, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sudan, Slovenia, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Yemen, Zanzibar,
b. Deposit requirement (specify) 43 39.4% Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominica, Eritrea, Fiji, Micronesia, Federated States of, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ghana, Ireland, India, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Morocco, Malta, Maldives, Niger, Netherlands, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palestine, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tonga, Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zanzibar,
c. No registration requirement 9 8.2% American Samoa, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Martinique, Nepal, Pakistan, Réunion, Vanuatu,
d. Other 17 15.5% Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Fiji, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Saint Lucia, Morocco, Portugal, Paraguay, Seychelles, Slovakia, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela,
e. Not applicable 21 19.2% Argentina, Austria, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Guyana, Iceland, Monaco, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Norway, French Polynesia, Sweden, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uruguay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Wallis and Futuna,


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