“POLITICAL CONTESTIOUS AS POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIAN ELECTIONPATI DISTRICT 2017 LOCAL ELECTION”

Abstract

The problem of a single candidate is seen as an anomaly in the function and form of pragmatism of political parties which was built solely for the sake of winning the elections. This coalition based on momentary interests shows the weakness of political parties over the vision that should be a platform for struggle and benchmarks in conducting political maneuvers. This phenomenon raises political contestious among actors who are members of volunteers of KotakKosong (Empty Box) against a single candidate as happened in Pati District Election in 2017. In order to be able to analyze more deeply, the research method used is descriptive qualitative. The results of the study showed that the political contestious dynamics in the 2017 elections involved actors who were relatively the same as the 2012 elections, but in the 2017 elections the actors who faced were no longer candidates for regent or deputy regent, but between local actors who were members of volunteers of KotakKosong against incumbent as the winner of the 2012 elections.