Simultaneous Local Election Research Articles

Pengaruh Calon Kepala Daerah Perempuan dalam Pilkada

The aims of this article is to examine the phenomenon of many female regional head as the result of the 2015-2018 election in Lampung Province.Starting from the 2015 election where one regional head and one vice regional head appeared. Then continued in 2017 and 2018, two regional heads and one vice regional head appeared. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative using secondary data from literature studies. The result obtained are the influence of the presence of women candidates in winning regional head elections in Lampung both for regents and governors. Whereas the customs of Lampung society are known as patriarchal where they hold firmly to the existence of men as the main ones in the family, especially in terms of in heritance, customary obligation etc. In contrast with the province of west Sumatera which has matrilineal culture. It means women are the main ones both in the heritance system, customs and others. However, starting from the first regional head election in 2005 to simultaneous local elections in 2018, none has resulted female regional head or their representatives at the district or provincial level. This phenomenon shows the absence of indigenous influences in the head elections, especially in Lampung Province.

Kerangka Evaluasi Pilkada : Evaluasi Pilkada Serentak Melalui Kerangka Integritas Pemilu

The implementation of simultaneous local elections has been carried out since the 2015 elections. The purpose of the simultaneous local elections is to encourage the formation of strong government. This is based on the assumption that voters will elect their representatives in the executive and legislative branches at once. It is expected that this election design will encourage consolidation between the two representative rooms. Strong consolidation will encourage effective governance and policy making processes. This paper would like to provide an evaluation framework for the simultaneous election implementation from the electoral integrity dimension. It is important to consider the aspect of electoral integrity since the regulated procedures need to be connected with substantial justice in the election. The absence of the consideration of this aspect will lead to the problems of political dynasty, money politics, and violence threat in the implementation of election.
 This paper attempts to create a framework for evaluating simultaneous regional elections by using the concept of electoral integrity. Elaboration is made on the conception of electoral integrity with adjustments to local political problems in Indonesia. The data in this paper are sourced from journals, reports, and analysis related to the evaluation of simultaneous local elections. This paper shows that there are two important elements which need to be included from the global indicator in relation with electoral integrity, namely: the community participation and money politics, in order to review and evaluate the local election. The contribution of this paper is enriching studies related to the evaluation of elections at the local level, where the dominance of studies in local elections is on issues such as money politics, political dynasties, to the neutrality of ASN. Many of these local political problems have not been framed in a single election evaluation frame. This paper attempts to frame the dynamics of local politics with an evaluative framework adapted from the concept of elections with integrity contextualized to the dynamics of local elections.

Urgensi Pemisahan Penyelenggaraan Pemilihan Umum Serentak Nasional dan Lokal

This paper aims to evaluate the simultaneous elections and view the legal politics of separating the implementation of the simultaneous national and local elections for strengthening democracy in Indonesia. This study uses a normative juridical research method with a statutory and conceptual approaches. The results of the study show that the implementation of simultaneous elections in 2019 provided problems for organizers and voters. One of the suggestions for reforming the elections is to separate local and national elections. The the legal politics objectives of separating the elections consist of two, namely the level of organizers and voters as well as aspects of the election process and the quality of election results. This separation is expected to remove voter pragmatism, and focus more on the vision and mission of the candidates. Political parties will also carry out their functions optimally, be focused, and be able to carry out political education as they should.

Protection of Political Rights in Surabaya Regional Head Elections 2020 during the COVID 19 Pandemic

The state must be responsible for fulfilling the political rights of every citizen. Political rights are one of the human rights that cannot be reduced by the state. Even though Indonesia is currently experiencing the Covid 19 Pandemic, the Government decided to hold simultaneous local elections due to various considerations. As for some of these considerations is the need for legal certainty of the election of new public officials because the previous period is up, the Covid 19 pandemic is not known when it will end, the strategic policies of the government must still be taken and implemented, and the main thing is to fulfill the political rights of Indonesian citizens who are a democracy based on the law. Therefore, it is considered necessary to explore how the country fulfills the political rights of the citizens of Surabaya during the Pandemic at the Simultaneously Regional Head Elections 2020. This study is conducted with empirical normative where researchers will examine every rule relevant to this theme and empirically review the implementation of government rules and policies in the fulfillment of people's political rights at the 2020 Regional Elections and the obstacles faced in the fulfillment process.

Dynamics of Simultaneous Local Elections in 2020 During Covid-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is difficult to ignore the possibility of conflict in the Simultaneous Regional Head Elections; in fact, it tends to grow. Fundamentally, conflicts arise as a result of lack of planning and implementation of Electoral Management Bodies, confusing regulations, overlapping responsibilities and multiple interpretations of laws, and inability to deal with technical electoral issues. This study aims to examine the dynamics of holding the 2020 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study employs a qualitative design with a descriptive approach. Data collection was carried out using literature review techniques from several related journal sources. According to the results of the study with the Concept of Conflict Resolution, the potential conflicts that emerged in the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, including the existence of money politics disguised as assistance for overcoming COVID-19, low voter participation due to public fear of the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and weak technical elections management which resulted in the need for re-voting in several regions in Indonesia. Therefore, it can be conluded that Conflict resolution to eliminate money politics culture can be done by conducting political education which must be started from political parties. Meanwhile, to minimize re-voting, Electoral Management Bodies must prepare overall technical management well from planning, organizing, implementing to evaluating the entire process of organizing the election.

Communication Strategies in the 2020 Local Election Stages Socialization During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Indonesia has decided to hold simultaneous local elections on December 9, 2020, even though the country and the rest of the world still face the COVID-19 pandemic. The local election stages have begun in June 2020 by forming a unit to update data of voters and socialize how to hold the elections during the pandemic. This paper aims to build communication strategies in socializing how to hold the elections during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results were obtained using the survey method involving 440 respondents in Denpasar in September 2020. The communication strategy is a combination of offline and online mediums. Despite a policy to stay at home, data shows that residents of Denpasar still needed offline mediums such as billboards and banners. In addition, they also searched for information about the election through printed advertisements and television advertisements. To ensure the smooth socialization of election process, the General Election Commission (KPU) in Denpasar uses accounts in social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook in collaboration with parties that have a large number of followers or mass media that have accounts in social media with a large number of followers. However, almost all respondents do not follow the official account of KPU Denpasar. Uniquely, in Denpasar, some potential voters still rely on community leaders and figures in searching for information about the local election. To that end, to build communication strategies, these community leaders and figures should be involved. Data also show that online meeting like zoom, google meet, or Webex meeting is not sufficient.

Local Elections (Pilkada): Money Politics and Cukong Democracy

Local elections (Pilkada) still face problems, both technical and substantive. Efforts to improve have been made several times by revising the law regulating local elections (Pilkada). In the simultaneous local elections in 2020, money politics arose again. The issue of cukong democracy practices depicted capital owners' power to finance local leaders candidates to contest local elections (Pilkada). This study explores and structures the problems underlying money politics in local elections (Pilkada), which formulate alternative solutions based on logical reasoning. The exploration and formulation of issues and the preparation of alternative solutions are carried out using strong arguments to ensure the conclusions' plausibility. The practice of money politics can occur in two main areas, namely in ​​the nomination process in the form of political dowries paid by candidates to political parties. In the campaign area, the condition of buying and selling votes carried out by candidates with voters. The practice of political dowry occurs due to the limited alternatives that a person can use to run for regional head elections. The nomination mechanism is much more difficult and costly through individual channels, so paying political dowries to political parties is the easiest and more specific option. The practice of money politics occurs because of voters' mental attitudes who are not rational, and the system of sanctions still supports the way of buying and selling votes. Alternative solutions to money politics in these two areas are compiled by doing a simulative analysis that can eliminate the practice's root causes. Decreasing the threshold for candidate submission by political parties, adopting the maximum point for political party support, reducing the number of voter support requirements for individual candidates, eliminating political dowries in local leader nominations, and simultaneously reducing costs for individual candidates. Adopting criminal sanctions for givers in the practice of buying and selling votes is an alternative solution in preventing the way of buying and selling votes in local elections (Pilkada).

The Impact of Simultaneous Local Elections (Pilkada) for the Achievement of Democratic Consolidation in the Election of Governors and Deputy Governors of Central Sulawesi

Researchers' interest in studying the quality of democracy in Indonesia has been developed since the reform era. Although there was a pessimistic view on Indonesian democracy's achievement, the quality of Indonesian democracy has experienced significant development in a proper political perspective. The dynamics of the first wave of regional head elections in 2015 feature the face of Indonesian democracy nationally. Democratization at the national level is awakened by strengthening democracy at the local level. This paper aims to determine the impact of the Direct Regional Head Election (Pemilihan Langung Kepala Daerah - Pilkada) concurrent in Central Sulawesi to achieve Indonesia's democratic consolidation. This research was conducted by a qualitative method with a descriptive-analytical approach that explained, described, and analyzed the implementation of the election of Governors and Deputy Governors of Central Sulawesi in 2015 to achieve democratic consolidation. The results showed that simultaneous elections have achieved strengthening democratic consolidation. This condition is seen in several aspects. Namely the development of a free civil society, the development of an open political society; the right rule of law; government effectiveness; and democratic culture development.

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

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.

Exemplary of Limang: The Life Story of Rakoetta Sembiring Brahmana as “Bupati Pejuang” 1914-1964

Rakoetta S. Brahmana is a name that is still unfamiliar to some of the ears of North Sumatra people, especially for Indonesians in general. Rakoetta, as her comrade and family called her, was a Karo son who was born in the village of Limang, Tanah Karo on August 4, 1914. Rakoetta means glue in the Karo language. By giving that name, his parents hoped that Rakoetta would truly become the glue (unity) for the family and the wider community. This article is intended to re-record the struggle and dedication of Rakoetta as an exemplary figure for what is now known a “fighting” in the Indonesian politics, the Simultaneous Local Election. Rakoetta understood his sociological conditions and Karo culture well because of the influence of his parents. His knowledge of Karo culture became a strong capital in pursuing his political career during the independence struggle in North Sumatra, in addition to his formal education experience at HIS Kabanjahe and Medan Taman Siswa School between 1924 and 1930s. When in Medan, Rakoetta began to come into contact with ideas of nationalism. In Medan political organizations such as Budi Utomo, Sarekat Islam, the Indonesian Communist Party and the Indonesian National Party flourished. During the revolutionary period of independence he was actively involved as a member of Partindo, PNI, Boempa, BPI, BKR until he became regent of the revolutionary period. Rakoetta continued to serve as a Regent of Karo for two periods from 1946 to 1954, and again a Regent of Asahan concurrently Mayor of Tanjung Balai 1954-1960 and Mayor of Siantar 1960-1964. Rakoetta passed away in 1964. The story of Rakoetta’s life saves a bitter and full of ethos of struggle; consistent, resilient, tough, creative, clean and anti-corruption. There are many moral examples that should be emulated from a Rakoetta. The story of his struggle has never been written by anyone.

Direct and Simultaneous Regional Head Election in Indonesia with Government Efforts to Build a Balance of Political and Managerial Approaches

This study aims to implement government efforts in direct and simultaneous regional head elections by building a balance between politics and managerial in Indonesia. The case studies in this study used direct and simultaneous elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018. Direct and simultaneous regional elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018 were the population in this study, while samples were obtained from primary data and secondary data. There were six observations which included grant funds, voter data, voter participation, SCA neutrality, security and order, and acting for regional head preparation. The policies regarding the regional government law and the election law as well as building the political and managerial balance of the government are expected to be able to anticipate and overcome problems that arise in direct and simultaneous regional head elections. Originality in this study is a new approach in building balance with a managerial approach to governance and the decentralization approach. Besides, it can provide alternative suggestions and input that encourage the development of a balance of political and managerial dimensions of government in direct and simultaneous local elections in Indonesia.

Analisis Partisipasi Politik Ulama Dalam Pilkada Serentak di Kabupaten Polewali Mandar

This article discusses the political participation of ulama in the Simultaneous Local Election in Polewali Mandar Regency. In the political tradition in Polewali Mandar, the main religious figure of Ulama is the central concern of the people in that place. This is because the Ulama become a figure who is heard and followed by their words and choices, so that every candidate for regent and deputy regent who will participate in the elections will first make a political visit to the charismatic Ulama in Polewali Mandar. This type of research used in this study is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. An interesting thing that was obtained in the condition of Simultaneous Local Election in Polewali Mandar was the Political Participation of Ulama Voters' in the regional head election in Wonomulyo Subdistrict, Polewali Mandar Regency. Active participation, scholars are actively involved in determining the district head election process, because the election of the district head is an important issue that is in the interests of the general public, and scholars are considered an example of a true leader voter, and scholars are considered by the community as mediators in the event of a conflict of interest between supporters

Implementasi Undang-Undang Nomor 8 Tahun 2015 tentang Pemilihan Gubernur, Bupati dan Walikota pada Pilkada Serentak Tahun 2015 (Studi Kasus pada Pelaksanaan Pilkada di Kabupaten Malang, Provinsi Jawa Timur Tahun 2015)

With the presence of Law No. 8 of 2015 concerning Amendments to Law No. 1 of 2015 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2014 concerning Regional Head Elections, there are a number of changes to the rules related to the mechanism for the implementation of Regional Head Elections directly and simultaneously. This study aims to describe the implementation of Law No. 8 of 2015 concerning the Election of Governors/ Regents/ Mayors in Organizing Pilkada in Malang Regency 2015. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method. The findings suggesst the product evaluation in the case of the evaluation of the Malang District Election policy in 2015 is the final result of the policy evaluation which can be used as an improvement in the new Election Law, both legally and in its implementation. UU no. 8 of 2015 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors in the Simultaneous Local Election in 2015 has many shortcomings that can be said to be bad policy, and has several shortcomings in terms of implementation.

WINNING STRATEGY MUHAMMAD LUTFI- FERRY SOFIYAN IN ELECTION CONCURRENT 2018 IN THE CITY OF BIMA

Local elections in 2018 will be followed by 171 regions spread across 34 provinces throughout Indonesia. The 2018 simultaneous local elections aim to elect regional leaders, namely the Governor and the Major / Regent. The City of Bima is a part of the simultaneous local election to elect the Major and Deputy Major of Bima. The election contest was followed by the couple Muhammad Lutfi and Feri Sofiyan from the Golkar and PAN parties. This couple is known by their supporters as Lutfer (Lutfi Feri). The couple's victory is inseparable from the strategy used to win the position of Major and Deputy Major of Bima 2018. Therefore, in this paper discuss the strategy used by the Lutfer pair in winning political competition in the City of Bima. The winning strategy includes the strategy carried out by the candidate pair, the coalition / bearer party, the success team and volunteers / sympathizers. The method used in this paper is based on the results of research by researchers in the City of Bima. The purpose of this paper is to find out the strategies used by the Lutfer pair, coalition / bearer parties, success teams, and volunteers / sympathizers in winning the 2018 Bima Major election. The results of the study show the strategies adopted by the candidate pairs, coalition / bearer parties, team success, volunteers / sympathizers include network strategies (actors, establishing communication), imaging strategies (print media / electronic media messages) and political campaign strategies ( political attributes, meetings).

Evaluasi Pilkada Serentak 2015 dan Pemilu 2019: Sebuah Catatan Singkat

Indikator sebuah negara demokrasi selalu diawali dengan adanya pemilihan umum, baik dilevel nasional maupun lokal. Pelaksaan Pilkada serentak tahun 2015 dan Pemilu tahun 2019 mengindikasi bahwa Indonesia sudah menjadi negara yang bergerak menuju negara dengan demokrasi yang matang. Sejauh ini tidak ditemukan konflik yang mengakar diaras public walaupun perhelatan dua event demokrasi besar tersebit menyisakan beragam evaluasi dimulai dari kritik terhadap sistem pemilu yang terlalu rumit, penyelenggara yang belum sempurna mengejahwantahkan peraturan pemilu di lapangan, kekurangan logistik pemilu dan berbagai pelanggaran pemilu yang ditemukan. Tulisan ini mencoba memberikan catatan terhadap kedua event politik tersebut. Catatan yang paling utama bagi Pilkada serentak adalah potensi kecurangan ternyata bukan terletak pada biaya kampanye formal yang pada Pilkada 2015 ditanggung oleh ‘penyelenggara’, dalam konteks ini penyelenggara harus mampu menemukan formulasi teknis yang dapat mengurangi sebaran politik uang dan hal itu akan lebih bermanfaat bagi kualitas pemimpin yang terpilih. Sedangkan bagi Pemilu 2019, saya melihat justru persoalan distribusi logistic, pendataan pemilih dan sistem pemilu proporsional terbuka menjadi hal utama yang harus menjadi catatan dalam evaluasi Pemilu 2019.

Nonverbal Communication of Candidates in Regional Head Election of West Java Region 2018

The face of politics in Indonesia is enlivened by the hustle and bustle of non-verbal communication games as part of political discourse. Also through non-verbal communication, politicians mobilize all potential to strengthen the message and political meaning. West Java is one of the regions that will hold the Simultaneous Local Election in 2018. Non-verbal communication is certain to be present as a form of imaging and voice pulling by the candidates who will fight in the West Java regional election. This study defines the meaning behind nonverbal communication displayed by candidates in West Java. This research analyzes various forms of nonverbal communication, visual cultural codes, and refers to the design of visual communication texts. The purpose of this study is to identify nonverbal communication skills of regional head candidates, to identify interpretations of political constituents on nonverbal communication presented by regional head candidates, to identify the KPU's rules and understanding as regulators in interpreting nonverbal communication presented by candidate pairs of regional heads in 4 the location of the 2018 West Java Regional Election. The method used is semiotic analysis of Roland Barthes is to dismantle denotations, connotations and myths by showing every aspect of the symbol that is raised. The conclusions in the nonverbal communication research that are most appropriate in the contestation of the election of the Governor and Deputy Governor of West Java 2018 are the most natural communication and represent the pockets of voters while negating who they are in the political arena of the 2018 West Java Election.

The Construction of Law Neutrality of State Civil Apparatus in the Simultaneous Local Election in Indonesia

This article will examine and explore the urgency of the state's civil apparatus to be neutral in the simultaneous local election. State civil apparatus is an apparatus that works to serve the public interest rather than serve a particular group. That is why the need for the construction of constitutional law in an effort to create regulations in order the state civil apparatus has to be neutral. The construction by progressive constitutional law is by looking for new ways or role breaking and innovative breakthroughs, if the normal way and normative unable to immediately realize the objectives of the simultaneous local elections. There are three ways: First, to revoke the right to vote of state civil apparatus in the general election. Second, models political apointee bureaucracy in the local government. Third, change the model of career guidance state civil apparatus fom government regional autonomy to the central government by rank or class.

Oportunistik Incumbent dalam Penganggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja pada Pemilihan Kepala Daerah Serentak Tahun 2017

This study aims to examine the effects of incumbent opportunistic behavior on budget compilation related to the simultaneous election of regional heads (pemilukada) in regencies, cities, and provinces in Indonesia in 2017. In addition, the study also examines differences in incumbent opportunistic behavior when preparing budgets for elected incumbent heads compared with those who did not get elected as well as differences in incumbent opportunistic behavior a year prior to and during the simultaneous elections. The research population comprises all regencies, cities, and provinces in Indonesia. The sampling method used for this study was purposive sampling. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and different types of t-Tests. The results of the analysis showed that PAD and SiLPA had an effect on the incumbent opportunism behavior and DAK had no effect on incumbent opportunism behavior. The results of different t-Tests revealed differences in incumbent opportunistic behaviors of winners and losers as well as differences in incumbent opportunistic behavior in the budgeting year prior to and during the post-conflict simultaneous local elections held in 2017.
 Keywords: incumbent opportunistic behavior, post-conflict local elections, regional income and expenditure budget.

Simultaneous Local Election in Indonesia: Is It Really More Effective and Efficient?

Election system that is not carried out simultaneously, among others, has led to high political costs of local election. One of the objectives of the simultaneous local election design is the budget efficiency of the election implementation. This study aims to evaluate whether the simultaneous local election implementation may create a more effective and efficient local elections in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and South Kalimantan. This research was conducted using a normative juridical approach by analysing the applicable legal regulations, particularly Law Number 8 of 2015. In addition, an empirical juridical approach was used to see the implications of the establishment of Law Number 8 of 2015 on the Local Election. The results of study showed that the simultaneous local elections held in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and South Kalimantan were more effective and efficient in terms of controlling and solving problems, budgeting and time used for the implementation of the local election.

Conflict Resolution of Regional Head Election (PILKADA) Buru Selatan District in 2015

The first round of simultaneous elections in 2015 included 269 regions. South Buru Regency participated in organizing the democratic party. South Buru regency elections that ended the conflict were followed by two candidate pairs Rivai Fatsey, S. STP., MPA & Drs. Anthonius Lesnusa, MM (HIKMAT) and Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa, SH., MT & Ayub Seleky, SH., MH (TOP-BU). Conflict resolution involves both HIKMAT and TOP-BU voters who are involved in the conflict with government institutionalization and local wisdom, the local kerafina approach with the aim of eliminating the politicization of customary law so that potential conflicts do not reappear. Another approach used is a familial approach in order to eliminate judgment, on the other hand, support from the government by accommodating the demands of both parties. Through the tradition of local equality and innervation, this conflict can be resolved or by using positive peace, the institutionalization of these values can influence the behavior of both parties so as not to create new conflicts. The meeting point of this conflict was the return of conflict victims and the return of non-permanent employees.Keywords: Simultaneous Local Election, Political Conflict, Democrative Conflict Governance