PARTISIPASI PEMILIH TERHADAP PEMILIHAN GUBERNUR RIAU TAHUN 2013 BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 32 TAHUN 2004 TENTANG PEMERINTAHAN DAERAH DI KOTA PEKANBARU
ABSTRACT: Political
participation of the community is a hallmark of political modernization.
Executive and legislative elections directly in Indonesia today also followed
the local elections and the deputy head of the region mandated by Law No. 32 of
2004. The history of the arrangement of general elections in Indonesia showed
the fact of the decrease voter turnout. This is evidenced by the declining number
of voters in each election activities. The phenomenon of the decline and the
lack of community participation in elections also occur at the local level (Pemilukada).The
issues in this thesis is how voter participation in the election of Riau
governor in 2013 in Pekanbaru City? What is the obtacle that affectingvoter
participation in election of Riau governor in 2013 in Pekanbaru city? And whether
the efforts made to overcome the tendency of voter participation in the implementation
of the election for Riau governor in 2013 in Pekanbaru city?This type of
research can be classified as juridical empirical research, that is reviewing
the state of the existing problems in the field and then associated with the
applicable legal aspects done on location of the research by using data collection
tools. The research was conducted including descriptive research that illustrates
clearly and in detail and explain the reality of the field of voter participation
based on law No. 32 of 2004 on the election of Riau governor in 2013 in
Pekanbaru city. The conclusion of this research is the election governor in
Pekanbaru city 2013 ago experienced a decline against the participation of voters
in the first round where the amount of the participation only 53.37%. This election
do in two-round election . Its effect on voter participation. In the second round
of voter participation dropped to 46.4%. Pekanbaru city people's reluctance to
participate on the election of the Riau governor in 2013, the crisis of public
confidence of Pekanbaru city’s society towards the organizers the election of
Riau governor in 2013, and the lack of socialization to the people of Pekanbaru
city towards governor candidate in 2013 which became the obstacle. The efforts made
by election commission (KPU) pekanbaru city related these obstacles is to improve
the performance and role of volunteer teams democracy, maximizing dissemination
and doing evaluation.
Penulis: Joko
Kode Jurnal: jphukumdd151206
