A TOLERANSI POLITIK ETNIS TIONGHOA DI PROVINSI KEPULAUAN BANGKA BELITUNG

In Bangka Belitung, Malay ethnic and Chinese ethnic have been assimilated for a long time. According to Koentjaningrat (2009: 209), assimilation is a social process that arises when there are: (a) groups of people with different cultural backgrounds, (b) interacting directly with each other intensively for long periods of time so that, (c ) the cultures of the groups each changed to adapt to mixed cultures, the purpose of this study was to find out the factors that were considered by the Chinese in choosing legislative members. The method used in this study is a mix method, which is a quantitative research method used to facilitate qualitative research. The results of this study are that there are several factors that become ethnic Chinese considerations in selecting legislative members, namely considering the area in the selection of legislative members, choosing candidates for legislative members based on attention to the people, honest people and representing the religion and ethnicity of the community