Increasing Political Participation in Welcoming the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections in Patengan Village, Bandung Regency

The election that takes place every five years is a mandate of the 1945 Constitution, Article 22E, which states that the election is held to elect the President, Vice President, members of the DPR, DPD, and DPRD Province and Regency/City based on the principles of direct, general, free, secret, honest and fair. On that basis, the 2024 Simultaneous Election was held again to fulfill the political rights of citizens in a democratic government. Every five years, Indonesia is able to hold elections properly without any action that harms the implementation of these citizens' rights. One of the things that has been noted in every election in Indonesia recently is realizing elections with integrity based on the election principles mentioned above which have become a constitutional reference in Indonesia. Based on the views of the famous election scientist Norris, The New Research Agenda Studying Electoral Integrity (2013), elections with integrity are elections that have taken place following international standards or norms in the context of free and fair elections. For this reason, socialization is needed for the community in Patengan Village as political education so that the community can participate in the simultaneous regional elections and freely choose not to abstain. The socialization was carried out as an effort to increase political participation to welcome the simultaneous regional elections in 2024