Info
Direct Democracy
What are the requirements for optional referendums to pass?
Answers # Countries
% Countries
Country List
total countries/territories: 86
a . Simple majority (>50%)
41 47.6 %
Albania ,
Austria ,
Burkina Faso ,
Bulgaria ,
Bahrain ,
Belarus ,
Canada ,
Switzerland ,
Algeria ,
Estonia ,
Egypt ,
Western Sahara ,
Greece ,
Hungary ,
Iraq ,
Italy ,
Kazakhstan ,
Liechtenstein ,
Sri Lanka ,
Liberia ,
Lithuania ,
Latvia ,
Morocco ,
Madagascar ,
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of ,
Mali ,
Poland ,
Portugal ,
Romania ,
Russian Federation ,
Rwanda ,
Sudan ,
Sweden ,
Slovenia ,
Slovakia ,
Senegal ,
Timor-Leste ,
Tunisia ,
Turkey ,
Ukraine ,
Yemen ,
b . Qualified majority (specify % below)
8 9.3 %
Denmark ,
Guam ,
Croatia ,
Liberia ,
Namibia ,
Niger ,
Seychelles ,
Uganda ,
c . Double majority (simple majority overall plus simple majority in certain number of first tier authorities) (specify below)
0 0.0 %
d . Other (specify below)
8 9.3 %
Côte d'Ivoire ,
Finland ,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ,
Gambia ,
Saint Kitts and Nevis ,
Netherlands ,
Norway ,
Taiwan ,
e . Not applicable
30 34.8 %
Argentina ,
Belgium ,
Benin ,
Botswana ,
Cook Islands ,
Chile ,
Cyprus ,
Ecuador ,
Eritrea ,
France ,
Ghana ,
Israel ,
Cambodia ,
Kiribati ,
Lebanon ,
Lesotho ,
Moldova, Republic of ,
Malawi ,
Malaysia ,
Mozambique ,
Nigeria ,
Solomon Islands ,
Singapore ,
Sierra Leone ,
Somalia ,
Togo ,
Tonga ,
Uruguay ,
Viet Nam ,
Zambia ,
Export Data To Excel File
Note: This is an XLS file and is safe to run on new versions of Excel.
