India
In the Republic of India, candidates for election to the lower house of the parliament - Lok Sabha must pay a security deposit of 25,000. For state assembly elections the amount is 10,000. For Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates the amounts are 12,500 and 5,000 respectively. A defeated candidate will forfeit his deposit if he polls less than one-sixth of the total valid votes cast in a First-past-the-post voting voting system.
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