Electoral mandate definition
Electoral mandate means election of a candidate who stood in elections and who thereby got an authorization to act in a certain manner on behalf of his or her electorate. It is a mission, which is conferred upon some of the citizens by their fellow citizens to exercise the power in their name and on their behalf. There is an imperative mandate, whereby elected representatives must comply with the wishes of their electorate who can revoke them. There is also a representative mandate, whereby the elected representatives, considered to be elected from the nation, exercise their mandate independently from their electorate: they do not receive any directions or instructions and cannot be revoked.120