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What, if any, are the quorum requirements for a optional referendum to be valid? Please specify numbers/percentages.
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Korea, Republic of Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Kazakhstan Turnout quorum: 50% of electorate
Referendum shall be considered as valid, if more than half of the citizens eligible to take part in the referendum have been voted.
Decision on a questions submitted to referendum shall be considered as adopted if as a result of voting it has been supported by more than half of citizens, who have taken part in voting.
Morocco Turnout quorum
Approval quorum X
No quorom required
Not applicable
Moldova, Republic of Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required X
Not applicable
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Turnout quorum 50 % +
Approval quorum 50 % +
No quorom required
Not applicable
Article 23
The decision for a legislative referendum shall be considered adopted, if majority of the voters that voted, voted for that, if more than half of the total number of voters registered in the General Voters’ List voted.
Mali Turnout quorum
Approval quorum majorite des suffrages exprimes
No quorom required
Not applicable
Mongolia Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Mauritania Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Mauritius Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Maldives Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Malawi Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable x
Malaysia Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable X
Mozambique Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable x
Namibia Turnout quorum
Approval quorum 2/3
No quorom required
Not applicable
Niger Turnout quorum
Approval quorum Majorite Absolue des suffrages exprimes
No quorom required
Not applicable
Nigeria Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable X
Nicaragua Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Netherlands Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Norway Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required X
Not applicable
Nauru Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
New Zealand Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Panama Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable X
Peru Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Papua New Guinea Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Philippines Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Pakistan Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required
Not applicable
Poland Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required yes
Not applicable
Turkey Turnout quorum
Approval quorum
No quorom required X
Not applicable
Taiwan For the matters prescribed in Paragraph 2 of Article 2, the number of proposers shall be not less than 1.5% of the total electorate in the most recent election of President and Vice President.
