The Role of Students in Creating Good Democracy and Quality Elections

Ade Putra Ode Amane (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Kisman Karinda (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Wahyudin Rahman (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Wildan Zaman (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
La Ode Sabirila Jayalangi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Sri Ayu Laali (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Haminun Dg. Matorang (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk, Indonesia)
Mustakim Ladee (Universitas Tompotika Luwuk, Indonesia)
Filo Leonardo Tinggogoy (Palu College of Development Administration, Indonesia)

Jurnal Sipakatau
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2026): Juni

This community service activity aims to strengthen students' role in realizing a healthy democracy and quality elections through the dissemination of political education. The methods used include material presentations, discussions, and participatory reflections involving students, academics, and local government. The results of the activity demonstrated an increase in students' understanding of substantive democracy, critical awareness of vote buying practices, and the importance of Pancasila values ​​in political life. Furthermore, this activity strengthened the synergy between universities and the government in improving the political literacy of the younger generation. Students have been proven to have a strategic role as a moral force, social control, and agents of change in encouraging a participatory, transparent, and integrity-based political culture in order to realize a quality democracy.