PERBANDINGAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT PADA PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH TAHUN 2018 DAN PEMILIHAN UMUM TAHUN 2019

Abstract

election is a means of popular sovereignty to elect representatives of the people such as members of the House of Representatives, members of the House of regional representatives, the President and Vice President, to elect members of the House of regional representatives and elect regional heads and Deputy Heads of Regions conducted directly, publicly, freely, confidentially, honestly, and fairly in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia based on Pancasila and the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. Regional Head election is a process to achieve formal legal authority carried out on the participation of candidates, voters (Constituents), and controlled by supervisory institutions, in order to obtain legitimacy from the community authorized by applicable law. The pair of candidates for the regional head candidate who received the most votes from voters was declared the regional head who would lead an area in a certain period of time in the future. This research is a type of field research using empirical approach and political sociology approach. The empirical approach is intended to look at the law in a real sense and examine how the law works in society, which is taken from the facts that exist in society related to people's participation in elections. Political sociology approach is an approach that measures or assesses the socio-political community of West Bolangitang district using the theory of community participation. Community participation is the participation of a person or group of people in identifying problems, making decisions and providing alternative solutions through thought, expertise, time, capital or material to development programs implemented by the government. As a goal, participation generates empowerment, that is, everyone has the right to express an opinion in decisions that concern their lives.