1 RELASI PARTAI POLITIK DENGAN BASIS MASSA (STUDI KASUS PARTAI PERSATUAN PEMBANGUNAN DENGAN PONDOK PESANTREN AL-ANWAR SARANG) Muhammad Aris Fahmi, S.IP 1 Wawan Edi Kuswandoro, S.Sos, M.Si dan A. Hasan Ubaid, S.IP, M.IP 2 1) Alumni Jurusan Ilmu Politik 2) Staff Pengajar Jurusan Ilmu Politik Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Brawijaya Political parties as one of the elements of democracy on Indonesia, of course, requires a mass base as the party's power. The phenomenon of political relations between the PPP Rembang with Al Anwar Boarding School of Sarang, is one example of the party's relationship with the mass base. In the pattern of relations between the PPP and the Al Anwar Boarding School of Sarang there are various forms of relationships that occur as well as the help of PPP against Al Anwar boarding school, boarding school and mass mobilization in the elections on 2014 to support local and national PPP. The pattern of relations between the PPP and the Pondok Pesantren Al Anwar Sarang is affected by various factors, including historical factors, cultural, and also persona of caregivers boarding school. Through these factors woke relations between the PPP and the Al Anwar Boarding School mutually beneficial to both parties. However, relationships are built not structural, but rather symbolic of several factors that affect the choice of internal mass politics on the boarding school. This research uses descriptive qualitative method to describe the phenomena that occur in the relation of political parties PPP and Al Anwar Boarding School of Sarang to discuss more in depth in the study. So the conclusion is found that there are political interests of the underlying PPP relation to Al Anwar Boarding School of Sarang. Keywords : Politic Party, Mass , Political Relation, PPP, Al Anwar Boarding School, Rembang PENDAHULUAN Pondok Pesantren merupakan lembaga studi Islam yang punya nilai historis terhadap gerakan sosial keagamaan. Lembaga ini merupakan lembaga pendidikan Islam tertua di Indonesia. Maka wajarlah apabila banyak kalangan yang menyebutnya sebagai “Bapak”