Insis: voter participation in the presidential election will decrease

Jakarta ( sipirok.org ) - Indonesian Institute of Survey Research Institute ( insis ) estimate voter turnout in presidential election ( presidential ) 2014 will decrease compared to the 2009 Presidential election .

" As many as 51.3 percent of respondents said they would use their right to vote in the 2014 presidential election . Figure was lower than the 2009 presidential election was 72.10 percent , " said researcher insis Mochtar W Oetomo here on Sunday .



According to the results of the survey with multistage random sampling method is carried out on 1,070 respondents in 34 provinces on December 4, 2013 until January 8, 2014 , as many as 10.46 percent of respondents say they will not exercise their voting rights .

While 38.22 per cent of respondents did not answer the question in a survey conducted by face-to- face interviews guided by the questionnaire .

" The question before the respondent has filed a reference before the names of national leaders or question posed to the respondents about popularity , " Mochtar said .

According to him , as many as 59.9 percent of respondents answered do not know when the surveyors asked why they would use or not use the right to vote in the 2014 presidential election .

While 9.06 percent , according to him , would choose for want of change , 8.31 percent chose because of obligations as citizens , and 8.13 percent have an awareness that they have the right to vote .

" A total of 6.07 percent of respondents want to succeed election , as much as 4.29 per cent opted for the development of democracy , and 4.2 percent will see later situation , " he said .


continue to fall

Mochtar explains , voter turnout in presidential elections continued to decline since 2004 . In the first round of the 2004 presidential election , voter turnout dropped to 78 percent and to 75 percent in the second round .

" Then in the 2009 presidential election voter turnout as much as 72.10 per cent , " he said .

Citizen participation in elections has also continued to decline after the reform . Participation in the election of 1999 to 92.74 percent , and fell to 84.07 percent in 2004 and fell again in 2009 so 79 percent .

According to him , political participation in a democracy is an indicator of the implementation of the organization of supreme state power legitimate by the people .

" If the participation rate continues to decline then be an early warning for the development of Indonesian democracy , " he said .

He also said that political parties play an important role in efforts to increase citizen participation in elections .

" The ball 's largest political party , by improving performance , improving behavior and childbirth as well as offering an alternative figure , " he said .

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