Question

What do you mean by election why is it needed in a democracy

Answer 1

An election is a formal group decision-making process through which a group of the population chooses an individual to hold a post in a public office.

Since the 17th century, elections have been the mechanism through which the modern representative democracy has been operated.

A representative democracy requires a procedure to govern the nomination for political office.

In a democratic system, openness and accountability are the cornerstones for the act of casting a vote. The content of a voter's ballot is an important exception.

Most democratic constitutions hold elections fixed regular intervals and the elected officials are accountable to the people.

Answer 2

 A election is a process of taking decisions by which general public elect a representative having more people support to perform duties of public office. It is done by voting of people .
A democratic system is purely set by the elections  as a democracy represent the public choice and govern the system by the representatives of the people. So in order to know the public decisions , elections are held at regular interval of time in a democracy.