Factors Affecting Voting Behaviour in Local Election of Tulungagung Regency in 2018 Tri Sulistyani (a), Dr.phil. Aditya Perdana, S.IP, M.Si (b)
a) Magister Program of Political Science, b) Lecture Department of Political Science, FISIP UI Depok 16424, Indonesia Sulistyani11(at)gmail.com
Abstract
This article will explain factors that influence voting behavior in local election of Tulungagung Regency in 2018. One of the objectives of the election conducted is to look for a leader or regional head (regent) who is accountable, competitive, and understands the public interests. However, Local election of Tulungagung in 2018, a great phenomenon occurred where one of regent candidates became corruption suspect (Syahri Mulyo) was able to win the elections. The Syahri Mulyo-Maryoto Birowo was an incumbent supported by two political parties (PDIP and Nasdem), while the opponents called Margiono-Eko Prisdianto were supported by nine political parties. Although Syahri Mulyo has been declared a corruption suspect 19 days to the voting day, Syahri Mulyo-Maryoto Birowo (Sahto) became the winner in 17 sub-districts from 19 sub-districts with a vote of 59.97%. On the other hand, his opponent (Margiono-Eko Prisdianto) only got 40.03% of the vote. This research will use quantitative method with approximately 400 respondents with 95% of confident level and 5% of margin of error. The theory that will be used is voting behavior with psychological approach and rational choice. The temporary hypothesis is the candidates who affected by corruption cases do not affect the voting behavior of people in Tulungagung regency in the 2018 local elections.
Keywords: Local Election, Corruption, Voting Behavior, Tulungagung
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies
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