Òṣèlú aṣojú

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Basic forms of government
Power structure
Confederal Federal Hegemony Imperial Unitary
Power source
Democracy Direct Representative Other Ọlọ́ba Pátápátá Onílànàìrẹ́pọ̀ Oligarchy Aristocracy Ìjọba ológun Plutocracy Stratocracy Timocracy Other Anarchy Authoritarianism Autocracy Anocracy Despotism Dictatorship Kritarchy Republic Theocracy Totalitarianism
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Òṣèlú
History · Varieties List of types
Anticipatory Athenian Consensus Deliberative Demarchy Direct Economic Grassroots Illiberal Inclusive Liberal Messianic Non-partisan Participatory Radical Aṣojú Representative direct Republican Aláwùjọ Sociocracy Soviet Totalitarian
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Òṣèlú aṣojú is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected people representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. For example, two countries which use representative democracy are the United Kingdom (a constitutional monarchy) and Germany (a federal republic).

It is an element of both the parliamentary system and presidential system of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons (UK) or Bundestag (Germany), and is generally curtailed by constitutional constraints such as an upper chamber. It has been described by some political theorists as Polyarchy.