FAKTOR PENYEBAB KONFLIK PEMILIHAN KEPALA DESA SERENTAK DI KABUPATEN HALMAHERA SELATAN

Simultaneous village head elections in 2016 held in South Halmahera Regency ended up with conflicts. There were 249 villages spread across 32 sub-districts participating in the village head elections. The simultaneous village head elections were divided into two phases in which the first one was held on 20 November 2018 taken by 189 villages. While 60 villages were held in the second phase. The first election left 16 cases of conflicts. The fact in the field revealed that the conflicts occured because there were some complaints coming from the losing candidates that the election organizers had taken side on one of the candidates and their supporting team which had closeness to the regional leader. Besides, there were some actors intervening in the election that caused conflicts among candidates. Considering the facts, this research was conducted in two villages with the aim of comparing the conflicts in the villages and the resolution models. The research method used was descriptive qualitative by conducting in-depth interviews with parties involved in the election conflicts.