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If independent candidates can compete in presidential elections, what are the registration requirements?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 115
a. Signature requirement (specify) 45 39.1% American Samoa, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Belarus, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Cape Verde, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Croatia, Hungary, India, Iceland, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Montenegro, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Maldives, New Caledonia, Niger, Panama, French Polynesia, Palestine, Portugal, Paraguay, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna,
b. Deposit requirement (specify) 20 17.3% Armenia, American Samoa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Benin, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, India, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Niger, Palestine, Seychelles, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tunisia, Zambia,
c. No registration requirement 8 6.9% French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Martinique, Pakistan, Réunion, Slovenia, Vanuatu,
d. Other 23 20.0% Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Fiji, Ireland, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Portugal, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen,
e. Not Applicable 48 41.7% Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Dominica, Eritrea, Spain, Fiji, Micronesia, Federated States of, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guyana, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Saint Lucia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Morocco, Monaco, Marshall Islands, Malta, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uruguay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Viet Nam, Samoa, Zanzibar,


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