Environmental Sustainability in Electoral Governance: Evidence from the Bangka Belitung Election Supervisory Board
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https://doi.org/10.54554/jtmt.2025.13.03.001Abstract
Environmental sustainability in electoral governance is rarely studied, even though it is increasingly relevant amid global ecological challenges. This study investigates the influence of green practices, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) awareness, and financial efficiency on the environmental sustainability of election supervision in Bangka Belitung Province, Indonesia. Using survey data from 196 officials of the Provincial and District/City Election Supervisory Boards, analyzed with Partial Least Squares. The findings show that all three factors positively and significantly affect environmental sustainability, with SDG awareness as the strongest predictor. Green practices such as paperless reporting, digital monitoring, and recycling reduce the ecological footprint of election supervision, while financial efficiency enhances eco-efficiency through cost savings and environmental gains. The model explains 48.6% of the variance, indicating moderate explanatory power. This study expands sustainability discourse into electoral governance, highlighting supervisory bodies as protectors of democratic integrity and agents of ecological accountability. Policy recommendations include SDG-based training, institutional promotion of green practices, and stricter budget discipline to support greener elections.
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