Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people , as opposed to either autocracy or direct democracy .
代議制民主是一種形式的政府建立在原則選舉產生的個人代表人民 ,而不是任何專制或直接民主 。
It is often contrasted with direct democracy , where representatives are absent or are limited in power as proxy representatives.
代表組成一個獨立的管理機構(為選舉期間)落的責任署理人民的利益,但不作為其代理人代表,也就是說,不一定總是按照自己的意願,但有足夠的權力行使迅速果斷的舉措,面對不斷變化的情況。, where representatives are absent or are limited in power as proxy representatives.它經常對比直接民主制 ,在代表缺席或有限的權力代理代表。
In many representative democracies (Canada, Australia, UK, etc), representatives are most commonly chosen in elections by a plurality of those who are both eligible to cast votes and actually do so.