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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 2?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 115
a. No minimum 14 12.1% Belgium, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Spain, India, Kenya, Morocco, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Nepal, French Polynesia, Paraguay, Slovenia,
b. Specify the percentage: 7 6.0% Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Romania,
c. Not applicable 94 81.7% Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Benin, Brazil, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Algeria, Eritrea, Finland, Fiji, Micronesia, Federated States of, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iceland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kiribati, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Moldova, Republic of, Montenegro, Marshall Islands, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Maldives, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Russian Federation, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Holy See (Vatican City State), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, Zimbabwe,
d. Other 0 0.0%


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