The ideal concept of formal term application in the dispute settlement on local government election results in Indonesian constitutional court

This study aims to describe the ideal concept of application of formal terms in the settlement of disputes on the results of the election of the head area in the Indonesian Constitutional Court. This study focuses on the idea that the Constitutional Court as a guardian of the constitution and democracy must be subject to the constitution as the highest law in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. From 2008 to 2021, the Constitutional Court has exercised this authority in (2) two periods, namely when the settlement of disputes over the results of the regional head elections in the general election regime in 2008 to 2013 and the regional government regime from 2015 to 2021. Methods in the study This research uses the type of doctrinal research method, which in terms of its nature, this research is a descriptive research, which is a research that describes something in terms of certain space and time.&nbsp