Failure of Candidate Legislative Members in the 2024 General Election of Maros District

Abstract

This study aims to find out social facts about the failure of candidates to become legislators to obtain seats in the Regional Rakyar Representative Council (DPRD) in the 2024 general election of Maros Regency. This research method is to use qualitative descriptive with a phenomenological approach. The data collection was obtained through observation (observation) and in-depth interviews in the field from various sources of research informants. The results of this study show that, (1) The failure of candidates to become members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) legislature as a result of the inability to compete with other candidates to win votes in the community. (2) Legislative candidates proposed by political parties are not qualified, and are unable to convince and explain to the public about the vision, mission and work program in the community, (3) The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) is unable to prevent money political transactions between legislative candidates and the public, so that those who can get the most votes are only money politics.