The following features of democracy are:

• Democracy means the rule of people. It means a representative is directly or indirectly elected by people rules the democratic country.

• Each adult whose age is above 18 years ago irrespective of caste, religion, gender or any other discrimination cast one vote which has equal value.

• The election should be held regularly (i.e. after a fixed period of time), freely and fairly.

• All the political parties have freedom of speech and expression.

• A representative of the country which is elected by people should take a decision within the limit of constitutional laws and citizens’ right (i.e. the rule of law).

• In Democracy, the government is collectively responsible to the citizens of the country.

• Democratic government is a responsive, accountable and legitimate government.