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Corruption in Indonesian Local Elections
Research Guide
What is Corruption in Indonesian Local Elections?
Corruption in Indonesian Local Elections (Pilkada) refers to practices like money politics, vote-buying, and elite collusion that undermine fair competition in direct regional head elections.
Studies analyze money politics and political dynasties in Pilkada processes post-2015, linking them to weakened governance. Key papers include Fitriyah (2020) on party recruitment and dynasties (32 citations) and Khairi (2020) on money politics in 2020 Pilkada (12 citations). Over 10 recent papers quantify impacts on decentralization and electoral integrity.
Why It Matters
Exposing Pilkada corruption aids KPK anti-corruption efforts by revealing vote-buying patterns, as in Delmana (2020) on 2019 election money politics (21 citations). It links dynasties to poor governance, per Prianto (2016) (27 citations), supporting regulatory reforms. Transparency gains from such research enhance voter accountability in Indonesia's decentralized system.
Key Research Challenges
Detecting Covert Money Politics
Vote-buying evades oversight in simultaneous Pilkada, complicating enforcement. Delmana (2020) identifies acute problems in 2019 elections from hidden transactions (21 citations). Chandra and Ghafur (2020) highlight legal gaps in preventing money politics (16 citations).
Political Dynasties via Parties
Parties enable dynasty formation post-MK ruling 33/PUU-XIII/2015, bypassing regulations. Fitriyah (2020) shows relatives of incumbents dominating Pilkada (32 citations). Prianto (2016) links this to decentralization failures (27 citations).
Vote Counting Malpractices
Recapitulation flaws enable corruption in local polls. Husin et al. (2021) analyze 2019 irregularities tying malpractices to corruption (15 citations). Khairi (2020) notes persistent money politics despite reforms (12 citations).
Essential Papers
Keterbukaan Keuangan Partai Politik Terhadap Praktik Pencucian Uang Dari Hasil Tindak Pidana Korupsi
Laurensius Arliman S · 2016 · JURNAL CITA HUKUM · 109 citations
Abstract: Elections means implementation of the sovereignty of the people held in directly, general, free, confidential, honest, and fair in the Republic of Indonesia under Pancasila and the Consti...
Partai Politik, Rekrutmen Politik dan Pembentukan Dinasti Politik pada Pemilihan Kepala Daerah (Pilkada)
Fitriyah Fitriyah · 2020 · Politika Jurnal Ilmu Politik · 32 citations
Pasca terbit Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No.33/PUU-Xlll/2015 sebagai pem-batalan larangan politik dinasti, sejumlah calon dari kerabat petahana maju dalam Pilkada 2015 dan terus berlanjut di pilkad...
PARTAI POLITIK, FENOMENA DINASTI POLITIK DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH, DAN DESENTRALISASI
Budhy Prianto · 2016 · Publisia Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi Publik · 27 citations
This study aims to describe the practice of political dynasties emerged along the carrying out of regional head election, describe the role of political parties in that process, and to explain the ...
INDONESIAN DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTIES AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF REFORMATION: A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
Muhammad Bahrul Ulum · 2020 · Indonesia Law Review · 22 citations
This paper traces the trajectory of Indonesian democracy that has developed in the last twenty years, specifically regarding the extent to which its continuities and changes have been consistent wi...
PROBLEMATIKA DAN STRATEGI PENANGANAN POLITIK UANG PEMILU SERENTAK 2019 DI INDONESIA
Lati Praja Delmana · 2020 · Electoral Governance Jurnal Tata Kelola Pemilu Indonesia · 21 citations
Pemilu serantak Tahun 2019 meninggalkan permasalahan akut yang berdampak pada kritisnya nilai demokrasi di Indonesia. Realitas menunjukan terdapat banyak pelanggaran yang menyumbang penurunan kuali...
The configuration of ethnic and religious relations towards the 2024 general election: A case study in Medan, Indonesia
Indra Fauzan, Adil Arifin, Maulana Andinata Dalimunthe et al. · 2023 · Multidisciplinary Science Journal · 19 citations
After the 2014 presidential election, which Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla won, sentiments based on religion and ethnicity towards Jokowi persisted. The discourse regarding the strengthening of ethnicity and r...
Peranan Hukum dalam Mencegah Praktik Politik Uang (Money Politics) dalam Pemilu di Indonesia: Upaya Mewujudkan Pemilu yang Berintegritas
M Jeffri Arlinandes Chandra, Jamaludin Ghafur · 2020 · Wajah Hukum · 16 citations
The presence of a political party in the modern constitutional system is one of the necessity as one of the institutions authorized to fill the political position/power. The filling of the departme...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Suhaimi (1970) on political recruitment patterns, as it grounds party roles in pre-reform Indonesia, linking to modern dynasty issues in Fitriyah (2020).
Recent Advances
Study Fitriyah (2020) for dynasty formation, Khairi (2020) for 2020 money politics, and Husin et al. (2021) for vote malpractices.
Core Methods
Qualitative interviews and case studies (Prianto 2016); quantitative violation analysis (Delmana 2020, Husin et al. 2021); legal doctrinal review (Chandra & Ghafur 2020).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Corruption in Indonesian Local Elections
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find Pilkada corruption literature, like Fitriyah (2020) on dynasties, then citationGraph reveals clusters around Prianto (2016) and Delmana (2020). findSimilarPapers expands to related money politics papers.
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract vote-buying data from Khairi (2020), verifies claims via verifyResponse (CoVe), and runs PythonAnalysis with pandas for citation network stats or dynasty incidence rates. GRADE grading scores evidence strength in empirical claims from Husin et al. (2021).
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in dynasty regulation post-2015 via contradiction flagging across Fitriyah (2020) and Prianto (2016), while Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations, and latexCompile for Pilkada reform papers. exportMermaid visualizes party collusion flows.
Use Cases
"Analyze vote-buying frequency in 2020 Pilkada using quantitative data"
Research Agent → searchPapers → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas aggregation of incidence rates from Delmana 2020, Khairi 2020) → matplotlib plot of provincial trends.
"Draft policy paper on anti-dynasty laws for Pilkada"
Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText + latexSyncCitations (Fitriyah 2020, Prianto 2016) → latexCompile → PDF with reform recommendations.
"Find code for modeling Pilkada corruption networks"
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → networkx graph of elite collusion from Husin et al. (2021) data.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic review of 50+ Pilkada papers, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → structured report on money politics trends from 2016-2023. DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify dynasty claims in Fitriyah (2020). Theorizer generates theory on cukong democracy from Khairi (2020) and Prianto (2016).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines corruption in Indonesian Pilkada?
It includes money politics, vote-buying, and collusion in local head elections, as detailed in Khairi (2020) on 2020 Pilkada issues.
What methods study Pilkada corruption?
Qualitative case studies (Prianto 2016) and quantitative analyses of violations (Husin et al. 2021, Delmana 2020) track dynasties and malpractices.
What are key papers on this topic?
Top-cited: Fitriyah (2020, 32 citations) on dynasties; S (2016, 109 citations) on party finance corruption; Khairi (2020, 12 citations) on money politics.
What open problems remain?
Enforcing anti-dynasty rules post-2015 and detecting hidden vote-buying, per gaps in Chandra & Ghafur (2020) and Delmana (2020).
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