Abstract
Electoral contestations at the village level have seemingly been an ‘isolated’ phenomenon in social and political studies. Most studies have focused on local executive and legislative elections, as well as the political representations they involve. This article, instead, looks to the village level, examining the political representation involved in the village chief elections of Dlingo, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Qualitative research methods (interviews, live-in observations) were conducted before, during, and after the elections. This study finds that the rise of the two candidates could be traced to various factors and tendencies, and that the models of political representation at the village chief (executive) level are similar to those in legislature.
Highlights
Electoral contestations at the village level have seemingly been an ‘isolated’ phenomenon in social and political studies
Models of Political Representation and General Elections This article focuses on the politics of representation and attempts to understand how candidates use particular models
Studies of political representation have tended to focus on legislature, as candidates are seen as representing specific groups/ territories/genders
Summary
These three models of representation may be divided into two mental frameworks, which may be referenced through the terms standing for (traditionally understood as encompassing descriptive and symbolic representation) and acting for (traditionally understood as encompassing substantive representation). For decades, the. Members of the forum (except for Abdurrahman) agreed that Agus Purnomo would receive the full support of Dlingo’s social and religious leaders As such, this forum was able to fulfil its mission: to find a candidate who could represent the organisational interests of the Nahdlatul Ulama. The Ideas of the Two Village Chief Candidates It was determined that the Dlingo election would be contested by two candidates: Agus Purnomo and Kastoyo These two candidates had significantly different backgrounds. No less important was transforming public perspectives of the village government and increasing trust (Purnomo, interview, October 8, 2018) These ideas are evident in Agus Purnomo’s mission statement: “Implementing a clean, transparent, and accountable government to create a democratic, religious, independent, and prosperous Dlingo”.
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