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What is the legally imposed minimum threshold of votes required by a candidate (independent/party) to win a seat in Chamber 1?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 114
a. No minimum 57 50.0% Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Benin, Belarus, Belize, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, Micronesia, Federated States of, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guyana, Hungary, India, Iceland, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Maldives, Niger, Nepal, Niue, New Zealand, Palestine, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Slovakia, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Samoa, Yemen,
b. Specify the percentage: 25 21.9% Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Spain, Fiji, France, Georgia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Monaco, Moldova, Republic of, Montenegro, New Caledonia, Netherlands, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Vanuatu,
c. Not applicable 32 28.0% Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Brazil, Bahamas, Canada, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Eritrea, Ghana, Croatia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Saint Lucia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malawi, Nigeria, Norway, Serbia, Uganda, United States of America, Uruguay, Holy See (Vatican City State), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe,


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