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Like national referendums, local and regional referendums are usually legally binding. This is always the case in Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Poland, Spain and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. In Portugal¸ referendums are legally binding only if the turnout is more than 50 %.