REGIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE ELECTIONS (CASE STUDY IN INDONESIA)

This study is aimed at investigating (1) whether differences exist in allocating the grant, society support, and financial support budgets within the incumbent local government budget before and during the process of regional election; (2) whether differences exist in allocating the grant, society support, and financial support budget during the regional election process between the incumbent and non incumbent candidates. This study applied the census method to analyze the local government practicing the regional election process involving the incumbent and non incumbent candidates in Indonesia. The objects investigated are grant, society support, and financial support budgets within the local government budget of 2019-2020 periods. The result of the study are (1) allocation of grant expenditure budget in incumbent regions during the process of the regional election was higher than the grant expenditure budget allocation before the process of the regional election process. (2) allocation of society support expenditure budget in incumbent regions during the process of the regional election was higher than the society support expenditure budget allocation before the process of the regional election process. (3) allocation of financial support expenditure budget in incumbent regions during the process of the regional election was higher than the financial support expenditure budget allocation before the process of the regional election process.(4) grant expenditure budget allocation in incumbent regions during the regional election process was higher than the budget allocation for the non incumbent regions. (5) society support expenditure budget allocation in incumbent regions during the regional election process was higher than the budget allocation for the non incumbent regions. (6) financial support expenditure budget allocation in incumbent regions during the regional election process was higher than the budget allocation for the non incumbent regions.