FISIP Online, Secretary of Political Science Study Program FISIP UIN Jakarta, namely Suryani, M.Si, underwent an open session for the Promotion of Doctor of Political Science held by FISIP UI on Tuesday, 03 August 2021 online via the online media Zoom with the title Dissertation "Coalition of Islamic Political Parties in the Presidential Election 2014: Case Study of PKS, PPP, PAN and PKB Bargaining Positions in the Coalition" . This Doctoral Promotion Session was accompanied by parents and attended online by several lecturers from FISIP UIN Jakarta.

In this Doctoral Promotion Session, the Promoter is Prof. Dr. Burhan D. Magenda, MA., Co Promoter Chusnul Mar'iyah, Ph.D, and the team of examiners Prof. Dr. Dody Prayogo, MPSt., Prof. Dr. Nurliah Nurdin, S.Sos., MA., Julian Aldrin Pasha, Ph.D., Meidi Kosandi, Ph.D.

This research is motivated by the phenomenon of the electability of Islamic political parties (PKS, PPP, PAN and PKB) which is decreasing with each election. This is indicated by the number of votes in the election which tends not to experience a significant increase. Using the coalition triad theory from Theodore Caplow (1956) which discusses the size of party power as a basis for forming coalitions and determining the position of political bargaining power of coalition members, the theory about the coalition arena from Heywood and Arendt Liphart which discusses the importance of shared ideology in coalitions, the theory regarding the typology of political parties from Almond which is linked to the concept of Islamic parties from Vali Nasr, this qualitative research analyzes problems related to the construction of the coalition buildings that were formed (KIH and KMP) by looking at the position of PKS, PPP, PAN and PKB within them.

"By linking the problem of the existence of similar basic party ideological values ​​and the same mass base characteristics, this research also analyzes the problem of why Islamic political parties did not build a joint coalition to face the 2014 Presidential Election to nominate Islamic political figures as candidates for President and Vice President. ", said Suryani.

The policy seeking orientation, which prioritizes ideology as a motivation for forming coalitions, is no longer considered important. Identifying the vote-getting power of political parties as explained by Caplow is the only strategy for forming coalitions. As a result, pragmatism becomes stronger with office seeking becoming the orientation in coalitions, solidity becomes weak and political parties can easily enter and exit coalitions. Internal party conflict is one of the causes of the weak political bargaining power of parties in the coalition they are entering because it is considered to threaten the electability of the proposed presidential and vice presidential candidates. The failure to build a coalition between Islamic political parties is due to different ideological orientations, the predominance of political pragmatism and the absence of Islamic political elite figures who could unify the divided Islamic political forces. The theoretical implications of this research show that the size of party power as proposed by Caplow in coalition formation is only used as a strategy to gather party strength in contestation.

The character of the masses and the same ideological value background are not utilized by political parties to bargain within the internal coalition in determining important decisions. Theoretically, as stated by Caplow, each coalition member has bargaining power based on the amount of voting power they have. However, in fact, the bargaining position of PKS, PPP and PAN in KMP is very minimal and weak. Likewise with PKB in KIH, even though it is the second largest party in KIH, PKB's weak political bargaining power means that the vice presidential candidate proposed by PKB was not decided to accompany Joko Widodo. as a presidential candidate.