INTEGRATION INTERCONNECTION POLITIC AND ISLAMIC PARTIES (Applying Amin’s Solution for Election Winning)

Abstract

The two backgrounds of this paper have two anxieties, first, Islamic parties in every election in Indonesia always lose compared to the number of Muslim voters, second, the solution for Islamic parties to win in the 2024 elections. The purpose of this study is to answer two research questions, first, what factors what makes Islamic parties lose continuously every election? and second, what is the right solution for Islamic parties to apply in winning elections? Sociology of Religion as an approach and Mixed Methods as a research method. Materials of research come from journals and news media. The results of the study indicate that there are twelve defeat factors for Islamic parties and the solution that can be applied by Islamic parties to win the 2024 election is Amin Abdullah's idea of ​​integration interconnections politic and Islamic parties that have been successfully applied in various fields other than politics, especially in changing IAIN to UIN. The research discussion was divided on the pros and cons of the defeat of the Islamic party, the pros stating the reasonableness of losing because of the factors of defeat and the contra stating the existence of a conspiracy. The conclusion that is a combination of the results and discussion is the defeat of the Islamic party due to internal and external factors and the application of Amin Abdullah's idea in winning the Islamic party in the 2024 election is worth to be practiced. Three recommendations, for Islamic parties immediately apply this solution, for all law faculty - social and political science faculty to develop this idea and for the next researcher to research Islamic parties outside Indonesia.