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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)
Kinship Politics in the 2020 Regional Head Elections in Indonesia

Articles

Failed Kinship Politics: Three Cases of the 2020 Regional-Head Election in Jambi

https://doi.org/10.53013/bestuurskunde.1.1.15-27

Published 2021-05-31

  • Arfan
    • ,
  • Sinta Rahmatil Fadhilah
    • ,
  • Siti Aminah

Arfan
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

Sinta Rahmatil Fadhilah
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

Siti Aminah
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

Abstract

The 2020 Regional Head Election continued to show the presence of Kinship Politics at the regional level, including in Jambi. The incumbents encouraged their family members to run as candidates in the election for Governor and Deputy Governor of Jambi, Regent of Batang Hari, and Mayor of Sungai Penuh. Surprisingly, Kinship politics failed to win in all three locations. This study aimed to analyze the failure of Kinship politics in the 2020 Regional Head Election in Jambi (namely Yuninta Asmara-Muhammad Mahdan in Batang Hari Regency, Cek Endra-Ratu Munawaroh in the election for the Governor of Jambi, and Fikar Azami-Yos Andrino in the election for Mayor of Sungai Penuh) through an independent observation from November 2020 to January 2021, as well as documentation of data and news related to the 2020 Regional Head Election in Jambi. The failure of the three candidate pairs was due to: first, the lack of public trust in the incumbent's family; second, the lack of campaign fund contributions; third, lack of promotions for the candidate pairs on social media; fourth, the lack of political communication between candidates, political parties, and constituents, while the alternative candidates optimally, effectively and efficiently managed the campaign team, campaign logistics, and their constituents; five, the alternative candidates' track records showed better credibility and capability; and six, better electability and acceptability of the alternative candidates. This study concluded that Jambi could be an example of minimizing the dominance of Kinship politics by using an alternative candidate who has a solid team, good online campaign management, and effective logistics management. Jambi can be a barometer of the rise of real democracy.

Keywords

kinship politics, 2020 Pilkada, Jambi

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Author Biography

Arfan

Arfan is a lecturer at the Da'wah Faculty of UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. Completed doctoral program in Anthropology-Sociology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research interests are on Agrarian Affairs, Environment, Religious Movements, Youth, New Media, and Political Anthropology.

Sinta Rahmatil Fadhilah

Sinta Rahmatil Fadhilah graduated from the Masters in the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Study Program at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta in 2019. Currently teaching at the Da'wah Faculty of UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi and STIES Al-Mujaddid Tanjung Jabung Timur. The author has published ontology books and several articles in several journals.

Siti Aminah

Siti Aminah is a lecturer in Islamic Counseling Guidance at the Da'wah Faculty of UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi and STIES Al-Mujaddid Tanjung Jabung Timur. The author has published several articles in several journals.

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