Election fraud has been a topic of much attention. Through investigation of four villages in Shanxi province in China, this study made an empirical analysis of issues regarding the election fraud of villages. Based on the data analysis, this study is devoted to discussing five research questions, including general evaluation of villagers on election fraud, correlation between clanism and fraud in election, correlation between economic level and election fraud, the strategy of winning the election for the candidates, the cost of the village's election and the sources of its funding. Analysis of questionnaire and interview comes to the following conclusion. Firstly, generally, in these four villages, there exists different degrees of fraud happening in election. Secondly, it is found that there is no significant positive link between clanism and fraud in election. Thirdly, economic level, diversification of economic type and economic interests have an effect on election fraud, which also reduced the clanism's influence on election. A qualitative analysis based on the interview indicates that electoral system does stimulate the candidates to employ democratic means and political art to deal with the relationship of different sorts. The economy is the foundation of election. However, the state government does not bear the funding for election, which may lead to some corrupt acts. The improvement of local democratic politics needs the government's neutral position and effective measures. Therefore, how the government can solve the problem of raising funds for election should be paid attention to. There is no guarantee of democratic politics without the financial foundation. An electoral system, which is reasonably managed by the government, can lay a good foundation for a just and healthy local democracy in election.