Abstract
Recent reports suggest that competitive village elections represent substantive democratic reforms in the Chinese countryside, but are villagers satisfied with competitive elections?1 Can a competitive election ensure an uncertain electoral outcome? A competitive election is one in which the number of candidates exceeds the positions available. Over the last decade, the number of villages in rural China that have held competitive local elections has been on the rise.2 In these elections, villagers may have a choice between candidates, but who chooses the candidates? If all the candi-
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