democratic elections
Citizens choose leaders
Democratic elections are contests for political office in which eligible citizens vote to choose their representatives.
The term implies certain conditions: multiple candidates or parties, fair access to the ballot, votes counted honestly, and losers accepting results.
The country held its first democratic elections after decades of military rule.
Whether particular elections qualify as truly democratic is often contested.
- votersThose who cast ballots
- votingFormally registering a choice
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- peaceful transferNonviolent change of power
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- New South AfricaNelson Mandela, Mandela, rainbow nation, African National Congress, new constitution
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Passing titles through lineage
appointment · military coup · seizure of power · coronation · armed takeover
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Unchecked single-ruler government
autocracy · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · tyranny · one-party rule
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