选举与协商：村民自治的双轮驱动

选举与协商是农村基层民主的两种实践形式。村民自治使民主的价值深入民心，民主选举逐渐成为村民政治生活不可或缺的一部分；民主协商则因缺乏制度保障和技术支撑而进展缓慢。重选举而轻协商的民主实践造成了村民自治民主选举单兵突进，民主管理、民主决策、民主监督进展缓慢，导致了选举与治理绩效的脱节。民主选举具有间断性、阶段性、单一性、规范性；民主协商具有常态性、全程性、灵活性、多样性。在坚持民主选举的基础上，必须加快协商制度化建设，探索协商实现形式与程序设计，培育协商主体，加快协商支持体系建设，推动农村基层民主协商发展，实现村民自治的良性运行。

Election and Consultation:the Two Engines forVillagers’ Self-governance

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.