Assertion: Democracy is a legitimate government.
Reason: Regular, free and fair elections are the spirit of democracy.

A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.
B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
C. (A) is true but (R) is false.
D. (A) is false but (R) is true.