Single candidates in direct election in Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, Lebak Regency, Makassar City

Indiana Ngenget

doi:10.47577/tssj.v13i1.1956

Abstract

This study analyzes the "single candidate" in the simultaneous local elections in Indonesia 2018, the case of Tangerang Regency, Tangerang City, Lebak Regency (Banten Province) and Makassar City (South Sulawesi Province). The method used is qualitative with descriptive explanatory research type. Data collection techniques with in-depth interviews and library research (library research). Research findings, the problem of "single candidate" occurs from the nominating stage (nomination threshold and conditions of support for individual candidates), which causes political parties to be pragmatic because they do not have the ability to compete openly, so they choose to build coalitions to meet the conditions or vote in the nominating process. Empirically found factors that encourage the occurrence of "single candidate" in Tangerang Regency, Tangerang City, Lebak Regency are incumbent candidates who have high electability so that political parties count to be pragmatic by conducting coalitions. In the case of Makassar City a "single candidate" occurred because the competitor was disqualified. The problem of "single candidate" is an empirical phenomenon of the weakness of political regeneration by political parties from the center and the regions, as well as the high dowry requirements of the bearers of the candidates. The vote recapitulation results in three regions (Tangerang Regency, Tangerang City, Lebak Regency) were won by the dominant "single candidate", while in Makassar City the "single candidate" was defeated by an empty box.

Highlights

The political dynamics of Indonesia after the New Order era entered a new era, namely the decentralization of political and administrative authority from the center to the regions
ISSN: 2668-7798 www.techniumscience.com which causes political parties in Tangerang Regency, Tangerang City (Banten Province) and Kota Makassar (South Sulawesi Province) does not have the ability to compete openly to bring cadres or figures who are considered capable of becoming regional head candidates, so they prefer to build coalitions only to meet the requirements or vote in the nomination process
The bearer party often requires a high dowry for the candidate and the existence of a strong incumbent candidate, resulting in other candidates will recalculate to advance as a candidate

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Introduction

The political dynamics of Indonesia after the New Order era entered a new era, namely the decentralization of political and administrative authority from the center to the regions. In some regions the effect is quite significant, namely political actors such as local government, local politics, local elites often become immune to intervention from the Center. The phenomenon that occurs at the national level is called democratization, because power is no longer centralized in the hands of the president, while phenomena that occur at the sub-national level are often referred to as decentralization and regional autonomy (Nordholt and Klinken, 2014: ix). Direct elections of regional heads known as Pilkada/Pemilukada, as one form of the implementation of regional autonomy in Indonesia have relevance to the understanding of democracy from Joseph Schumpeter and Robert Dahl. The philosophy of democracy from the eighteenth century, namely the democratic method that governs institutions to arrive at political decisions, where for the public good the community decides its own problems through the selection of individuals to gather in order to carry out their will (Schumpeter, 2013: 411)

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