(VICTORIOUS) POLITICAL STRATEGIES OF WOMAN LEADERSHIP IN INDONESIA
(A Study of Local Election in Pandeglang District, Banten in 2015)

Elly Nurlia
Awardee Budi DN LPDP
 Student at Department of Govermental Science, Padjadjaran University, Bandung,Indonesia
fisipunmaelly@gmail.com

Abstract

Fewer women have enjoyed their political victories during a local election to become the number one leaders (mayor/regent) in some local governments. During the 2015 local election, there were 35 over 123 women candidates who have won the election in their own regions. Instead of signaling a more (open) dynamics of national democracy, the participation of women succeeding in their contestation has proven the efficacy of their political strategies in taking over the challenges of male candidates who often receive more religious and cultural claims if males are more appropriate to take the responsibilities of this political position and of public services. Taking qualitative analysis and approach from the victorious case of Irna Narulita Dimyathi in the 2015 local election in Pandeglang district, the present study is shed lights on the forms of her political strategies which have contributed to the victory of her political participation in the last local election.

Keywords: Democracy, Local Election, Woman Leadership, Political Strategy