The influence of regional head candidates quality towards political participation of society in the local election

The local elections are the means of leadership succession in the regions held by the principles of democracy by involving the public directly as constituents. In the local elections, the political participation of the people is influenced by the quality of prospective head region as a candidate in local elections. Qualified prospective regional heads are expected to significantly affect the political participation of the people who choose it. But in several local elections the quality of regional head or candidates did not significantly affect the political participation of the people, instead of a decline in the political participation of the community which is far from being targeted by the KPU (general election commission). Decline in political participation was caused by several things, such as, among others, administrative factors, technical factors, political factors and factors of rational calculation constituents. But, in order to keep the political participation of the community increase and the quality of democracy, the candidate of the regional head must have good qualities and qualifications.