The party that you support represents about 1% of the population.

"These parties represent big and important groups of people in this society."

When was the last time a governing political party represented the people rather than big money?

"I believe Congress is the only truly national party representing the whole country and all its people," she said.

This then leads to the view that the party represents the people.

The party represented the far right of politics in Peru.

These political parties represented the majority of the opposition forces in the country.

While parties can represent themselves, usually they are represented by an attorney.

In practice this means residents will only be able to vote for a party representing the official language group of the region.

Together, the two parties now represent nearly 80 percent of the electorate.