Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Indonesian Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2020, 9-10 October 2020, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

The Readiness of Local KPU in Central Java to Organize the 2020 Simultaneous Election during COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304802,
        author={Fitriyah  Fitriyah and Nunik Retno Herawati},
        title={The Readiness of Local KPU in Central Java to Organize the 2020 Simultaneous Election during COVID-19 Pandemic},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Indonesian Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2020, 9-10 October 2020, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICISPE},
        year={2021},
        month={3},
        keywords={local election 2020 kpu readiness covid-19},
        doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304802}
    }
    
  • Fitriyah Fitriyah
    Nunik Retno Herawati
    Year: 2021
    The Readiness of Local KPU in Central Java to Organize the 2020 Simultaneous Election during COVID-19 Pandemic
    ICISPE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304802
Fitriyah Fitriyah1, Nunik Retno Herawati1,*
  • 1: Universitas Diponegoro
*Contact email: nunikretno92@gmail.com

Abstract

The focus of this study lies in the readiness of local KPUs in Central Java to organize the 2020 Simultaneous Election during the COVID-19 pandemic. KPU is the executor of the election act as the election is an important event to ensure the leadership succession goes smoothly by involving the community. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unpredicted event as the impact is extensive and the end of this pandemic is unforeseeable. The local KPUs are facing an unpleasant situation however they have no choice. This study uses online survey methods to collect primary data from 23th-28th June 2020 obtained from one KPU members for each 21 cities/regencies in Central Java which organized the local election.