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Elections promote democracy’. Discuss. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is
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'Elections promote democracy'. Discuss. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the most used mechanism by which a democracy fills offices in the legislature, and sometimes in the executive, judiciary, regional or local government. Elections are held in many other settings from clubs and societies to business. While all modern democracies hold regular elections, the converse is not true-not all elections are held by true democracies. Some governments employ other 'behind-the-scenes' means of candidate selection but organise a sham process that appears to be a genuine electoral contest, in order to present the facade of popular consent and support. Dictatorships, such as the former Soviet Union, have been known to hold such show elections. In the 'single candidate' type of show-election, there may only be one candidate for any one given position, with no alternative choices for voters beyond voting...
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