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How many verified signatures are required to start the formal decision-making stage for a recall? Indicate figures in the appropriate boxes. If more than one answer exists for any individual box, explain in the comment section.

total countries/territories: 117
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  • Afghanistan
    Fixed number
  • Albania
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Argentina
    Not applicable
  • American Samoa
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x
  • Austria
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable (X)
  • Burkina Faso
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x
  • Bulgaria
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Bahrain
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Benin
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable oui
  • Bolivia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Brazil
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Botswana
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Belarus
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 20 % Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Canada
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Switzerland
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • CĂ´te d'Ivoire
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 50 % plus une voix Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Cook Islands
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Chile
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x
  • Costa Rica
    Fixed number
  • Cuba
    Fixed number
  • Denmark
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Algeria
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Estonia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Egypt
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Western Sahara
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Eritrea
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Ethiopia
    Fixed number
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Georgia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • French Guiana
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Gambia
    Fixed number NOT APPLICABLE Proportion of the electorate NOT APPLICABLE Proportion of the vote at the most recent election NOT APPLICABLE Other (specify) Not applicable Yes
  • Guam
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Hungary
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Indonesia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Israel
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Iraq
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Iceland
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Italy
    Not applicable.
  • Jordan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Japan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Kenya
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Kyrgyzstan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Kiribati
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate X (more than 50% of the registered electors in the constituency in which the member was elected) Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Not applicable
  • Korea, Republic of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Kazakhstan
    Not applicable
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Lebanon
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Liechtenstein
    Fixed number 1500 Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Sri Lanka
    Not applicable
  • Liberia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Lithuania
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Not applicable.
  • Luxembourg
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Latvia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Not applicable.
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Morocco
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Moldova, Republic of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Madagascar
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Mali
    Fixed number majorite des deux tiers des deputes Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Mongolia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Mauritania
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Mauritius
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Maldives
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Malaysia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Niger
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Nigeria
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate X Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Nicaragua
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Netherlands
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Norway
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Nauru
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • New Zealand
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Panama
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election x Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Peru
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 25% Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Papua New Guinea
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Philippines
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Pakistan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Poland
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Puerto Rico
    Fixed number
  • Palestine
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Portugal
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable (X)
  • Palau
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Paraguay
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Qatar
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Romania
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable e:
  • Russian Federation
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Rwanda
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Solomon Islands
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Sudan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Sweden
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable (X)
  • Singapore
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Slovakia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) x Not applicable
  • Sierra Leone
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Not applicable
  • San Marino
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Senegal
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Majorite des Trois Cinquiemes des Suffrages exprimes Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Somalia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x
  • El Salvador
    Fixed number
  • Syrian Arab Republic
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Togo
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable OUI
  • Thailand
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Tajikistan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Timor-Leste
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Turkmenistan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Tunisia
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Tonga
    N/A
  • Turkey
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Taiwan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Ukraine
    Fixed number 3 000 000 Proportion of the electorate 10 % Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Uganda
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 2/3rds of registered voters Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • United States of America
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Uzbekistan
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable
  • Viet Nam
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Vanuatu
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Yemen
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X
  • Zimbabwe
    Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable