Does the right to withdraw erring legislators by the people exist in any country and how successful is it?

Question

Legislators flout their promises and even work against what they have assured the electorate. Some of them are highly corrupt and even indulge in crimes and get involved in criminal cases. Does any country (where there is democratic set up) has legal provision for their withdrawal by the people entailing fresh election for that constituency - in case he does not volunteer to resign on moral grounds after having come to adverse public criticism of serious nature nor his party pressurises him to resign?
If such a provision is available in any country, how often it has been used and with what impact - I mean if the need for such action reduced due to legislators behaving more righteously?

Answer 1

Many states in the United States of America have a legal method to "recall" a representative. Its tantamount to kicking him out of the office. He's allowed to run for his old office again if he wants, but would have little chance of winning in the light of the number of votes required to recall.

Laws vary from state to state, and I'm not an expert on the variations and the details..

Answer 2

In the USA we call this a "recall petition", but the politicians have made it tricky and easy for them to challenge so you need to be very careful as any challenged signature can toss a page of bonafide signatures.