General Election In Indonesia Research Articles

Examining the President's 2024 Election Strategy through Weberian Conflict Theory

As Head of State, a President has a very vital role in efforts to maintain state sovereignty. However, in the 2024 general election in Indonesia, the President reaped negative sentiments identified as the term "Dynastic Politics," which could potentially damage the democratic system. This research is oriented toward identifying and analyzing the President's political leadership strategy in the 2024 election by implementing Weberian conflict theory. Actualize the qualitative description approach with the type of literature study. The data collected will be understood, recorded, and analyzed using Weberian conflict theory. Then, conclusions can be drawn with deductive patterns. The study results stated that charismatic leaders in this regard are more than just fixated on traditional principles of authority, as Weber argues. But also charismatic leaders who are on formal legal authority (President). The President, in this case, carries out a political strategy to form a political dynasty by using the existence of his charismatic leadership. By maintaining legitimacy rather than democratic principles, this strategy will continue to create conflicts with negative implications for charismatic leaders.

The Politicization of Religion in Indonesia (The Use of Hadith on Jihad and Hijra in General Election in Indonesia)

The Politicization of Religion in Indonesia (The Use of Hadith on Jihad and Hijra in General Election in Indonesia)

The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) amid the 2024 general election in Indonesia

The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) amid the 2024 general election in Indonesia

Analisis Opini Publik Terhadap Pemilu 2024 Pada Media Sosial X

The 2024 general election in Indonesia has become a global concern, with social media acting as the main platform for political interaction and political communication. This research aims to analyze public opinion regarding the 2024 elections in Indonesia expressed through Social Media X. Using content analysis and sentiment analysis methods, this research explores people's views, concerns and hopes regarding the upcoming elections. The research results show that there is significant polarization among Social Media X users in the election. These findings highlight the important role of social media in shaping public opinion and provide valuable insights for candidates and political parties in developing effective campaign strategies.

Language of Political Campaign: Unraveling the Linguistic Landscape in Billboard Advertisements

Billboard advertisements for legislative and senatorial campaigns are integral to the cityscape leading to the general elections, reflecting local political dynamics. This study examines the linguistic landscape in billboard advertisements for legislative and senator campaigns heading for the general election in Indonesia. A qualitative method was employed, gathering data from billboard advertisements across various city areas. Analysis was conducted on the language usage, stylistic features, word choice, sentence structure, and visual representations in these billboard advertisements. Findings indicate a variation in language usage, with standard Indonesian predominating but also a presence of local language mixtures. Stylistic features range from persuasive to informative, while word choice tends toward positively connotated terms. Sentence structures tend to be simple and direct, while visual representations emphasize the candidates and symbols reflecting political aspirations. These results depict candidates' complex communication strategies influencing voter opinions and attitudes. A profound understanding of this linguistic landscape is crucial for political observers and candidates to comprehend local political campaign dynamics and effective communication strategies. This study added a new dimension to understanding how political communication is manifested in public spaces. By focusing on billboards as an outdoor media, which often serves as a daily backdrop for many people, this study explores how language can effectively capture voters' attention and influence their political attitudes. Thus, this study is expected to significantly enrich the understanding of political linguistics and communication strategies in the context of election campaigns.

The Threshold Requirements For Presidential Nomination On The Constitutional Perspective

AbstractThe presidential nomination model through the threshold is a provision regulated in the election law. The practice of presidential elections in Indonesia is often a difficult moment for both political parties and citizens. Several decisions of the Constitutional Court related to the review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections, particularly regarding the threshold for declaring Article 222 of the Election Law not contradicting the constitution, meaning that Article 222 of the Election Law is considered to have complied with Article 6A paragraph (2) of the Constitution, but from the results research on article 222 of the Election Law still does not reflect the meaning contained in article 6A paragraph 2 of the Constitution. This research aims to build a presidential nomination model in the 2024 general election in Indonesia. This research is a doctrinal research using a case approach and a legal approach. This study was conducted by looking at the practice of the electoral threshold model for the 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 periods as well as the provisions stipulated in the Election Law and the constitution. The results of the study indicate that it is necessary to form an ideal presidential candidacy model, namely using the maximum threshold as a requirement, in order to produce qualified presidential candidates who become leaders who are responsible, have integrity and are the hope of all Indonesian citizens.Keywords: Threshold Requirements; Presidential Nomination; Constitutional Perspective.

Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Election: The Case of Regional Elections in Bantul, Indonesia

This article analyzes the involvement of disability groups in the regional election and how this will contribute to the upcoming 2024 General Election in Indonesia. Groups of people with disabilities often face discrimination, which hinders the realization of their rights as outlined in Law Number 8 of 2016 regarding Persons with Disabilities. Ensuring such rights are fulfilled is crucial for social progress and the welfare of individuals, particularly in democratic nations. The approach in this study uses the theory of political participation and the concept of human rights as a theoretical framework. Meanwhile, the research method is qualitative, with descriptive analysis to discuss the intended topic. The collection of research data was obtained from interviews and literature studies. This article examines the case study of the involvement of persons with disabilities in the 2020 Bantul Regional Election and its influence on the 2024 General Election. Bantul is a district in the Special Region of Yogyakarta Province in that it has the largest population with disabilities. As a result, special attention is needed to ensure that the political rights of the disabled group in Bantul are guaranteed. The findings show several forms of involvement of disability groups in the previous elections in 2019 and 2020. The deficiencies in these elections should be addressed to improve access for disability groups making democracy inclusive. This article, then, contributes to the studies of the political participation of persons with disabilities in democracy in the context of regional elections.

Public Opinion Dynamics on Twitter: A Preliminary Analysis of Conversations Related to the 2024 General Election in Indonesia

Objective: Public opinion research related to general elections in Indonesia previously focused more on when the campaign period was officially carried out. In fact, before the official campaign period takes place, it is the right time to invite the public to actively participate in politics. In this article, we conducted research on conversations on Twitter (X) related to the 2024 general election “Pemilu 2024”. The research was conducted to determine the topic of conversation and the actors who played a role in the conversation. Method: This research used social network analysis on social media Twitter (X) as method to analyze conversation about “Pemilu 2024”. There were 38,570 tweets collected from all over Indonesia using the keyword combination 2024 Election “Pemilu 2024” from January to March 2023. Results: The results of social network analysis show that there were 6,275 hashtags used with 7,244 users involved in the conversation. The topics that emerged were dominated by the public's hopes for holding the “Pemilu 2024”, the names of figures, political parties, supporters of President Jokowi, the Election Supervisory Body and the General Election Commission. SNA was also used to assess network characteristics and found that the “Pemilu 2024” network had a non-centralized structure. In other words, the public has its own opinions. The influential actors based on the score of centrality are @aboebakar15, @NasDem, @RakyatBerisik. Meanwhile, the influential actors based on degree are @jokowi @cakimiNOW and @KPU_ID. Apart from that, there are accounts that are bubblereachers, namely @KPU_ID, @Bawaslu, @jpnncom. Conclusions: In the context of conversations regarding the “Pemilu 2024”, Twitter users (X) apparently show different behavior in showing agreement. In future practice, it is hoped that accounts that become bubblereachers will not only follow the principles of information usefulness, but also apply the principles of dialogic communication. By implementing dialogical communication, public opinion can be influenced and ultimately public involvement in politics can also be affected. Twitter users (X) use the favorite feature more often than retweets. It is hoped that the implications of this research can become a reference for practitioners in the field of political communication and policy makers in order to increase public participation in politics.

The Evolution of Mako Brimob Kelapa Dua Depok Strategy in Security Ahead of the 2024 Elections from the Threat of Terrorism

Indonesia is a democratic country where general elections serve as a fundamental pillar in realizing democratic principles and act as a crucial mechanism ensuring active citizen participation in determining their representatives. Given the significance of the election moment as a pivotal point in Indonesia's political dynamics, it brings about a vulnerable risk of security disturbances, including terrorism threats. Indonesia bears a significant presence of terrorism, ranking third in the Asia-Pacific region according to the Global Terrorism Index 2023. The aim of this research is to elucidate the evolution of security strategies implemented by Mako Brimob Kelapa Dua Depok in facing terrorism threats related to the 2024 elections. The research method employed is qualitative, utilizing theories of security intelligence, social construction, and terrorism concepts. The results indicate that the 2024 General Election in Indonesia is a crucial political event, with a primary focus on anticipating terrorism threats due to the perceived intense political dynamics, increased political polarization, fierce competition among political parties, and extensive use of social media. Forms of terrorism leading up to the election include physical attacks, cyber-attacks, voter intimidation, and potential political conflicts. Security intelligence strategies in facing terrorism have evolved to involve prevention, intervention, and recovery. Strategic steps include establishing specialized intelligence agencies, technological advancements, and inter-agency collaboration. The evolution of security strategies related to the 2024 elections encompasses increased intelligence activities, enhanced intervention capabilities, and preparation for post-terrorism recovery. Special task forces, specialized equipment procurement, and collaboration with various stakeholders demonstrate Mako Brimob's efforts to enhance responses to terrorism threats

The Effectiveness of Implementing a Closed-list Proportional System in Selecting Legislative Members from the Perspective of Islamic Law

The legislative elections using an open-list proportional system always generate identical controversies during general election season. This, mainly involves the prevalence of misconduct by both the prospective legislative candidates themselves and their campaign teams. This issue has become a latent problem in every general election season, resulting in several adverse effects, including high campaign costs leading to corruption practices and poor political education to the public. The closed proportional system is once again considered as a solution to prevent vote-buying practices, also known as money politics. This research is a normative legal study using the statute approach, conceptual approach, and case approach. There are two types of legal materials used in this research. First, primary legal materials, namely Law No. 2 of 2011 Regarding Amendments to the Political Parties Law and Law No. 7 of 2017 Regarding General Elections. This study focuses on the importance of reconsidering the implementation of the closed proportional system in legislative elections as an effort to prevent the ongoing issue of money politics, which has been a latent problem in every general election in Indonesia. This research aims to reevaluate the use of the closed proportional system as the most suitable system to combat money politics practices.
 Keywords: money politics, legislative elections, proportional system

Analysis of 2024 General Election Digitalization System as An Effort to Improve The Quality of Democracy in Indonesia

In carrying out the stages of holding the 2024 General Election, KPU uses digital application systems. The purpose of this research is to describe and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the digital application systems. Researchers studied primary data of general election laws and KPU regulations, and secondary data of some books and relevant electoral journal articles. They also explored empirical data from the Commissioners of KPU of Kediri Regency. In analyzing the data, researchers used Miles and Hubberman's theory. The results of this study show that the eight digital application systems used by KPU, namely: Sipol, Sidalih, Silon, Sidapil, Sidakam, Sirekap, Silog, and Siakba make a very large contribution to every stage of the 2024 General Election so that they become more effective, efficient, transparent, accurate, and up to date. Common weaknesses occur when data transmission is carried out simultaneously at one time, it has possibility problem for data traffic because the size of the server may not sufficient; second, the internet network is not evenly distributed throughout Indonesia; and third; not all of the human resources for general election organizers at the lower levels are capable of operating the digital system properly. To improve the quality and to get the maximum results of election, general election organizers need to anticipate closing the gaps in digital application system deficiencies in holding the 2024 general election in Indonesia.

Growing Political Awareness for the Community in Increasing Nationalism

Indonesia is a democratic country, a country that prioritizes the voice of the people in making decisions, one form of Indonesian democracy can be seen from the general election system which is held every five years, where to be able to carry out one form of democracy successfully, political awareness is needed from each of them. each citizen. Political awareness is an important element for the successful implementation of democracy in a country. Growing political awareness can also grow Nationalism which is the political attitude of the people of a nation who have the same culture and region, as well as the same ideals and goals. Nationalism is also interpreted as an understanding that is the highest loyalty of each individual must be attached to the nation-state (nation state) or as the mental attitude and behavior of individuals and communities that show high loyalty and devotion to the nation and state.The research methodology used is descriptive qualitative, which is a method that aims to describe how the actual situation and phenomenon is, then it is described in a research report. Based on its type, this research is a case study research. , as happened in the general election in Indonesia for example. This proves that people's political participation is still low. The Importance of Growing Political Awareness for the Community In Increasing Nationalism, All Parties, Especially Religious Leaders, Community Leaders, and the Government, To Socialize.

Cues that Matter: The Potential for black campaigns in the 2024 general election

Black campaigns that occurred in 2014 and 2019 also have the potential to emerge in the 2024 general elections in Indonesia. Not only does black campaigning have the potential to create public distrust of a fair electoral process, but it also has the potential to polarize society. This phenomenon has not been scientifically considered in previous studies. This study focuses on the question, "What is the potential for black campaigns that occurred in 2014 and 2019 to emerge in the 2024 general election in Indonesia?" This qualitative study investigates the forms and patterns of black campaign narratives disseminated through online media coverage. The findings of this study show that the black campaign that occurred in 2014 has the same pattern and narrative in 2019. Issues such as the involvement of the Indonesian Communist Party, Race, Human Rights, Radicalism, and Religion became issues that did not appear in the black campaign in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. The patterns and narratives of black campaigns that occurred in 2014 and 2019 can be used as references and preferences in looking at black campaign issues that have the potential to appear in the 2024 general elections. This study also recommends the importance of analyzing the factors that influence the emergence of black campaigns with the same patterns and narratives in 2014 and 2019 that have the potential to appear in the 2024 general elections in Indonesia.

PAN's Political Communication on Instagram: Analyzing Celebrity Politicians' Messages

The 2024 general election in Indonesia carries significant importance as it provides the nation with an opportunity to exercise its democratic rights and actively participate in shaping the country's political landscape. As the cornerstone of Indonesia's Unitary State, the election mandates direct, public, free, confidential, honest, and fair representation based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. This study focuses on Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), one of the prominent political parties participating in the election, and examines its political communication strategies on Instagram. The research delves into the content and style of Instagram posts made by PAN's celebrity politicians, who have backgrounds in the entertainment industry. By employing content analysis, the study identifies three types of messages conveyed by these celebrity politicians: political messages, political events, and non-political messages. The analysis uncovers PAN's efforts to establish a dynamic online presence and engage with the audience through a diverse content mix. Furthermore, the research explores the unique characteristics of Instagram Reels, which constitute the majority of PAN's posts, and their alignment with the short attention spans of netizens. Reels offer a powerful communication channel for politicians to connect with their audience and disseminate their political messages effectively.

Penguatan Moderasi Beragama Sebagai Solusi Menyikapi Politik Identitas

The sharp polarization caused by the general election in Indonesia has created a new phenomenon of intolerance which breaks unity and oneness. This polarization is also increasingly sharpened by the existence of elements that take advantage of this polarization for the interests of groups and classes, thus creating a climate of identity politics that is extreme left or right. Efforts to reduce this polarization need to be continuously developed. The development of religious moderation is an important step in addressing identity politics. Each party exists with various identities, both ethnicity, race and religion. Religious moderation plays a role in creating a conducive situation for each religion to grow and develop as one of the basic rights guaranteed by law. The author criticizes as well as provides suggestions from the results of a qualitative analysis of the literature on efforts to develop religious moderation. With the development of religious moderation, it is hoped that the polarization caused by identity politics will not become too extreme and disrupt the life of the nation and state.

The Citizenship Criterias for the Candidacy in Indonesian General Election: The Formality of Validation Process

Democracy is a system where the government should prioritize the people’s aspiration in implementing the policies because the people are a source of the power itself. A good Election system is a key of a good democracy system. This article is a research result of the citizenship validation in a government election. In fact, the citizenship validation mechanism is still not available in Indonesia as some violation cases happened during the Regent Election 2020 in Sabu Raijua. This research uses qualitative method and reference study analysist approach to deeply analyze the implementation of the citizenship validation during the general election in Indonesia. In addition, the theory of system and the concept of the democracy will be also used as an analysist so that it can give some descriptions and considerations to improve the quality of the next general election in Indonesia. The citizenship validation process also can be applied in other government administration affairs to support a better democracy implementation in the future.

Do Indonesians rationally or irrationally vote? Evidence from the 2014 Indonesian general election

This study investigated the determinants of voters’ trust level regarding official candidates at presidential, legislative, and governor levels in the 2014 general election in Indonesia. Data from the 2014 National Socioeconomic Survey was utilized in this study. The data was analyzed using two-stage regression analysis. The first stage regression analyzed the determinants of individual trust in official candidates, while the second stage analyzed probabilities of individuals to vote. This study found that voters’ experiences in vote buying reduced their trust in official candidates in the 2014 election. The second-stage regression results indicated that voters’ experiences in disasters reduced their intention to vote at all.

PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SEBAGAI SUMBER INFORMASI PEMILU PILPRES DAN PILEG 2024 DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN NEGERI DI PALANGKA RAYA

General election is a manifestation of democracy. Since Indonesia independence, general election has been carried out using various electoral systems. After the reform in 1998, the electoral system involved direct people's participation as a manifestation of people's sovereignty. General election in Indonesia is held every five years. Currently, the General Selection Commission is preparing everything regarding the general election in 2024, both the legislative and presidential elections. Information regarding general election is indeed important for the people, and the media plays an important role in providing various information regarding general election. In other words, the media acts as a means of political communication. This research aimed to describe the perspectives or opinions of students of three State Religious Institutions in Palangka Raya regarding general election information and the media used as the source of information. This research was a descriptive qualitative research, the data was collected by using in-depth interview and documentation. A total of 10 students became the key informants who were selected and determined based on purposive sampling. The results of the research showed that the majority of students thought that the media was an important source of information regarding general election, and in general, social media platforms were used as the main source of information besides the types of mainstream media or internet media. Based on the types of election information categories, the majority of informants stated that information regarding candidates and election processes or mechanisms was the information they wanted to know the most. The informants also stated that they had participated directly in general election, even though only as beginner voters because they believed that as good citizens they should have used their right to vote responsibly.

Governing the Requirement of Non-Former Convicted of Corruption for Prospective Candidate Member of Legislative in The 2019 General Election In Indonesia

Governing the Requirement of Non-Former Convicted of Corruption for Prospective Candidate Member of Legislative in The 2019 General Election In Indonesia

Understanding the Voter Data Information System (SIDALIH): The Need for Sustainable Voter Data Accuracy (DPB) Ahead of the 2024 General Election

This study discusses the integration of technology in the form of a voter data information system application (Sidalih) by the KPU, which focuses on continuous voter data accuracy (DPB). The use of the Sidalih application is considered sufficient to help the KPU in its work, but for the 2024 election, the Sidalih-DPB application is not certain to be used due to inadequate regulations. This study aims to understand the role of Sidalih in increasing the accuracy of sustainable voter data ahead of the 2024 General Election in Indonesia. The successful implementation theory of the Merilee S Grindle model with content parameters and policy context becomes an instrument in exploring the function of Sidalih. The research was conducted at KPU Riau with a case study approach since this application was used in the process of voter data accuracy. The results of the study indicate that Sidalih is an application that is very helpful for realizing voter data that is accurate and quite effective. Sidalih serves to verify continuous voter data before and during the stage of updating voter data. However, Sidalih needs to get political support from policymakers to be used sustainably.
 Keywords: voter data information system, Sidalih, data update, KPU, election, Indonesia