THE WINNING OF BUTON REGENT’S WIFE IN BUTON REGENCY DPRD FOR THE 2014-2019

This study aims to explain and analyze how the process of winning the wife of Buton Regent in the election of legislative candidates in Buton Regency in 2014. The research was conducted in Buton Regency. This type of research is descriptive qualitative, research that describes the subject and object of research based on empirical facts. The data sources used are the success team, party cadres, documents and archives. Data were collected through the interview method. The data analysis uses the theory of power, the concept of political party recruitment and the theory of political strategy. The results showed that the recruitment of political parties provides a clear picture of the process of winning the wife of the Regent of Buton at the Buton Regency DPRD by following the stages of registration, selection, screening and up to the determination of legislative member candidates. Iis Elianti's victory at the Buton Regency DPRD was inseparable from the influence of Umar Samiun's political power as the Regent of Buton. Iis Elianti used her husband's power to get votes in the electoral districts where he was nominated as a member of the legislature. People in their chosen area know the figure of Iis Elianti as the wife of Umar Samiun who is the Regent of Buton.