Performance Evaluation of the Local Election Commission Ponorogo in Implementing the 2009 Legislative Elections in Ponorogo

The Electoral Commission (KPU) is an independent institution of government as the organizer of the elections in Indonesia. The aim of the electoral are to elect members of DPR, DPRD, and DPD, the president and his deputy, and head of region. The purpose of this search is to find out how the Local Election Commission’s performance in running legislative elections in Ponorogo seen from the indicators of responsiveness, responsibility, accountability, and transparency. This studied is intended to examine legislative elections conducted by the Local Election Commission Ponorogo. The problem statement is how the performance and the evaluation results of the Local Election Commission in implementing the 2009 legislative election in Pon orogo? The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. Techniques of collecting data are done by interviews, document study and observation. The validity of the data used data triangulation that is observing data from various source. Technique of analyzing data is interactive analysis with analysis component of the data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusion. The results of this study indicate that generally the performance of Local Election Commission is good enough. This is indicated by the following indicator, poor responsiveness, as each party’s protest of the witness did not directly respond. However the Local Election Commission seemed did not want to know until it ends at the Constituation Court. The responsibility goes well, because every activity run in accordance with the guidelines. Accountability hierarchical runs well, indicated by the report of general election’s implementation. The responsibility to the stakeholder also runs well. The transparency is enough, indicated by the openness of access to information needed by society, although there are some information covered by the Local Election Commission. Keyword : performance evaluation, the local election commission ponorogo, legislative election