Community Participation in Organization Election of Local Head at the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 in Banten Province (Case Study: Serang Regency, Pandeglang Regency, Cilegon City and South Tangerang City)

In community participation, the implementation of regional head
elections is the embodiment of the representative function inherent
in the sovereignty of the people. The function of representation is
one of the functions of government. For this reason, the selection
represents the object of the form of Government Science. This
study is to measure "Community Participation in the
Implementation of Simultaneous Regional Head Elections During
the Covid-19 Pandemic Period" in 2020 in Banten Province (Case
Study: Serang Regency, Pandeglang Regency, Cilegon City and
Tangerang City) community participation in the implementation of
Pilkada. This study uses a qualitative research design with a
descriptive type of research. The research informants were carried
out by means of interviews, observations and literature studies as
the techniques used in collecting data. Meanwhile, data reduction,
data presentation and conclusion drawing are the technical data
analysis in this research. The analysis used in this study is political
participation from The International Encyclopedia of the Social
Sciences, a conceptual definition is drawn up that Public
Participation in Simultaneous Regional Head Elections is the
active involvement of voters in various series of voter participation
levels in the simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) in
2020 in Banten Province more than 60 percent voter participation
rate in four regencies/cities holding simultaneous regional
elections on 9 December 2020. Pandeglang Regency in 2020 was
68.7 percent in 2015 56%., percent, Cilegon City in 2020 was
79.79 percent, in 2015 it was 63.51 percent exceeding the National
target, Serang Regency in 2020 is 63.3 percent from the 2015
Pilkada only 50.8 percent, South Tangerang City in 2020 is 60.4
percent. In 2015, voter turnout was 57 percent, this shows a very
significant increase even though we are currently being hit by the
Covid 19 pandemic, which is extraordinary, it should be recorded
in history. Simultaneously during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
Period in Banten Province.