出版社：Office of Religious Research and Development Ministry of Religious Affairs
摘要：Muslims are the largest part of Indonesian society, but in the history of elections,Islamic political parties have never won. The nationalist party tended to be a strong party, whereas religion-based party tend to be a weak party. This study aims to analyze how the influence of religion values on voting behavior during legislative elections in the Central Java. This study was conducted in 10 electoral districts in Central Java and it involved 400 respondents. This research used a qualitative and a quantitative method. The result depicted that religious values were used by voters as reference in assessing political figures whether they are good or bad, without looking at the background of parties and ideologies. Voters are more influenced by rational and pragmatic considerations than the leaders or religious organization. Keywords: general election, religion, voting behavior, Central Java
