<![CDATA[Campaign finance is a fundamental component of democratic integrity and electoral governance. Previous studies on political financing in Indonesia have largely focused on patronage, clientelism, reporting, compliance, and auditing, while the legal accountability of corporate donors and political parties for corporate campaign contributions remains insufficiently examined. This study addresses this gap by examining the legal regulation and accountability of corporate campaign contributions, particularly whether the existing legal framework can prevent legally permissible contributions from generating conflicts of interest and disproportionate political influence. The study employs Lawrence M. Friedman’s Legal System Theory and Legal Responsibility Theory and adopts a normative legal research method using statutory, conceptual, and systemic approaches. The analysis is based on secondary legal materials, including electoral laws and regulations, KPU and Bawaslu regulations, court decisions, legal doctrines, and relevant national and international literature. The findings show that Indonesia’s campaign finance regime remains oriented toward formal administrative compliance and has not fully established effective mechanisms for tracing funding sources, identifying beneficial sources, preventing conflicts of interest, or allocating legal responsibility between corporate donors and political recipients. Institutional oversight also remains fragmented, particularly in monitoring complex financial flows, while weaknesses in compliance culture may create opportunities for transactional political relationships. The study’s principal contribution is the development of an integrated legal accountability framework linking corporate contributions, source transparency, donor and recipient responsibility, conflict-of-interest prevention, institutional oversight, political independence, and electoral integrity. This framework shifts campaign finance analysis from formal legality toward substantive legal accountability, emphasizing that legally permissible corporate contributions should not be allowed to undermine political independence or fair electoral competition. The study contributes to electoral governance in Indonesia by providing a legal framework for strengthening transparency, accountability, and institutional oversight while extending the campaign finance literature beyond administrative compliance toward the prevention of disproportionate corporate political influence.]]>
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