Electoral Districts Research Articles

Effectiveness of Billboards as Political Campaign Media for Elected DPRD Members for the 2024-2029 Period in Kendari City

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of billboards as a political campaign media for Elected DPRD Members for the 2024-2029 Period in Kendari City. The study uses a qualitative research method, with data collected through interviews, observations and document analysis. The informants of this study were elected DPRD members in the 2024 Election from all Electoral Districts of Kendari City, which were determined purposively. Observations were made on a number of billboards installed in each electoral district (DAPIL) of the Elected DPRD members. Document analysis was carried out on secondary data sources as supporting data, which were obtained from the KPU, BAWASLU and Kendari City DPRD institutions. Furthermore, the data was analyzed using an interactive model which includes data collection, reduction, analysis and presentation. The results of the study show that most elected DPRD Members in Kendari City in political campaigns use billboards that are designed by themselves by paying attention to effective billboard elements, both old and new members. Billboards generally contain photos, candidate serial numbers, names and titles, party logos, and short messages. Several billboards were found with photos of party leaders and presidential and vice presidential candidates supported by the party. The size of the billboards for elected DPRD members ranges from 2 meters x 3 meters to 4 meters x 6 meters. Meanwhile, the placement of billboards is mainly around DAPIL and main roads. It is hoped that the strategic design and placement of billboards can increase public appeal.

EFEKTIVITAS KEBIJAKAN PENJARINGAN ASPIRASI MASYARAKAT MELALUI RESES DPRD PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR DAERAH PEMILIHAN I KOTA SURABAYA

This study aims to analyze and determine the Effectiveness of The Policy of Community Aspiration Finishing Through the Recess of The DPRD Of East Java Province, Electoral Region I, Surabaya City. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the reses policy implemented by the East Java Provincial People's Representative Council (DPRD) in Electoral District 1 of Surabaya. The research focuses on public participation, challenges faced, and the impact of reses on public policy. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and document analysis, which were then analyzed using thematic analysis techniques. The success of the reses program is measured by how well the community’s aspirations are received and translated into relevant public policies. The main challenge identified is the low public participation, attributed to insufficient socialization and a lack of trust in the follow-up process of aspirations. Improvements in socialization, the use of technology, and transparency in follow-up can enhance the effectiveness of reses and the policies generated. The study found that the reses program in Electoral District 1 of Surabaya is effective in capturing public aspirations, with high participation rates, quick responses, and tangible policy impacts. However, resource limitations and the absence of formal surveys reduce its effectiveness. Nevertheless, direct interactions show that the program has succeeded in bridging communication between the legislative body and the public.

The Political Glass Cliff: When Ethnic, Racial and Immigration Minority Participants Choose Minority Candidates for Hard-To-Win Seats.

Atypical political candidates, such as those from ethnic, racial and immigration (ERI) minorities (vs. majority), are more likely to be chosen for hard-to-win seats than easy-to-win seats, a phenomenon known as the political glass cliff. This research aimed to uncover how the ERI status of decision makers played a role in this process. We hypothesised the emergence of a glass cliff pattern, that is, the preference for an ERI minority candidate over an ERI majority candidate for a hard-to-win seat, particularly among ERI minority participants, which are likely to perceive greater electoral potential in the ERI minority candidate compared to majority participants. Across two scenario-based experiments (Study 1: N = 264; Study 2: N = 375), ERI minority and majority participants played the role of political party leaders and made decisions regarding candidate nominations either in easy-to-win or in hard-to-win electoral districts. In Study 1, ERI minority participants, but not ERI majority participants, were more likely to choose an ERI minority (vs. majority) candidate for hard-to-win seats. Moreover, ERI minority participants made stronger attributions of change potential, competence and communion to ERI minority (vs. majority) candidates, suggesting that intra-minority solidarity could play a role in their choice. Although this result did not replicate in Study 2, exploratory analyses revealed a consistent glass cliff pattern among ERI minority men in both studies. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

Social media homophily among women and men political candidates

Abstract This paper assesses differences between women and men political candidates in their likelihood to interact with peers who share the same gender, political affiliation, electoral district, incumbency, age, and the governmental status of their party. Using Twitter (currently X) data from Finland’s 2019 election campaign, we find a tendency towards homophily—a tendency to interact predominantly with similar others—among all candidates across the various studied characteristics. However, some gender differences in the tendency towards homophily emerge. Notably, women are more inclined than men to retweet candidates from their own party but are less likely to retweet peers with the same incumbency status and the same gender. Our multivariate analyses further show that retweet tendencies based on age, shared electoral district and party governmental status exhibit no significant gender disparities. These nuanced variations in homophilous relations highlight the complex interplay between gender and other characteristics in candidates’ social media interactions during electoral campaigns.

Assessing potential for policy feedback from renewable energy incentive programs

Climate advocates look optimistically to policy feedback as a mechanism for locking-in a decarbonization policy trajectory, but little research has examined whether and how climate legislation creates constituencies that could provide future political support. This article focuses on incentive programs supporting investment in solar PV and the potential for policy feedback through participating households. We first develop a framework of feedback potential that considers the volume and partisanship of incentive program beneficiaries and their distribution across electoral districts. We then apply the framework to New York State’s solar PV incentive program, which enabled over 140,000 households to install solar PV. We find that the number of solar PV incentive beneficiaries is positively associated with Republican vote share, suggesting potential for a strong pro-solar constituency in the pivotal, Republican-led districts. Within electoral districts, however, beneficiaries skew Democratic, raising questions about the direction of policy feedback. The results carry implications for the kind of politics that incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act may set in motion in the coming years.

Zmiany w systemach wyborczych państw Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej

Attention should be paid to the constant changes in electoral law in the discussed group of countries. They included the following elements of electoral law: replacement of the hybrid (mixed) system with a proportional system (Bulgaria in 1991), changes in the vote recount formula (Romania in 1992, Czech Republic in 2000), changes in the structure of electoral districts (Hungary in 2011, Bulgaria in 2001, Czech Republic in 2000 and 2002, Slovakia in 1998). Barrier clauses for individual groups and, especially for electoral coalitions, were frequently changed. A special case was the amendment of the electoral law in the Czech Republic in 2000 and in the Slovak Republic in 1998, which ended with rulings of the Constitutional Court (in 1999 in Slovakia and 2001 in the Czech Republic, respectively). Changes in electoral law – almost always – took place in the course of a fight between the parties. In the Czech case in 2000, the Slovak case in 1998 and the Hungarian case in 2011, they were carried out to hinder the alternation of power in the country.

Probabilities and seat gains of minor parties in the 2019 municipal legislative election in Surabaya City, Indonesia

This study examines the relationship between seat acquisition probabilities and the acquisition of minor party seats in the 2019 Surabaya City DPRD election. This research is crucial because theoretically the proportional representation electoral system quota/allocation of electoral district seats (dapil) has the probability to be accessed by all parties participating in the election, but in fact in the 2019 Surabaya City DPRD election the quota/allocation of seats was dominated by large parties. This research method is library research with the analysis technique using the Pearson Product Moment statistical test. According to the research results, first, the relationship between seat acquisition probability and minor party seat acquisition is negative and insignificant. The results of the research hypothesis test show rcount (-0.753) < rtable (0.997). Second, the relationship between these two variables controlled by the threshold variable is significantly positive. The research hypothesis test result is rcount (0.000) > rtable (0.997). Based on this research: (1) the electoral system of proportional representation quota/allocation of electoral district seats is not accessible to all minor parties participating in the election; (2) the size of electoral districts with seat quotas in the medium-large criteria does not have a significant positive effect on the acquisition of seats of parties participating in the election; (3) the threshold simultaneously affects the significant positive relationship between the size of the medium-large quota electoral districts and the acquisition of seats of parties participating in the election; and (4) the acquisition of party votes below the lower threshold still has the probability to get the remaining seats.

'Kick Them Out' as a Voting Strategy: Theory and Evidence from Multi-member District Elections

'Kick Them Out' as a Voting Strategy: Theory and Evidence from Multi-member District Elections

HOW DOES WOMEN IN SECURING ELECTORAL VOTE IN INDONESIAN POLITIC? INSIGHT FROM SOUTH SUMATERA PROVINCE

The issue of women's representation in politics has become an interesting discourse in various countries, even in Indonesia. The advancement of female candidates needs to be appreciated in the midst of the patriarchal culture that is still inherent in Indonesia. The presence of women in politics cannot be separated from the role of family ties. This is the focus and purpose of this article, which is to describe the family ties that influence women's electability in politics. The research method used in this article is a qualitative-descriptive method through literature study to explain the family ties factor in Ratu Tenny Leriva's representation as a senator for the 2024 South Sumatra Electoral District. Using the theoretical framework of the Richter model of family ties, this study reveals that Ratu Tenny Leriva's election cannot be separated from Herman Deru's position and influence. As a former Governor, Regent, and Chairman of the Regional Representative Council of the NasDem Party in South Sumatra, Herman Deru facilitated Ratu Tenny Leriva in building a positive image, popularity, and electability, despite being a new-comer and still 23 years old. This can be seen from Ratu Tenny Leriva's involvement in various public spaces and campaign periods, where many billboards or posters include Herman Deru's photo. This family bond is an important factor and political modality in Ratu Tenny Leriva's electability in South Sumatra in 2024.

Motivating government on threatened species through electoral systems

AbstractMany of the proposed solutions to the global biodiversity crisis rely on national governments to act. The conservation movement needs to motivate governments or face an ongoing extinction crisis. Here we explore how linking biodiversity to electoral systems may assist in motivating government action. Using Australia as a case study, we analyze the intersection of 151 electoral districts and 1651 threatened species. We show all districts contain at least 14 threatened species. Half of the species analyzed (n = 801, 49%) are confined to one district (n = 44), with 1345 (81%) species intersecting with less than five. This geographical information shows that alongside local social and economic issues, the threatened species crisis can be made relevant to all Australian elected representatives. Locally relevant information can encourage integration of species needs into the scope of political representation. As such, linking biodiversity to political geography offers a potential pathway to creating transformative change.

Menelisik Keberhasilan Manajemen Kampanye: Uya Kuya Sebagai Caleg DPR RI Dapil DKI Jakarta II Pada Pemilu Legislatif Tahun 2024

This study aims to examine the success of Uya Kuya's campaign management as a candidate for the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) in the Jakarta II electoral district (Dapil) during the 2024 legislative elections. The problem addressed in this research relates to the limited understanding of effective campaign management strategies for increasing electability in highly competitive electoral districts, often referred to as 'hell districts'. Additionally, there is a need to evaluate the key factors influencing the success of political campaigns within the scope of legislative elections in Indonesia. The methodology employed is qualitative research with a literature review approach, involving descriptive data analysis from various secondary sources such as books, documents, and relevant articles. The research findings indicate that Uya Kuya's campaign management, including the recruitment of campaign teams, the determination of messages and media, as well as adaptive evaluations during the campaign, succeeded in increasing electability and winning the election in a highly competitive district.

Comparison of turnout in Italian parliamentary elections: a two-stage affinity propagation approach

ABSTRACT This paper presents a methodology for temporal contextual analysis of electoral outcomes in the presence of redistricting. Affinity propagation is used to aggregate electoral districts, thus deriving spatial units comparable over electoral waves. The methodology is based on travel-to-work flows and socio-economic aggregated data. Comparability of clusters enables analyses of electoral trends. A map of electoral turnout variation in Italian parliamentary elections held in 2018 and 2022 illustrates the proposed approach.

Electoral system: concept and elements

The article focuses on the approaches towards understanding the concept of the electoral system, which may be the subject of research outside the field of law. The author distinguishes different opinions of foreign and Ukrainian scholars on the term “electoral system”, in particular, narrow and broad interpretation. The author analyzes the elements which inherently fill and reveal the concept of the electoral system. The article provides an overview of scientific research and concepts that study electoral systems, including the works of prominent Ukrainian and foreign scholars, as well as documents of international organizations and institutions. The author analyzes different approaches to the interpretation of the concept of “electoral system”, its legal nature and key elements that have a significant impact on the formation of elected bodies and the organization of electoral processes, and further establishment of democratic principles. The author presents various positions on the elements through which the concept of the electoral system is revealed, such as the electoral formula, electoral district, method of expressing the will of voters, structure of the ballot and the process of filling it out, method of voting, etc. The author shows the importance of these elements and how they are reflected in the definition and modification of different types of electoral systems. The author emphasizes the need for further study of the concept of an electoral system and its system-forming elements, which allow constructing an appropriate type of electoral system, in the context of Ukraine’s experience in organizing and conducting elections. This will have a positive impact on the process of improving the electoral systems used in the formation of elected bodies at the legislative level, which will consequently contribute to ensuring greater transparency of a number of electoral procedures, obtaining fair results and minimizing the risks of their distortion. The author outlines the problem of periodic unsystematic changes in electoral systems in the formation of elected bodies in Ukraine, which in turn generates negative trends in the decline of citizens’ electoral culture, trust in the results of voters’ expression of will and unpredictable consequences in the socio-political context.

Prototype Aplikasi Real Count Pemilihan Kepada Daerah Pada Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum Kota Palembang

PILKADA (Regional Head Election) and its deputy are routine activities carried out by each region to carry out democratic government activities. The Provincial KPU carries out Pilkada, and Regency / City KPU is collectively responsible for implementing general elections, supervised by the Provincial Bawaslu and Regency / City Bawaslu. The Palembang City Bawaslu's task in the vote counting process is to oversee the movement of recapitulation data from the TPS Supervisor level, Village / Sub-district Supervisors (PKD), and District Election Supervisory Committee (Panwascam) to the City Bawaslu so that there is no vote inflation which is considered dishonest and unfair. The process of collecting C1 and C-Plano form data to be recapitulated from the lower level to the upper level at the Palembang City Bawaslu collected, the process will take a relatively long time if done manually, especially limited by the long distance and poor natural conditions. In line with the development of increasingly modern technology, considering the need for data and the need for rapid dissemination of information on Pilkada results, in this study, the author will design Real Counting (also known as parallel vote aggregation) as a helpful way to monitor and accelerate the vote aggregation process in the form of an application prototype. This study aims to provide a prototype design for the Pilkada real count application at Bawaslu Palembang City. The software development method used in this study is the waterfall model method, which consists of analysis, design, coding, testing, and support or maintenance.

Is the Ability of Work Discipline to Moderate the Performance of Employees in the District Election Committee and Serang District Voting Committee as Seen From the Influence of Rewards and Punishment

This research is related to the influence of reward and punishment on employee performance with work discipline as a mediating variable on the District Election Committee and Voting Committee in Serang District. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of reward on work discipline partially, the effect of punishment on work discipline partially, the effect of work discipline on employee performance, the effect of reward on employee performance, the effect of punishment on employee performance, the effect of reward on employee performance through work discipline on the District Election Committee and Voting Committee in Serang District. The respondents in this study were 89 employees. The data collection method used was a questionnaire and analyzed using regression analysis and path analysis. The results of this research show that rewards have a positive and significant effect on work discipline and employee performance, then punishment also has a positive and significant effect on work discipline and employee performance. Apart from that, there is an indirect effect of reward on employee performance through work discipline, and an indirect effect of punishment on employee performance through work discipline.

Fungsi Lembaga Riset sebagai Referensi Elektabilitas Politik Studi Data Hasil PEMILU 2019 di DAPIL II Jawa Barat DPR-RI dan Lembaga Survei Yayasan Polsight Indonesia

Research institutions in Indonesia are currently mushrooming according to the needs of many developing sectors, one of which is the political sector in which there are many dynamics that can be calculated and calculated with numbers or not. For things that can be calculated, research institutions can be used as a method to find out political dynamics and phenomena, where this can be used as a reference and prediction regarding a political situation in the future, one of which is in terms of measuring political electability by either an individual or an institution. In this case, research institutions have a very important role in producing information about political electability accompanied by data and facts that occur in the field so that it can be said that research institutions can provide objective and factual references. One of the data that can be used as a reference for electability is voter data from a candidate or political party in an electoral district.

Political Education for Novice Voters to Increase Voter Participation in the Simultaneous Elections of 2024

Students in grade XI high school who are novice voters participated in the Community Service Program to address the following issues: (a) first-time voters who are still unsure about their voting responsibilities and the purpose of elections; (b) low voter participation rates in the 2020 Tuban district elections; (c) limited socialization to novice voters in preparation for the simultaneous elections in 2024; and (d) unstable novice voters, particularly those who are high school students, who still require political introduction and education. This Community Service activity aims to increase the voter participation rate of novice voters in Tuban district in the simultaneous elections of 2024. The Community Service activity uses the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method, which includes education, coaching, and awareness-raising for novice voters conducted through direct presentations and Q&A sessions with grade XI students at SMAN 1 Grabagan and MAN 1 Tuban. The result of this Community Service activity is an increase in the participation rate of novice voters in Tuban district in the simultaneous elections of 2024.

Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi terhadap Kinerja Panitia Pemilihan Kecamatan (PPK) Pemilu 2024 Se-kabupaten Batang Hari

The title of this research is "The Influence of Organizational Culture on the Performance of the Panitia Pemilihan Kecamatan (PPK) of the 2024 Elections in Batang Hari District." This study aims to determine the influence of organizational culture on the performance of the Panitia Pemilihan Kecamatan (PPK) of the 2024 Elections in Batang Hari District. To achieve this research objective, simple linear regression analysis is used as the analytical tool. This is done because this research only applies one independent variable, namely organizational culture. Additionally, t-test and coefficient of determination are also utilized in this study. In the t-test analysis, the organizational culture variable influences the performance of the Panitia Pemilihan Kecamatan (PPK) of the 2024 Elections in Batang Hari District individually (partially). In the Coefficient of Determination test, organizational culture influences the performance of the District Election Committee (PPK) of the 2024 Elections in Batang Hari District by 76.96%. Meanwhile, 23.1% of the influence on the performance of the Panitia Pemilihan Kecamatan (PPK) of the 2024 Elections in Batang Hari District is affected by other variables not examined in this study

What determines the vote-seeking behavior of legislators in South Korea?

Pre-existing studies suggest that legislators in small districts tend to be more responsive to the electorate than those in large districts, as accountability is typically clearer in a smaller setting. However, it is not clear whether the relationship between district size and legislators' constituency-oriented spending holds in other electoral settings (e.g., South Korea), where pork barrel benefits tend to be determined at the administrative unit, not the electoral district. The present study hypothesizes that as the number of legislators in an administrative unit increases, they are less likely to try to appeal to the voters. Additionally, this study examines the moderating effects of partisan homogeneity and legislators' seniority. The results from the statistical analysis of data from Korean National Assembly members confirm our hypothesis: the number of legislators in an administrative unit turns out to be negatively associated with their vote-seeking behavior. Such a relationship tends to be strong in administrative units co-represented by multiple parties and weak among newly elected legislators.

A Geographical Analysis of the Parties’ Votes in the Electoral Districts of Kurdistan Region for the 2021 Election of the Council of Representatives of Iraq

The geography of election investigates the results of election, the distribution of electoral circles, voters, census, voter registration, electoral law, and any other geographical factors that directly or indirectly affect the election process. This type of geography is to analyze the voting for the participating parties and candidates in the process. The significance of the present paper is due to its investigation of the election which was brought forward and was a response to the requirements of Iraqi 2021 protests. Additionally, for the first time, it was held in the system of multiple electoral circles in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The election also witnessed a change in the number of circles to reflect greater geographical representation. Consequently, the study explores the influence of changes in the number of election circles on the whole process, people’s participation rate, the voting distribution for the parties, and the difference between each circle’s boundaries and the related areas. Additionally, the study aims at identifying the feasibility of having multiple circles system in the elections and analyzing the increase and decrease trends of the voters’ voting to the participated parties, the parties’ parliament seats, and how these votes are and will be distributed. To analyze the data, the researchers used both spatial and analytical analysis methods. The research findings reveal that a large number of people (48%) did not go to vote on the election day, the number of spoilt ballots was considerably high, and in the system of multiple electoral territories, there is more geographical representation and equality.