<P> It is an element of both the parliamentary and the presidential systems of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons of the United Kingdom , Lok Sabha of India , and may be curtailed by constitutional constraints such as an upper chamber . It has been described by some political theorists including Robert A. Dahl , Gregory Houston and Ian Liebenberg as polyarchy . In it the power is in the hands of the representatives who are elected by the people . </P>
<P> It is an element of both the parliamentary and the presidential systems of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons of the United Kingdom , Lok Sabha of India , and may be curtailed by constitutional constraints such as an upper chamber . It has been described by some political theorists including Robert A. Dahl , Gregory Houston and Ian Liebenberg as polyarchy . In it the power is in the hands of the representatives who are elected by the people . </P>
who holds the power in a representative democracy
who holds the power in a representative democracy
the hands of the representatives
the hands of the representatives