Electoral rules, voter mobilization and the Islamist landslide in the Saudi municipal elections of 2005

Kraetzschmar, Hendrik

doi:10.1080/17550912.2010.522056

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“…The first municipal elections were held between February and April 2005 and the second was held in September 2011. In both participation remained low as only men over the age of 21 were allowed to contest and vote while women and service personnel were also barred from participation (Al-Jazeera, 2011; Kraetzschmar, 2011; Ménoret, 2005; The National , 2011). Despite the limited opening, the 2005 elections evoked enthusiastic response from Saudis.…”

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“…The 2005 elections were mostly experimental in nature and generated public interest, especially among youths, tribal leaders, clerics, businesspersons, reformist activists, Islamists as well as among the Shias in the Eastern Province (Kraetzschmar, 2011; Ménoret, 2005). Scholars and analysts termed it as a limited opening but a step in the right direction towards democratization (Al-Rasheed, 2009; Kéchichian, 2013; Thompson, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the 2005 and 2011 elections, the organizational skills of the Islamist groups and support from clerics, tribal leaders, and businessmen saw the election of a number of Islamist-leaning candidates (Al-Rasheed, 2009; Kraetzschmar, 2011; Ménoret, 2005). The functioning of the municipal councils however belied popular expectations and many members quit midway due to their disappointment over the state’s lack of interest and non-appreciation of alternative perspectives (Al-Rasheed, 2009).…”

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Municipal Elections in Saudi Arabia, 2015

Quamar

2016

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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The third municipal elections in Saudi Arabia held on December 12, 2015 were significant because for the first time women participated both as voters and candidates. An important development so far as broadening the legitimacy of the electoral process is concerned. On the other hand, the lower turnout highlights the limitations of the electoral process as well as the functioning of the municipal councils. Nonetheless, seen within the context of slow and gradual reforms and priorities of the monarchy, one can argue that the municipal elections are a work in progress.

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Municipal Elections in Saudi Arabia, 2015

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“…However, it is remarkable to see rare studies of Islamist political activities in unlikely place such as Saudi and Israel cities. In Saudi Arabia, Kraetzschmar (2010) is able to capture the Islamist success in mobilizing urban votes whereas, in Israel, Peled (2001) sees how the Islamist movement spreads its influence at Israel's municipal as well as national levels.…”

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An Islamic Party in Urban Local Politics: The PKS Candidacy at the 2012 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

Hidayat¹

2017

Jurnal Politik

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ABSTRAKWalaupun berhasil mendapatkan suara terbanyak di Jakarta pada pemilihan umum tahun 2004, PKS nampak sulit untuk mewujudkan keuntungan politik tersebut dan mendapatkan kekuasaan eksekutif dengan memenangkan pemilihan kepala daerah di Jakarta. Setelah kekalahan dengan selisih yang relatif tipis pada pemilihan kepala daerah tahun 2007, kandidat dari partai tersebut juga gagal untuk bersaing dengan kandidat lain di putaran kedua pada pemilihan kepala daerah berikutnya. Dengan menerapkan beberapa teori yang menjelaskan kandidat bekerja di pemilihan lokal, tulisan ini mendiskusikan beberapa kemungkinan penjelasan mengenai kegagalan Hidayat Nur Wahid, kandidat dari PKS, pada pemilihan kepala daerah di Jakarta pada tahun 2012. Tulisan ini berpendapat bahwa walaupun ada kemungkinan faktor agama, dalam hal ini Islam, bekerja di dalamnya, bukanlah kandidat dari partai Islam seperti PKS yang terdepan dalam memanfaatkannya mengingat ada faktor lain yang juga bekerja seperti karakter pribadi, sumber politik dan faktor media. Dalam kasus ini, kegagalan untuk menawarkan kandidat dengan kemampuan untuk mengatasi masalah-masalah perkotaan merupakan faktor yang membuat pemilih perkotaan untuk cenderung tidak berada pada pihak kandidat dari partai Islam, walaupun mereka memiliki kesamaan identitas relijius.Kata kunci: politik perkotaan, partai Islam, kandidat partai, pemilihan kepala daerah, identitas relijius ABSTRACT Despite its success in obtaining more votes in the 2004 general election in Jakarta than the previous election in 1999, the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) has turn its voter support into local executive power by winning a gubernatorial election in the capital. After a narrow defeat in the 2007 local election, the party's candidate who had a respectable reputation also failed to further its bid for the second round of the following local election. By applying the existing possible explanations of urban candidacy in local elections, this paper aims at discussing the possible explanations for the failure of Hidayat Nur Wahid, the PKS candidate, in the 2012 gubernatorial election. The paper argues that in spite of the likely influence of religion, in this case, Islam, the party's candidate is at the forefront position to maximise it since such other factors as personal character, * The writer is a lecturer at Department of Political Science, Universitas Indonesia. He is also currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. 6 JURNAL POLITIK, VOL. 2, NO. 1, AGUSTUS 2016 political resources and media are playing role in this context. In this case, the failure to offer a candidate with the capacity to tackle urban problems makes urban voters unlikely to be on their side, although they share the similar religious identity.

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