Organizing Simultaneous Democratic Elections in the Dynamics of Popular Sovereignty

Abstract

The article aims to explore the practice of organizing democratic elections and the challenges faced in holding simultaneous elections in order to realize the sovereignty of the people. By using legal research and a descriptive qualitative approach, this article concludes that one of the toughest challenges of simultaneous elections in Indonesia was the practice of money politics. This condition was supported by the attitude of the people or voters in Indonesia who tend to be pragmatic. Therefore, an effective strategy for organizing elections as well as strong election law enforcement was needed to realize democratic elections and as an effort to overcome the challenges that arose in these elections. This article contributed to the strengthening of democratic simultaneous elections in Indonesia.