PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT KECAMATAN KAPUAS MURUNG PADA PEMILIHAN GUBERNUR DAN WAKIL GUBERNUR KALIMANTAN TENGAH TAHUN 2020

Abstract

Voter participation in elections in Indonesia can be seen in the election of the President and Vice President, the election of the DPR and DPD. While at the local level, there are direct elections for Regional Heads (Pilkada) at the Provincial and Regency/City levels. In the Direct Pilkada (Central Kalimantan Governor and Deputy Governor Election) on December 9, 2020, the voter turnout in Kapuas Murung District reached 66.33%. This achievement is below the provincial target of 70% and the national target of 77.5%. Does this indicate a lack of public participation in exercising their voting rights in the 2020 Central Kalimantan Governor and Deputy Governor elections in Kapuas Murung District? This study seeks to describe the causes of the achievement of the national target of public participation in the election of the Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan in 2020. The researcher uses a qualitative approach and the type of descriptive research, data collection techniques using interviews and documentation, with primary data sources and secondary data. The results showed that there were 7 factors to see why the Kapuas Murung District did not achieve the national target in the 2020 Central Kalimantan Governor and Deputy Governor elections, namely the Covid-19 pandemic factor, the trust factor, the money politics factor, the education factor, the family environment factor, the work, as well as situational factors and conditions. These factors are the cause of not achieving the national target in the 2020 election of the Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan in Kapuas Murung District.