The principles of equality, respect for human rights, and the practice of holding universal suffrage periodic and legitimate elections are fundamental elements of democracy. Democracy is a form of system in which citizens elect the rulers.
Oligarchy simply referred to the government by the few, particularly despotic power exercised for cynical or self-centered purposes by a small and privileged community. Oligarchies in which ruling party leaders are affluent or exert their influence using their wealth.
An autocracy also defined as a single person party is a form of government in which an autocrat holds supreme and absolute power. This autocrat's decisions are subject to neither external legal constraints nor regularized common control structures.
