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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 Côte 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

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