Critical Factors Behind the Abstainer in the Local Election

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Made Ngurah Demi Andayana
I Putu Yoga Bumi Pradana
Laurensius Petrus Sayrani
Merkorius Tele

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This study investigates the factors that led to the emergence of abstentions or Golongan Putih in the 2020 local election of the Ngada regency. This research was encouraged by the increased number of abstentions and percentage in regional head elections in Ngada Regency in 2020 compared to 2015. This study used a qualitative research approach with a phenomenology type of research. This study interviewed 22 informants selected purposively. This study found that the forms of abstention appearing in the 2020 Ngada local elections were technical, political, and pragmatic. Meanwhile, the factors causing abstentions in the 2020 Ngada local elections are divided into two groups: internal factors, which include work factors and educational factors, and external factors, which include political factors and election benefit factors. The contribution of this research is that it has succeeded in identifying critical factors that are essential in forming an abstainer group in the context of local elections. However, this study is limited to the eastern part of Indonesia.

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Andayana, M. N. D., Pradana, I. P. Y. B., Sayrani, L. P., & Tele, M. (2023). Critical Factors Behind the Abstainer in the Local Election. Jurnal Studi Sosial Dan Politik, 7(2), 270-284. https://doi.org/10.19109/jssp.v7i2.19381
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Andayana, M. N. D., Pradana, I. P. Y. B., Sayrani, L. P., & Tele, M. (2023). Critical Factors Behind the Abstainer in the Local Election. Jurnal Studi Sosial Dan Politik, 7(2), 270-284. https://doi.org/10.19109/jssp.v7i2.19381

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