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total countries/territories: 117
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Comments |
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Afghanistan
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a. No minimum
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2016/02/15
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Algeria
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b.) 5%
Source:
Electoral Law, art. 102
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/26
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American Samoa
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c. Not applicable
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Source:
American Samoa Code Title 6 Elections Chapter 8, 6.0805.
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2005/02/16
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Argentina
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b. Specify the percentage:
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To get a seat, a party must obtain at least 3% of the votes cast in a constituency. The vacant seats arising from general elections are occupied by elected substitutes at the same time as the incumbent members.
Source:
Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/ (2019)
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2021/12/26
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Armenia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5% for political parties and 7% for political alliances.
Source:
Electoral Code of 25 May 2016, art. 95 (4):
http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2016)042-e
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2017/04/05
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Austria
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b. Specify the percentage:
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4%
Source:
Regulation on the Election of the Federal Council(1992), paragraph 100.
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2003/09/12
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Azerbaijan
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c. Not applicable
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2022/01/24
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Bahamas
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c. Not applicable
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2002/10/02
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Bahrain
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Decree number 14 for 2002, part 3, article 27, organizing referendums and elections, exercising political rights.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/30
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Bangladesh
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a. No minimum
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Source:
S. M. Asaduzzaman; Public Relations Officer; Bangladesh Election Commission. Email: [email protected]
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2006/05/23
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Barbados
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Constitution, Ch.5, Section 41-42.
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2003/06/10
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Belarus
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c. Not applicable
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Only candidates compete in elections not parties.
Source:
Code on Elections, articles 62, 63 and 65.
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2003/03/24
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Belgium
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5% of the valid votes in each constituency
Source:
Electoral Code, Art. 165 bis (1)
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2012/05/04
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Belize
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a. No minimum
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Representatives are elected by the FPTP system.
Source:
EL: Representation of the People Act (ROPA) 17 (1) and (3).
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2004/10/27
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Benin
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a. No minimum
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Le parlement est constitué en chambre unique au Bénin
Source:
Article 4 de la loi n°94-015 du 27 janvier 1995 remise en vigueur par la loi n°2003-01 du 08 janvier 2003 relatives aux élections nationales(législatives).
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2005/01/22
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Brazil
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a. No minimum
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Article 84:
Elections for the Chamber of Deputies, legislative assemblies, and municipal chambers shall adhere to the principle of proportional representation as established by this law.
Source:
Electoral Code - Law No. 4,737, of July 15, 1965, Article 84, 106-113:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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2024/10/23
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Bulgaria
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b. Specify the percentage:
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4%
Source:
Elections of Members of Parliament Act, articles 6 (paragraph 3) and 108 (paragraph 1).
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2002/08/22
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Cameroon
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b. Specify the percentage:
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A majority vote is required in single-member constituencies. Also the majority of the votes with possible application of the method of the strongest remain in the constituencies to vote list.
Source:
Electoral Code Chapter VI section 152 (1): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/CM/cameroon-electoral-code-english-2012
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2018/11/07
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Canada
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c. Not applicable
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Election is through a single-seat constituency, first-past-the-post system. The candidate who wins the greatest numbers of votes in a constituency wins the seat in the House of Commons for that constituency.
Source:
Elections Canada
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2006/12/11
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Cape Verde
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Fernando Monteiro, Member of the Electoral Commission, Cape Verde, fam(a)mailcvtelecom.cv
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2002/06/13
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Chile
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5%
Source:
Law of Political Parties, art. 18.603
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2002/06/17
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Colombia
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a. No minimum
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Source:
CNE
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2003/07/30
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Comoros
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a. No minimum
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2015/01/21
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Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
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c. Not applicable
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No information available
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2018/11/09
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Croatia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5%
Source:
Electoral Code, article 41.
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2002/08/23
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Cyprus
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b) Political parties: 1/56 of all valid votes in national level;
Coalitions between two parties: 10% of all valid votes in national level;
Coalitions of more than two political parties: 20% of all valid votes in national level
Source:
Electoral Law 72 of 1979, Art. 33(2a)
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2012/04/26
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Czech Republic
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b. Specify the percentage:
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The candidate lists of political parties and movements which do not obtain at least 5% of all valid votes do not pass scrutiny. In the case of coalitions, requirements are that 2 parties or movements combined must have 10%, 3 combined must have 15%, and 4 or more combined must have 20% of the total number of valid votes.
Source:
Article 49 of the Electoral Act on Elections to the Parliament (Law Digest no. 247/1995)
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2002/06/11
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Denmark
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a. No minimum
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However, for the allocation of compensatory seats, the Danish electoral system has 3 different electoral thresholds:
1. Winning a seat directly
2. Obtaining in two of the three electoral regions a number of votes corresponding to the regional votes/ratio, or
3. Per cent of the valid, national.
Source:
Parliamentary Elections and Election Administration in Denmark (Dr Jorgen Elklit and Anne Birte Pade, Election consultant Ministry of Interior), sec 1, art. 1.2.2
Elections Act, part 10, art. 76,77
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2015/06/08
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Dominica
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a. No minimum
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2003/01/21
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Egypt
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b. Specify the percentage:
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For list-based elections, the winning list must also secure an absolute majority. If this is not achieved, a runoff is held between the top two lists, with the one receiving the most valid votes winning.
Source:
https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/211214?lang=en-us
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2025/09/23
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Eritrea
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c. Not applicable
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2011/06/21
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Fiji
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c. Not applicable
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2003/06/30
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Finland
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a. No minimum
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In all districts, the allocation of seats to candidates is proportional to the votes following a d'Hondt system of party list Proportional Representation.
Source:
Election Act 714/1998 as amended, Sections 88 - 91
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2012/05/21
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France
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b) An absolute majority and a number of votes equal to 1/4 of registered voters is required in order for a party to win the first round. A party can participate in the second round only if it has obtained a number of votes equal to at least 12.5% of registered voters.
Source:
Electoral Code, Art. L126
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2012/05/02
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French Polynesia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5%.
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2004/01/15
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Georgia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Mandates of the Members of Parliament of Georgia are awarded only to the party list that receives no less than 5% of votes cast. The number of votes derived from void ballot papers shall be excluded from the number of votes of voters participating in the elections.
Source:
The Election Code of Georgia, art. 125:
https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/1557168?publication=8
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2024/07/24
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Germany
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b.) 5%
In the distribution of seats among Land lists, only parties that have obtained at least five per cent of the valid second votes cast in the electoral area or have won a seat in at least three constituencies shall be taken into consideration. The first sentence shall not apply to the lists submitted by parties representing national minorities.
Source:
Federal Elections Act, Section 6 (3)
https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/dam/jcr/4ff317c1-041f-4ba7-bbbf-1e5dc45097b3/bundeswahlgesetz_engl.pdf
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2021/11/15
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Ghana
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c. Not applicable
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Seats are won by popular vote, maintaining that a simple majority will ensure election."
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2005/07/01
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Greece
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c. Not applicable
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2012/04/12
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Guyana
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a. No minimum
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Seats are awarded on the basis of an electoral quota. The total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of seats contested will determine seats allocation.
Source:
Election Law (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2000.
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2004/09/03
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Holy See (Vatican City State)
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c. Not applicable
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The members of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State are appointed by the Supreme Pontiff for a five-year period.
Source:
Fundamental Law promulgated by Pope JOHN PAUL II 26 November 2000, effective 22 February 2001, Art. 3: http://www.vatican.va/vatican_city_state/legislation/documents/scv_doc_20001126_legge-fondamentale-scv_it.html (2012);
Official Website of the Vatican City State: http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm (2012)
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2012/05/14
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Hungary
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b. Specify the percentage:
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"In order to be eligible for a mandate at the territorial level, a party list must secure a minimum of 5% of the vote after all territorial votes are aggregated at the national level. Only parties passing this 5% threshold at the national level qualify for mandate at the territorial and national levels."
Source:
Act XXXIV/1989 Art. 8 paragraph 5
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (www.osce.org/odihr/election/hung1-4.htm)
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2002/07/05
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Iceland
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Björn Fridfinnsson, Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, bjorn.fridfinnsson(a)dkm.stjr.is
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2002/07/11
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India
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a. No minimum
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However, the elections are contested on a candidate basis. The winning candidate is the candidate with the most votes.
Source:
Constitution of India
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2024/06/12
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
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b. Specify the percentage:
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25%
Candidates able to secure at least one fourth of the votes cast in the rst round are elected to the Majlis
Source:
https://www.sssup.it/UploadDocs/14620_2_R_Duality_by_Design__The_Iranian_Electoral_System_Yasmin_Alem.pdf
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2016/01/22
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Ireland
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a. No minimum
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The quota is the minimum number of votes necessary to guarantee the election of a candidate. It is ascertained by dividing the total number of valid ballot papers by one more than the number of seats to be filled and adding one to the result.
Source:
Official Website of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government: http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,1869,en.pdf (2012)
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2012/05/10
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Israel
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b. Specify the percentage:
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The 120 Knesset seats are assigned in proportion to each party's percentage of the total national vote. However, the minimum required for a party to win a Knesset seat is 2% of the total votes cast.
Source:
Jewish Virtual Library: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/elections.html
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2015/03/15
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Italy
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Single Parties must obtain more than 4% of the valid votes, coalitions more than 10% (and parties inside the coalition have a 2% threshold).
Source:
Legislative Act: Law of 21 December 2005, n. 270, Art. 1(12)a,b
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2012/04/16
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Jamaica
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c. Not applicable
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All members of Parliament are elected in single member constituencies.
Source:
EL: 66 (2).
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2003/09/22
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Japan
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c. Not applicable
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Combination of a. and b.
b. 2% of the valid votes.
Source:
Electoral Code, article 95-2
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2003/07/14
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Jordan
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a. No minimum
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2016/07/28
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Kazakhstan
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c. Not applicable
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2024/10/16
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Kenya
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a. No minimum
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No written law imposes a minimum threshold for a party to win seats in the National Assembly.
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2024/12/06
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Kiribati
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c. Not applicable
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Candidates run individually.
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2020/05/01
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Korea, Republic of
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b. Parties that received 3-5% of total votes are allotted 1 seat each.
Source:
AEP, article 189.
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2003/02/05
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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c. Not applicable
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2021/02/16
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Lesotho
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Constitution of Lesotho, art. 57: http://www.gov.ls/documents/Lesotho_Constitution.pdf
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2015/03/03
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Liechtenstein
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Seats shall be distributed among electoral groups that have obtained at least 8% of the valid votes cast in the entire country.
Source:
Constitution, Art. 46 (3): http://www.llv.li/verfassung-e-01-02-09.doc.pdf (2012)
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2012/05/23
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Lithuania
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Article 88: (2) A candidate shall be considered elected in a single-member constituency, if the not less than 40 percent of the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency have participated in the elections, and the said candidate has received more than half of votes cast by the voters who have participated in the elections. If less than 40 percent of the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency have participated in the elections, the candidate who have received the majority, but not less than one-fifth of the votes of all the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency, shall be considered to have been elected.
Article 89: (1) The elections shall be considered to have been held in the multi-member constituency if more than one fourth of all voters have participate in them.
(2) The list candidates of the party may receive mandates of Seimas member (takes part in the distribution of mandates) only if not less than 5 percent of the voters participating in the elections voted for it. The joint list of candidates, drawn up in accordance with Article 43 of this Law, may receive mandates of Seimas member (takes part in the distribution of mandates) provided that not less than 7 percent of the voters who participated in the election have voted for it. If less than 60 percent of all voters who participated in the election have voted for the lists, taking part in the distribution of mandates, the list ( lists if an equal amount of votes has been cast for them), which has not taken part in the distribution of mandates up till then, for whom the majority of voters have voted shall acquire the right to take part in the distribution of mandates. The number of lists of candidates which have the right to participate in the distribution of mandates shall be further increased in the same manner until not less than 60 percent of all the voters who participated in the election shall have voted for the lists of candidates participating in the distribution of mandates.
Source:
Electoral Law: Republic of Lithuania Law on Elections to the Seimas, last amended on 14 December 2010 — No XI-1226, Arts. 88(2) and 89(1, 2)
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2016/02/02
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Luxembourg
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a. No minimum
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Electors may cast a preferential vote or split their vote between different lists. Accordingly, they can either vote for a list (in which case the latter is deemed to have received a number of votes equal to the number the elector was entitled to cast) or for a particular name on any list (in which case their votes may not exceed the number of Deputies to be elected in the district concerned). Each party-list obtains as many seats as its total number of (individual candidates and list) votes encompasses the applicable quotient. Remaining seats are allotted to parties with the highest average after the second count.
Source:
Electoral law of 18 February 2003, Art. 222
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2191_B.htm
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2015/06/05
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Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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a. No minimum
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D'Hondt's formula is applied with no threshold requirements set by law.
Source:
Law on Election of Members of Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia (LEMP), Art. 96: https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/1112/file/83bf975af213a79ac697299021d5.pdf
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2020/04/15
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Maldives
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c. Not applicable
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Although parties are not legally banned, they do not exist on the Maldives.
Source:
Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (eds.) Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook Vol. I Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, pg 588.
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2004/08/24
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Marshall Islands
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Constitution of the Marshall Islands, Article 4 section 2 clause 2
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2005/02/23
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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a. No minimum
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simple majority (plurality vote)
Source:
1. Burnell Edwards, FSM National Elections Director, interview at PIANZEA workshop April 2002;
2. https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3627/. (2021)
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2021/03/24
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Moldova, Republic of
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b. Specify the percentage:
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3% (non-party), 12% (party alliances)
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_threshold
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2021/03/30
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Monaco
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b) For the 1/3 of the seats, allocated under proportional representation system, the party must have obtained 5% of the valid votes.
Source:
Law 839 regulating communal and national elections, as amended in 2002, Art. 20-1
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2012/04/27
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Montenegro
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Article 94: Candidate lists which received at least 3% of the total number of valid votes in the electoral district shall take part in the allocation of seats.
Source:
Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, Art. 94.
https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-REF(2020)031-e
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2023/09/25
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Morocco
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a. No minimum
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Members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation applying the rule of the highest average without vote-splitting or preferential votes.
Source:
http://www.pogar.org/
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/05
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Nepal
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a. No minimum
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There is no minimum specified either in the Constitution or Electoral law of Nepal for a party to win seats in chamber 1. Only, there is a mention that a party whose popular vote is less than 3 percent will not be given a status of national party.
Source:
Constitution, article 113 (2 d).
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2004/10/06
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Netherlands
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b. Specify the percentage:
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"1. If the number of seats to be allocated is nineteen or more, the remaining seats, known as
residual seats, shall be awarded sequentially to the lists which, after the award of the seat,
have the highest average number of votes per seat awarded. If averages are the same, the
matter shall be decided by lot.
2. If the election is to the House of Representatives, lists with a total vote lower than the
electoral quota shall not be eligible for seats awarded in this way.
1. If the number of seats to be allocated is fewer than nineteen, the residual seats shall be
awarded sequentially to the lists whose total votes have the largest remainder when divided
by the electoral quota. Lists which have no remainder shall be deemed for this purpose to
be the lists with the smallest remainder. If remainders are the same, the matter shall be
decided by lot.
2. Lists with a total vote lower than 75% of the electoral quota shall not be eligible for seats
awarded in this way."
Source:
Elections Act, sec. P7 & P8: file:///C:/Users/jmansour/Downloads/pdf-voor-engelse-site-elections-act-2010%20(1).pdf
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2016/03/04
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New Caledonia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5%.
Source:
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2003/11/28
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New Zealand
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5% or more of all party votes OR one or more of electorate seats.
Source:
Election Commission Official Website: http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/mmp/two-ticks-too-easy.html#threshold (2010)
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2024/07/02
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Niger
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Article 42 du code électoral
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2005/01/21
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Nigeria
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c. Not applicable
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2015/02/14
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Niue
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a. No minimum
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|
2005/02/22
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Norway
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b. Specify the percentage:
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No party may be allocated a seat at large unless it receives at least 4% of the total number of votes cast in the entire country.
This threshold applies only to the 8 national seats, not the 157 seats directly elected from the constituencies.
Source:
Constitution, Art. 59: http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/About-the-Storting/The-Constitution/The-Constitution/ (2012)
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2012/05/22
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Palestine
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a. No minimum
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Source:
EL. 89
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/05
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Papua New Guinea
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b. Specify the percentage:
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The Limited Preferential System requires that a candidate reach an absolute majority of support.
Source:
Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997) Section 168.
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2005/03/02
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Paraguay
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a. No minimum
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The no obtention of at least 1% of valid votes in the last two pluripersonal general elections is cause of extintion for political parties or movements.
Source:
Law N. 834, Article 78.
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2003/11/26
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Portugal
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b. Specify the percentage:
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|
2024/07/02
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Romania
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b. Specify the percentage:
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5%
Source:
Emergency Decree 129/2000, article 1 (paragraph 5).
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2002/08/21
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Russian Federation
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b. Specify the percentage:
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7. Deputy mandates shall be distributed to the federal lists of candidates, each of which received 5 or more percent of votes cast in the federal electoral district, provided that there are at least two such lists, and that in total more than 50per cent of votes cast were cast for these lists. In such case other federal lists of candidates shall not be admitted to the distribution of mandates.
8. If the federal lists of candidates, each of which received 5 percent or more votes cast in the federal electoral district, together received 50 percent or less votes cast, mandates shall be distributed to these lists, as well as sequentially in the decreasing order to the number of votes cast also to the federal lists of candidates that received less than 5 per cent of votes cast, until the total number of votes cast for the federal lists of candidates admitted distribution of deputy mandates exceeds in the aggregate 50 percent of votes cast.
9. If one federal list of candidates received more than 50 per cent of votes cast in the federal electoral district, and other federal lists of candidates received less than 5 per cent of votes cast, mandates shall be distributed to that federal list of candidates as well as the federal list of candidates that received the highest number of votes cast from among the federal lists of candidates which received less than 5 per cent of votes cast.
Source:
Electoral Law: Federal Law On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
as amended on April 5, 2016 No 92-FZ (Article 88).
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2016/05/31
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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c. Not applicable
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Single seats constituencies
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2020/04/14
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Saint Lucia
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c. Not applicable
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All seats are assigned on the basis of a FPTP system in single member constituencies.
Source:
C: 30 and 33.
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2003/01/16
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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a. No minimum
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The representatives are elected in single member constituencies.
Source:
Constitution of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1979, article 24 and 33.
|
2021/12/26
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Samoa
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a. No minimum
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Members are elected through plurality.
|
2021/04/09
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Sao Tome and Principe
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Specify the percentage: 5%
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2001/10/04
|
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Serbia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Only electoral lists that have won at least 3% of the votes cast may participate in the
distribution of seats.
If no electoral list has won 3% of the votes cast, then all electoral lists that have won
votes may participate in the distribution of seats.
The national minority electoral list shall participate in the distribution of seats also
when it has won less than 3% of the votes cast.
Source:
Electoral Law: Law on the Elections of Representatives, art. 128, 140.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/RS/serbia-law-on-elections-of-representatives-updated/view
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2022/07/05
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Seychelles
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b. Specify the percentage:
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A political party which has nominated one or more candidates in a general election and has polled in respect of the candidates in aggregate 10% or more of the votes cast at the election may nominate a proportionally elected member for each 10% of the votes polled.
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011),Art. 78(b) Schedule 4
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-constitution-2011/view
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2025/02/25
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Sierra Leone
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b. Specify the percentage:
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The basis of allocating seats to political parties under the district block representation system will be the total number of valid votes cast in each district, referred to as the total district votes. The total district will be obtained by adding up the valid votes from all the polling stations in the district. In the section "population quota" means the nuimber obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants of SL by the number of constituencies into which SL is divided.
Source:
The Electoral Laws Act 2002 Section 57 (2) Formula for Allocating Seats Under the District Block Representation System
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2005/06/28
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Slovakia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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c) 5%. Should the Central Election Commission find that the requirement pursuant to paragraph 2 was not met by any political party, it shall lower the threshold of five percent to the threshold of four percent.
Source:
Parliamentary Election Act, article 41
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2002/06/18
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Slovenia
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Deputies (except for the deputies of the national communities) are elected according to the principle of proportional representation with a 4 % threshold required for election to the National Assembly.
Source:
Constitution, article 80.
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2004/11/25
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Solomon Islands
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c. Not applicable
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There are no political parties as such in the Solomon Islands, rather they are loose coalitions of independents. There is no legilsation which referes to political parties only candidates.
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2004/04/29
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Somalia
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a. No minimum
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Source:
http://www.somalilandforum.com/somaliland/law/the_election_bill.htm#Commission
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2005/08/25
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Spain
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b. Specify the percentage:
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b) A minimum of 3 % of the valid votes is required.
Source:
Electoral Law 5/1985 of 19 June, Art. 163(1)
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2012/04/17
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Sri Lanka
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b. Specify the percentage:
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Every recognized political party and independent group polling **[less than one twentieth of the total votes] polled at any election in any electoral district shall be disqualified from having any candidates of such party or group being elected for that electoral district
Source:
Constitution 1978, article 99(6)(a): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-constitution-as-amended-up-to-9/at_download/file
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2016/01/28
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Sudan
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a. No minimum
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The candidate wins by getting a simple majority of the votes. In the last two elections, political parties were not allowed to participate.
Source:
http://www.pogar.org/
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/06
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Sweden
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b. Specify the percentage:
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To take part in the distribution of seats in Riksdag elections, a political party must gain at least 4% of all votes cast in the country. A party gaining fewer votes may, however, take part in the distribution of permanent constituency seats in the constituency where it has gained at least 12% of the votes cast.
Source:
The Instrument of Government, Ch. 3, Art. 7 (2): Official Website of the Parliament: http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Start/Bestall/Sprakversioner/English---engelska1/Sveriges-grundlagar-och-riksdagsordningen1/ (2012)
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2014/08/04
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Switzerland
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a. No minimum
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Seats are distributed among the cantons in proportion to their population.
Each party wins seats in proportion to the total number of votes it obtains.
Source:
Constitution, Art. 149;
Federal Law of 17 December 1976 (as amended) regulating political rights, Art. 40: http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/161_1/index.html (2012);
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2012/05/11
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Taiwan
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Constitution of the Republic of China
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2020/03/26
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Tanzania, United Republic of
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a. No minimum
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2025/12/01
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Timor-Leste
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a. No minimum
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2001/09/14
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Tonga
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c. Not applicable
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No political parties in Tonga- only individual candidates. Individual candidates are elected on a simple majority.
Source:
Campbell in Elections in Asia and Pacific, p,820
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2021/09/14
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Trinidad and Tobago
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a. No minimum
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No party-list proportional representation is present on the national scale.
Source:
Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago, Chapter 4, Part V.
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2015/05/21
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Tunisia
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a. No minimum
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Seats are elected through the party-list proportional system, using the largest remainder method. This means that all of the valid votes are divided by the number of seats in a specified constituency to produce a threshold for winning a seat. Therefore, the threshold depends on the number of seats in the constituency. Seats are allocated to lists that reach this threshold, and any seats left are given to those lists with the highest remainders.
Source:
Election for Parliament, Tunisian Republic, http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2746/
Tunisia: Organic Law on Elections and Referenda adopted on 26 May 2014, art. 110: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-organic-law-on-elections-and-referenda/view
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2019/08/05
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Turkey
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b. Specify the percentage:
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No candidates of a political party which has not obtained more than 10% of all of the valid votes in Turkey as a whole or, in the case of mid-term elections, in all of the mid-term election districts shall enter the parliament.
Source:
Parliamentary Elections Law, art. 33: http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/1310/file/bbf6e67f60e5492350474eaa9e9a.pdf
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2016/01/21
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Tuvalu
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a. No minimum
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Simple majority. Note the electoral laws do not specify what electoral system to use. It assumes First Past The Post.
Also note, whilst there is nothing to prohibit the formation and action of political parties, they as yet do not exist in Tuvalu. Members of Parliament usually align themselves into informal groups.
Source:
Electoral Provisions Sections 21(d)and 30(1).
www.nationmaster.com/country/tv/Government
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2003/08/01
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Uganda
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c. Not applicable
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2025/12/02
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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a. No minimum
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2016/04/11
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United States of America
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a. No minimum
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Source:
The Federal Election Commission online (www.fec.gov)
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2016/02/12
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Uruguay
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a. No minimum
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Source:
Mr. Carlos Urruty, President, Corte Electoral
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2002/06/18
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Uzbekistan
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a. No minimum
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2009/08/18
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Vanuatu
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b. Specify the percentage:
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1/(n+1) fraction of the vote, where n=the number of seats being contested
Source:
Van Trease, H. University of Hawaii at Hilo (10 July 2004) Operation of the single non transferable vote in Vanuatu, paper delivered at the Political Culture, Representation and Electoral Systems in the Pacific conference Vanuatu. Available online at http://www.usp.ac.fj/fileadmin/files/Institutes/piasdg/Electoral_Systems_2004/es2004_vanTrease.pdf
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2016/01/26
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Venezuela
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a. No minimum
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Source:
LOSPP, art. 17
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2003/09/26
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Viet Nam
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b. Specify the percentage:
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There is no threshold regulate in electoral law.
Source:
Law on Election of National Assembly Deputies, chapter 5 (about running for election, consultative reference, recommendation of candidates for National Assembly election)
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2021/04/07
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Yemen
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a. No minimum
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There is no minimum threshold mentioned. Voting shall take place through direct, free, equal and secret balloting.
Source:
General Elections and Referendum Law 2001, chapter 5, section 1, article 57 (a).
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/08
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