<![CDATA[Abstract: The State or Regional Budget has significant benefits in financing various public needs, such as education, health care, and infrastructure, as well as stimulating economic growth. In the process of obtaining the budget between the central and regional governments, there is political space in the discussions, known as budget politics.Budgeting processes are often implemented in various ways that place more emphasis on the political dimension, where the budget is then distributed to various things to achieve development goals.Amidst a deficit in state and regional revenues, the central government is implementing efficiency measures, hindering budget transfers from the central government to the regions. The problems arising from this delay in budget transfers have hampered the financing of various public needs, such as education, health, infrastructure, and economic growth. The 2025 Riau Provincial Budget experienced a deficit ofRp. 3.5 trillion2025. The Riau provincial government must complete this difficult task so that government policies and programs can be realized.The purpose of this study is to comprehensively examine the relationship between budget politics, efficiency, and deficits in Riau Province. Seeing this phenomenon, the author is interested in examining the emerging symptoms to find a coherent model between budget politics, efficiency, and deficits. The method and type of this study are descriptive qualitative. The informant drawing technique uses propositional sampling. Data collection techniques in this study are interviews, observation, literature study, and documentation.]]>
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