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total countries/territories: 192
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  • The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Andorra
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Antigua and Barbuda
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Anguilla
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Albania
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station: 7
  • Armenia
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 13 Average per polling station:
  • Angola
    The smallest polling station:
  • Argentina
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3
  • American Samoa
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 6 Average per polling station:
  • Australia
    The smallest polling station: 2 The largest polling station: 20 Average per polling station:
  • Aruba
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Azerbaijan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Barbados
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Bangladesh
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 25 Average per polling station:
  • Belgium
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 8 Average per polling station:
  • Burkina Faso
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Bulgaria
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 9 Average per polling station:
  • Bahrain
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Burundi
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Benin
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Bermuda
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Bolivia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Brazil
    Art. 119 Each polling station corresponds to a vote reception table. Art. 120 The vote reception table consists of a president, a first and a second polling officer, two secretaries, and an alternate, all appointed by the electoral judge sixty days before the election, in a public hearing announced at least five days in advance.
  • Bahamas
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Botswana
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 10 Average per polling station:
  • Belarus
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 19 Average per polling station:
  • Canada
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station:
  • Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Central African Republic
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Congo (Brazzaville)
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Switzerland
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 500 Average per polling station:
  • Côte d'Ivoire
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Cook Islands
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Chile
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Cameroon
    The smallest polling station: - Chairperson - a representative of the Administration, - a representative of each candidate, list of candidates or political party. The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Colombia
    The smallest polling station: Na The largest polling station: 6 Average per polling station:
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
    The smallest polling station:
  • Cape Verde
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Germany
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 9 Average per polling station:
  • Djibouti
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: 4
  • Dominica
    The smallest polling station: One presiding officer, one poll clerk and one assistant poll clerk. The largest polling station: One presiding officer, one poll clerk and one assistant poll clerk. Average per polling station:
  • Dominican Republic
    The smallest polling station: Five people to each polling station, regardless of its size. The largest polling station: Five people to each polling station, regardless of its size. Average per polling station:
  • Algeria
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Estonia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Egypt
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station: 3
  • Eritrea
    The smallest polling station:
  • Spain
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Ethiopia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Finland
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Fiji
    The smallest polling station: 8 - 10 The largest polling station: 20 Average per polling station:
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • France
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Gabon
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    The smallest polling station: 2 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Grenada
    The smallest polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk. The largest polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk. Average per polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk.
  • Georgia
    A member of an election commission, a candidate, a representative of an electoral subject, an observer and representatives of the press and other media are allowed to be present at the polling station
  • French Guiana
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Gibraltar
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Gambia
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station: 2
  • Guinea
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Guadeloupe
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Equatorial Guinea
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Guatemala
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Guam
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Guinea-Bissau
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Guyana
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Hong Kong
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Honduras
    The smallest polling station: Three at least The largest polling station: Three at least Average per polling station:
  • Croatia
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Haiti
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Hungary
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Indonesia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Ireland
    The smallest polling station: 2 The largest polling station: 2 Average per polling station:
  • Israel
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • India
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Iraq
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Iceland
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Italy
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: 6 Average per polling station:
  • Jamaica
    The smallest polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk. The largest polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk. Average per polling station: One presiding officer and one poll clerk.
  • Jordan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Japan
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 10 Average per polling station:
  • Kenya
    The smallest polling station: six The largest polling station: six Average per polling station:
  • Kyrgyzstan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Cambodia
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 6 Average per polling station: 6
  • Kiribati
    No official information provided. However, there are various roles at each polling station, including Electoral Officer, Assistant Electoral Officer and presiding officer.
  • Comoros
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Number not explicitly stated. Supervisor of Elections may appoint persons as may be necessary to be registration officers.
  • Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Korea, Republic of
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 13 Average per polling station:
  • Kuwait
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Cayman Islands
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Kazakhstan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Lebanon
    The smallest polling station: 2 and more The largest polling station: 2 and more Average per polling station:
  • Saint Lucia
    The smallest polling station: 2 officials, presiding officer and poll clerk The largest polling station: 3 officials, presiding officer, poll clerk and assistant poll clerk Average per polling station:
  • Liechtenstein
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Sri Lanka
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 11 Average per polling station:
  • Liberia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Lesotho
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Lithuania
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 20 Average per polling station:
  • Luxembourg
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Latvia
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 15 Average per polling station:
  • Morocco
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Monaco
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Moldova, Republic of
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 11
  • Madagascar
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: 7
  • Marshall Islands
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: Not determined by legislation.
  • Mali
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Burma (Myanmar)
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Mongolia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Martinique
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Mauritania
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Malta
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Mauritius
    The smallest polling station: four to each room The largest polling station: four to each room Average per polling station:
  • Maldives
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station:
  • Malawi
    The Commission shall post at every polling station at least five polling station officers.
  • Mexico
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station:
  • Malaysia
    The smallest polling station:
  • Mozambique
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • Namibia
    The smallest polling station:
  • New Caledonia
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 6+ Average per polling station:
  • Niger
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Nigeria
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • Nicaragua
    The smallest polling station: A president and two members, with their corresponding substitutes. The largest polling station: A president and two members, with their corresponding substitutes. Average per polling station:
  • Netherlands
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Norway
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Nepal
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Nauru
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Niue
    The smallest polling station: 2 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station: Info not available
  • New Zealand
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Panama
    The smallest polling station: three chief electoral officers and three substitutes electoral officers. The largest polling station: three chief electoral officers and three substitutes electoral officers. Average per polling station:
  • Peru
    The smallest polling station:
  • French Polynesia
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 6+ Average per polling station:
  • Papua New Guinea
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Philippines
    The smallest polling station: Three (3) per precinct The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Pakistan
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 13 Average per polling station:
  • Poland
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 11 Average per polling station:
  • Puerto Rico
    The smallest polling station: One polling official for every registered political party. The largest polling station: One polling official for every registered political party. Average per polling station:
  • Palestine
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Portugal
    The members of the board The board shall consist of five members: a chairman and a vice-chairman and three members, including a secretary and two scrutineers. For operations to be considered valid, at least three members must be present at all times, one of whom must be the chairman or vice-chairman, and at least two members. Once the board has been formed, the chairman shall publish the names of the members who make it up, by means of a notice posted on the door of the polling stations/polling sections. The performance of the role of board member is mandatory. Refusal to perform the role of board member may only be due to force majeure or just cause. The following are justifiable grounds for impediment: ​• Age over 65; • Illness or physical incapacity certified by the municipal health delegate; • Change of residence to the area of ​​another municipality, which must be certified by the Parish Council of the new residence; • Absence abroad, duly proven; • Exercise of a professional activity of an unavoidable nature, proven by a superior. The justification must be presented in writing, whenever the voter can do so, up to 3 days before the election, to the Mayor.
  • Palau
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Paraguay
    The smallest polling station: 03 The largest polling station: 03 Average per polling station:
  • Réunion
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Romania
    The smallest polling station: 9 The largest polling station: 9 Average per polling station:
  • Russian Federation
    Less than 1001 voters - 3-9 members 1001-2000 - 7-12 members More than 2000 - 7-16 members
  • Rwanda
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: 5
  • Solomon Islands
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Seychelles
    The smallest polling station: 12 The largest polling station: 15 Average per polling station:
  • Sudan
    The smallest polling station: not specified The largest polling station: not specified Average per polling station: 3
  • Sweden
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Singapore
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Saint Helena
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Slovenia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: 6.5
  • Slovakia
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Sierra Leone
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • San Marino
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Senegal
    The smallest polling station:
  • Somalia
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station: 6
  • Suriname
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Sao Tome and Principe
    The smallest polling station: 5 The largest polling station: 5 Average per polling station:
  • El Salvador
    The smallest polling station: 3 titular officials and 3 reserve officials. The largest polling station: 6 titular officials and 6 reserve officials. Average per polling station:
  • Swaziland
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Chad
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Togo
    The smallest polling station: 10 The largest polling station: 10 Average per polling station:
  • Thailand
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Tajikistan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Timor-Leste
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station:
  • Turkmenistan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Tunisia
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station: 3
  • Turkey
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station:
  • Trinidad and Tobago
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Ukraine
    The smallest polling station: 8 The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Uganda
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Uruguay
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Uzbekistan
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    The smallest polling station: one presiding officer and one poll clerk. The largest polling station: one presiding officer and one poll clerk.
  • Venezuela
    The smallest polling station: 5 members and 1 secretary. The largest polling station: - Average per polling station:
  • Viet Nam
    Data notavailable
  • Vanuatu
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Wallis and Futuna
    The smallest polling station: 6 The largest polling station: 6+ Average per polling station:
  • Samoa
    The smallest polling station: The largest polling station: Average per polling station:
  • Yemen
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 3 Average per polling station:
  • South Africa
    The smallest polling station: 3 The largest polling station: 46 Average per polling station:
  • Zambia
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: Not set Average per polling station:
  • Zimbabwe
    The smallest polling station: 7 The largest polling station: 7 Average per polling station:
  • Zanzibar
    The smallest polling station: 4 The largest polling station: 4 Average per polling station: