PERAN KPU DALAM MENINGKATKAN PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMILIHAN UMUM PRESIDEN DAN WAKIL PRESIDEN 2014 DI KOTA MALANG

General election for president and vice president is an event held every five years in
Indonesia. This is a program which is used for channeling the aspirations of all
communities, especially in influencing political decisions. This study aims to determine the
role and participation of Malang communities in the presidential and vice presidential
elections 2014. Besides, this study also aims to determine the role of General Elections
Commission (KPU) of Malang in general election of president and vice president in 2014,
and to explain the enabling and inhibiting factors of communities’ participation in the
election of president and vice president in 2014. The approach used in this study is
descriptive study, which is a study model by noting, describing and interpreting the role
of KPU in increasing the communities’ political participation in the elections of president
and vice president 2014 in Malang. This study uses three methods in collecting the data.
They are interview, documentation, and observation. Based on the result of the study, it
can be concluded that the General Elections Commission has a big role in increasing
communities’ political participation in the elections of president and vice president 2014
in Malang. This means that it corresponds to the reality and the facts which occurred, that
in 2014 the participation of Malang communities greatly increased. This is supported by
the results of the interviews and observations to the government of Malang, Political
Parties in Malang and also Malang communities. Besides, the most favorable case is the result of vote counting in Malang which shows as much as 70% of people in Malang
participated in the elections for president and vice president 2014 in Malang.