Pola Rekrutmen Partai PDIP Dalam Menetapkan Kandidat Calon DPRD Tingkat 1 Sumatra Selatan

Political recruitment is a very important function for political parties, especially in countries that embrace democracy, if political parties fail to carry out political recruitment functions, they will stop being political parties. The purpose of this research is to find out the pattern of PDIP party recruitment in determining candidates for DPRD Level 1 of South Sumatra Province. The results of the analysis and findings in the field are that there are two PDIP party recruitment mechanisms in determining candidates for DPRD Level 1 of South Sumatra Province, namely open and closed. This mechanism is a process in carrying out the party's function as a means of legislative recruitment carried out by PDIP South Sumatra Province. The candidate pattern in the recruitment of the PDIP party in determining candidates for DPRD Level 1 of South Sumatra Province is Compartmentalization, in political recruitment the educational background of a legislative candidate does not guarantee their readiness to enter politics without special provision from political parties. Immediate Survival, in the process of recruiting PDIP legislative candidates for South Sumatra Province related to personal closeness still leaves gaps between cadres, although it does not cause violent conflict. Partisan, recruitment is also carried out by DPD PDIP South Sumatera Province by using the infiltration method, namely entering into elements or community organizations. Meritocracy, PDIP South Sumatera Province in its political recruitment process uses a career system and meritocracy where cadres to become political elites must start a career path according to the existing mechanisms in the party body.