Electoral accountability ensures elected officials remain answerable to voters. Citizens use elections to reward good governance or remove underperforming representatives. This mechanism benefits the public by aligning policy with popular will, while politicians gain incentives to deliver promised results. It sustains democratic health by making power conditional on performance.
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