Abstract:

Election and consultation are the two practical forms of democracy at the grassroots level.Villagers’ self-governance brings the value of democracy deep into people’s hearts，and democratic consultation has gradually become an indispensable part of villagers’ politic life.However,due to lack of institutional guarantee and technical support,democratic consultation has made less progress.Democratic practice which attaches much importance to the election rather than consultation has caused solo dash in the democratic election of villagers’ self-governance,leading to slow progress in democratic management，democratic decision-making,and democratic supervision,and the disconnection between election and governance performance.While democratic election is discontinuous，periodical，homogeneous and normative,democratic consultation is normal，full-course，flexible and diverse.Based on democratic election，we should accelerate institutional development in consultation，explore the consultation forms and program design，foster the subject of consultation，speed up the development of the consultation support system，promote the development of democracy at the grassroots level，and realize the positive operation of villagers’ self-governance.

Key words: villagers&rsquo, self-governance;democratic election;democratic consultation;political participation;grassroots democracy