As a country that holds democratic practices, of course the General Election is a

momentum where the entire community without exception has the right to choose a candidate

for leader who is believed to be able to represent the voice of the people (Palmer, 2024).

(Hartono & Putri, 2015). With this reality, of course there needs to be supervision. Thus, the

General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) is an institution that has a central role in

carrying out this supervisory task in Indonesia. Bawaslu as an actor of participatory supervision

of the community has a very crucial role in ensuring that elections in Indonesia take place with

integrity and fairness (Hayckel et al., 2024). Through various programs and initiatives,

Bawaslu seeks to involve citizens in monitoring and reporting potential election violations.

This is an important step in building public political awareness and making elections a more

transparent and accountable process.

As an effort to face challenges before or after the election, Bawaslu created a new work

program to alleviate the performance of supervision through the IKP (Election Vulnerability

In 2020, it was explained that there were 261 regencies/cities in Indonesia whose Election

Vulnerability Index reached 51.65%. The percentage of this figure is quite high, if

policymakers want to reduce the level of vulnerability in the implementation of the 2024

general election in 261 districts/cities in Indonesia, election organizers must reduce the level

of vulnerability from all existing dimensions, of course, taking into account the priority scale

of reducing the quality of the dimension (Alaydrus et al., 2023).

Socio-Political Context and Political Participation are rampant in the revival of identity

politics (Athaillah et al., 2024; Mismubarak, 2024; Rozi et al., 2021). Religion is now at stake

to be ridden by political elites to gain power This phenomenon occurs in the East Java region

where the political climate is dominated by Islamic communities such as Nahdatul Ulama,

is full of uncertainty and interests. Based on his statement, the BRIN Political Research Center

(National Research and Innovation Agency) explained that the percentage of electability of

political parties with religious identities is difficult to pursue to eventually increase to 35%.

The current percentage is still stuck at 30.5% recorded in 2022. Thus, it can be interpreted that

the position of the Islamic party itself in the future in the 2024 general election is only a

complement to its presence (Ahmad, 2024). This is also evidenced by secondary data that

shows that the percentage of Indonesian people who embrace Islam is 87.2%, but this number

cannot give full rights to the position of Islamic parties to occupy the political ranks so that

discourses about the declining electability of Islamic parties boosted by the presence of Kiai

are indeed true (Ramstedt, 2024).

advantage of the existence of identity political power relations to circumvent the mapping

carried out directly by involving scholars and Kiai Islamic boarding schools in the Batu City

area to welcome the political climate in 2024 later. Collaborating in the participatory

supervision program is the main priority of Bawaslu to embrace the community to be able to

build

This study uses a qualitative - descriptive method. The qualitative method was chosen to

determine the outcomes resulting from the Participatory Supervision Program, Qualitative

descriptive research aims to describe, describe, explain, explain, and answer in more detail the

City which is located at Jl. Bukit Berbunga No.13a Sidomulyo, Batu District. The source of

data used is primary data which was obtained from direct interviews with key informants such

as the Head of the Coordinator of the Supervision, Public Relations and Inter-Institutional

Relations Division, Mr. Yogi Eka Chalid F, S.sos and from the pesantren with kiai and students

from two Islamic boarding schools, namely Al-Hidayah and Manbaul Ulum.

Based on the opinion of Charles Horton on the theory of cooperation, it is impossible to

implement a participatory supervision program without carrying out "Cooperative Actions" in

identifying through evaluation until there is indirect communication. Some of the ways that are

done include by creating a new agreement. Such efforts do not attach importance to the

background of an institution that is feared by the community. Bawaslu is not only an institution

tasked with supervising elections, but there are also several fundamental foundations that need

to be improved, for example reviving the democratic climate that has begun to be abandoned

by some apathetic groups because the emergence of politically related assumptions is a futile

step. Thus, it is necessary to have a process and various stages that must be passed to reduce

these assumptions. The process of consolidating democracy is the implementation of small

steps by embracing Islamic boarding schools to walk together to improve the loss of

community participation. Laurence Whitehead said in his writing, the consolidation of

of political parties but also at the level of society (Behrend & Whitehead, 2016).

Answering related to how the condition both psychologically and intellectually of

students in understanding political algorithms was found to be there is no significance related

to understanding political education if reflecting on religious elites (caregivers) have power

both in da'wah activities and as someone who is respected. Caregivers or Kiai choose not to

interfere with the students' own choices so that students' understanding of political education

is felt to be very minimal. Thus, if referring to the category of students in general elections

included in the DPK (Special Election List) which is stated in the Special Voter List Regulation

in PKPU regulation No.7 of 2022, namely Article 1 no.31 "The Special Voter List, hereinafter

abbreviated as DPK, is a list of voters who have a population identity but have not been

education. By continuing to evaluate the series of participatory supervision programs, it was

strengthened by a direct statement by the Head of the Public Relations and Supervision

Division, Public Relations and Inter-Institutional Relations. The mapping was carried out by

means of socialization. The plan is that every Islamic boarding school that has more than 500

DPTs will have a polling station closest to the Islamic boarding school as a monitoring effort.

Then, later there will also be a re-data collection of voter transfers as an effort to save the right

to vote by the students.

The results of the mapping carried out in the Batu City area, especially as of 2023, are

related to the establishment of Special TPS, it's just that there is an evaluation related to the

cooperation steps that will be carried out with Islamic boarding schools in the Batu City area

by the Ministry of Religion on the basis of the applicable terms and conditions and the

recommendations of the Working Group on Islamic Boarding Schools. Thus, the 38 Islamic

boarding schools in Batu City are Islamic boarding schools under the protection of the Ministry

of Religion and are recognized directly by the Chairman of the Islamic Boarding School

Working Group (Hayati, 2015). By embracing and fostering the community to regain their

trust, the efforts made by Bawaslu it is stated in the Participatory Supervision Guidebook how

their goal is to build an image not only as an institution but also a home for the community so

that this makes the beginning of the formation of cooperation between Bawaslu and Islamic

boarding schools. Learning from previous cases, there are still many Islamic boarding schools

that do not understand political education to the flow of the stages of the election.

Vulnerability Index, Bawaslu has a mapping of the situation of political activities that will be

held. There are four dimensions of mapping mentioned, namely Socio-Political Context,

Implementation of Free and Fair Elections, Contestation, and Political Participation (Hakim,

2020). In this case, when talking base on data, it is presented that the level of Political

Participation, and the Social and Political Context of Indonesian society shows an increase in

the value of urgency by being shown through the revival of identity politics so that the Batu

City Bawaslu embraces religious groups, namely Islamic boarding schools. The Islamic

boarding schools chosen by the Batu City Bawaslu out of the many are two Islamic boarding

schools, namely Al-hidayah and Manbaul Ulum which are considered pioneers based on the

leadership position of the kiai as political actors both in the religious and social fields.

relationship between actors, namely micro politics and macro politics. Both have a meaning

regarding the scope of how much involvement between actors is to undergo an interaction

(Linz, et al., 1996). The essence that results from the interaction between actors answers the

strategy used by the Batu City Bawaslu to establish cooperation with Islamic boarding schools.

Such efforts need to be carried out gradually with all obstacles among many Islamic boarding

schools that are still closed regarding the presence of Bawaslu to simply map or be involved as

a supervisor in Participatory Supervision.

Persuasive communication carried out by the Batu City Bawaslu to establish ties of

friendship among the relationship networks built to increase the attractiveness of the

community. The hope contained in the interaction between these actors can have an impact on

in it have a wider network that is not comparable to individual understanding in general. Thus,

the following are the roles of actors involved in the cooperation between the Batu City Bawaslu

and Islamic boarding schools:

1. Bawaslu Batu City

The Batu City Bawaslu is one of the agencies that dedicates their duties and functions

to build a community mindset or public intelligence regarding political education in order

to foster a sense of public trust in the government. Thus, the focus of the implementation

of activities carried out by the Batu City Bawaslu in welcoming the simultaneous elections

in 2024, namely by saving voting rights by carrying out mapping. The Batu City Bawaslu

carried out the identification of existing groups, especially Islamic boarding schools in Batu

to embrace to walk together. Innovative efforts have been made regarding the ease of

implementation of reporting, the admin cs (customer service) is easy to contact and the

implementation of activities is adjusted to the cultural characteristics of the series of

activities to be carried out but is not far from what the presentation is related to the grand

design of the Participatory Supervision program that has been ratified and still upholds the

indicators that support the grand design aforementioned.

2. Cottage/Kiai Caregiver

When talking about the figure of Kiai/Caregiver, unconsciously the appearance of a

religious scholar with a simple appearance brings peace of heart and joy in every

conversation he brings so that the nuances of conveying the implicit dawuh translation of

interference from the implementation of the election if drawn using the perception in

Muslim teachings, which can be seen using the lens of fiqh, can be seen related to how this

election is part of the improvement in the journey of a country. The role of kiai/caregivers

has a strong influence on the intervention of voices produced by many students.

Politicization of the votes produced. According to the results of the researcher's analysis, it

is undeniable to see the nature of ta'dhim possessed by the students to continue to make

Kiai a figure who is glorified for his knowledge and dignity, but this is dismissed by

Kiai/Caregivers of Islamic boarding schools, revealing that they are a naturalness when a

leader Prioritizing morals that have a constituency land base, it becomes natural and when

they come to ask for prayers to caregivers.

to the involvement of students in Participatory Supervision a priority agenda that was

echoed in every series of existing socialization activities. Strengthening the intelligence

mindset possessed by students is well used by the Batu City Bawaslu to be able to help with

election supervision in 2024. The results of the researcher's analysis of the students'

understanding of political education seem to still need massive activities carried out

between Basawlu Batu City and Kia/Caregivers of Islamic Boarding Schools.

Participatory Supervision is a program initiated by Bawaslu to conduct mapping

regarding the minimization of the potential for fraud that will occur, so that their role is to

report related to allegations related to violations. Rejecting the position of the community as a

Election or the Regional Head Election.

The division of roles is important to sort out the boundaries between the main tasks and

the functions that will be carried out later. Placing the community (Santri and Kiai) as Electoral

Observers with all their advantages to be able to supervise and report on existing fraudulent

acts, but the position of the Electoral Observer cannot give a verdict of one's fraud. The limit

of their position only as a reporter is nothing more than that. Bawaslu's position as an Electoral

Supervisory has an absolute advantage over the authority to declare whether the election stages

can be said to be valid and abash from the process of both pre-election, election poses to post-

election.

Santri is placed as the object of the Electoral Observer in the phenomenon of violations

Strengthening the intelligence mindset possessed by students is well used by the Batu

City Bawaslu to be able to help with election supervision in 2024. The results of the researcher's

analysis of the students' understanding of political education seem to still need massive

activities carried out between the Batu City Bawaslu and the Kiai/Caregivers. Thus, in the end,

synchronization can be created based on the critical reasoning of students in winning an issue

not only on political issues but also on the macro scope, both social, cultural, economic, and so

on.

Participatory Supervision is part of the supervision strategy carried out by Bawaslu to

increase public participation in election activities. Improvement efforts certainly cannot be

but there are seven programs contained in the Participatory Supervision Guidebook (Bawaslu

RI, 2017:14). The form of the seven programs is as follows:

1. Application/IT-Based Supervision (Gowaslu). The purpose of implementing this

3. Citizens' forum. The purpose of implementing this program is as a medium of

communication between election supervisors and community groups, a media for the

socialization of election supervision to the public, and creating an atmosphere of

supervision in elections.

the knowledge of election supervision to voters, realize candidates for Election

Supervision Apparatus, and Create Participatory Supervision.

5. Community Service. The purpose of implementing this program is to Create Candidates

for Election Supervision Apparatus.

6. Intensify Social Media. The purpose of implementing this program is to build the

concern of social media users in participatory supervision of elections and to build

missing participants. This is due to the lack of knowledge of students and coordinators of

Islamic boarding schools who do not know the procedures for moving to vote. This had

happened before the implementation of the 2019 elections. With the discovery of

phenomenology related to the loss of community participation, Bawaslu strives for

strategies that will be explained in seminars during the series of Participatory Supervision

programs. Then, in this seminar conducted by Bangkesbangpol in collaboration with the

Working Group of Islamic Boarding Schools and the P2a Office to discuss the involvement

of children or students in participatory supervision activities.

In seven series of programs contained in the Participatory Supervision Guidebook,

the Batu City Bawaslu chooses programs with the characteristics that are appropriate for

Islamic boarding schools. The Citizens' Forum program is one of the programs chosen to

among domain actors involved in a series of cooperation, creating a situation of

interdependence. In addition to utilizing resources in Interdependence, there is also a

process of exchanging resources between domain actors, such as access, financial

resources, information, and so on (Aspinall & Berenschot, 2019).

The flow of determining cooperation in the Batu City Bawaslu Citizen Forum

Program identifies existing groups in the community so that this can help with the mapping

carried out by the Batu City Bawaslu to establish cooperation in election supervision. The

interdependence in the benefits of each domain actor is also one of the reasons to establish

cooperation by exchanging information and fostering a political mindset is not always bad,

it can actually change the basic needs needed by the community itself.

the existence of previous communities or study groups, such as recitation and so on.

is to overhaul the tagline of the Citizen Forum program to "Ngaji Participatory

Supervision". This is an initiative of the Batu City Bawaslu to increase the sense of comfort

of students or the surrounding environment to be able to jointly attend the socialization

given in the hope that this event can harmonize the culture that is agreed around the Islamic

boarding school environment. It can be seen that there are developments after there are

several series of collaborations between Bawaslu and Al Hidayah Islamic Boarding School

form of violations committed by Kiai/Caregivers who intimidate students' voting rights

and save voting rights that are often lost due to the lack of awareness of the Islamic

boarding school regarding such matters. Likewise, Islamic boarding schools have a

dependency by requiring the Batu City Bawaslu to move to choose for kalong students

(students who live outside the address of the Islamic boarding school) and the

fulfillment of understanding related to socio-political issues, in this case covering a

broad meaning including information related to the General Election.

2. Responsibility. The form of responsibility cannot be said to be complete because the

mission for future goals in the long-term 2024 General Election has not been completed.

However, several strategic agendas of the Batu City Bawaslu in the implementation of

Parisipathic Supervision activities have been completed with the successful

4. Mutual respect (Proactive Interaction). In this case, indeed, the position of mutual

respect or promotive injunction carried out such as the Batu City Bawaslu did not take

offensive action against Kiai/Caregivers for being found by political parties who

committed violations by soft selling technical in Sowan Kiai activities and vice versa.

5. Batch Processing. In this indicator, it is proven how there is group processing that is

carried out either during pre-socialization or during socialization. During the pre-

socialization, what the Batu City Bawaslu did was to conduct socialization with Kiai.

Then, during the socialization, the Batu City Bawaslu group was processed with the