Journal of Governance
Volume 11 Issue 1: (2026)

SIREKAP (Election Recapitulation Information System) and the 2024 Elections: Criticism and Advocacy for Integrity in Elections

Mustabsyirotul Ummah Mustofa (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Politics, Universitas Padjadjaran)
Caroline Paskarina (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Politics, Universitas Padjadjaran)
Rina Hermawati (Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Politics, Universitas Padjadjaran)
Eddy Nurmanto (Gamatechno Indonesia, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Mar 2026

Abstract

The 2024 has a variety of criticisms and problems, especially regarding the use of SIREKAP (Election Recapitulation Information System). The SIREKAP issue is related to public trust in election results. This research uses a qualitative approach to explore how civil society seeks to advocate before and after the 2024 elections, especially in terms of the use of SIREKAP. The results of the study show several important findings. First, e-recapitulation is an election technology model that is considered more relevant for the Indonesian context from the perspective of civil society groups. Second, there was inadequate preparation and implementation of SIREKAP, which caused problems during the 2024 elections. Third, civil society groups consider that the issue of public communication, which is less responsive to the KPU, worsens the public's perception of SIREKAP. Fourth, civil society organizations have been active in providing recommendations and conducting supervision as well as innovating election technology, but the KPU's response to these inputs is still limited. This finding shows that civil society groups have advocated optimally regarding the use of SIREKAP even though they did not receive a significant response from the KPU as the core stakeholder of election technology users. This shows the importance of actively involving civil society in monitoring implementation and starting from the planning and evaluation stages of SIREKAP to increase transparency, accountability, and public trust in future election results.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jog

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Governance (JOG) is published by the Faculty of Social and Political Science Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa collaborate with KAPSIPI (Kesatuan Asosiasi Program Studi Ilmu Pemerintahan Indonesia) for reviewer, its main aim to spread critical and original analysis from researchers and ...