This chapter discusses the study’s main findings and their broader theoretical implications for how we understand the role of parties and partisanship in democratic accountability and representation. It contributes to ongoing debates about the various functions that parties serve, the changing relationship between parties and voters, and the development of partisanship in new democracies. The chapter concludes by illustrating the theory’s relevance and plausibility in other new democracies as well as for new parties in more established democracies.