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Abstract

The research on non-vote buying for peaceful election campaign in Roi-Ed province has 4

purposes which included 1) to study the changes that occurred in the project-operated areas 2)
to study the conditions that promote or obstruct the success of non-vote buying campaign 3) to

study the factors of continuity of the non-vote buying campaign in some area and 4) to develop

non-vote buying and peaceful election model. The research was operated on 17 targeted areas

in Roi-Ed Province which were divided into 12 operated areas and 5 non-operated areas. The

research used mixed-method, qualitative and quantitative methods, to collect the data via

questionnaires, documents, and interviews. The findings of the study were analyzed from

questionnaires of 290 samples and 60 interviewing samples.

The finding shows that non-vote buying for peaceful election campaign in Roi-Ed province

can make some changes in knowledge improving, consciousness improving, and electoral

atmosphere improving in a better direction. The sample group perceived a decrease in vote-

buying and an increase in harmony after the election. The project-operated areas have

significantly changed when compared with non-operated areas. However, there were slightly
different in the level of success within the group of operating areas because of the differences in

3 conditions of each area which include; actors, processes, and interest & culture.

Hence, for more effectiveness in non-vote buying and peaceful election campaign, this

research then develops the '5 buildings for free and fair election model' in order to be the

framework and direction in promoting non-vote buying and peaceful election for some areas of
interest. There are 5 conditions that must be encouraged according to the 5 buildings for free and

fair election model which include 1) knowledge building 2) consciousness building 3) collaboration

building 4) channels building and 5) culture building.

Keywords: non-vote buying election, democracy, political participation

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