Social Values & Society 1(4) (2019) 18-20 Cite The Article: Budi Kurniadi, Nantia Rena Dewi Munggaran (2019). Political Education And Political Participation Of Millennial Generation In The 2019 Indonesian Elections. Social Values & Society, 1(4):18-20. E-ISSN: 2682-7964 (Online) CODEN : SVSOC5 ARTICLE DETAILS Article History: Received 10 September 2019 Accepted 15 October 2019 Available online 12 November 2019 ABSTRACT Democracy has broad consequences, not only the democratization of the person and the social structure, but the democratic system applied must also be directed to change the political attitude of the individual and contribute to the renewal of the political system and change the structure of his society. This began when the people were involved in the election which was built through education and political participation. The implementation of Indonesian political democracy through elections still leaves practical problems that demand analysis of critical thinking. The dynamics of political democracy in elections for the millennial generation as first-time voters revolve around trust and distrust of political contestants, thus affecting the level of political participation. This study aims to describe and analyze the dynamics of political democracy in the perspective of the relationship between political education and millennial generation participation in the 2019 elections in Bandung using descriptive survey methods. The results of the study concluded that the relationship between political education and political participation of the millennial generation in the 2019 Indonesian elections was quite strong and significant; this shows that political education is needed to reduce the number of abstentions and increase the political participation of citizens. KEYWORDS Democracy, millennial, political education, and political participation. 1. INTRODUCTION Political dynamics in the democratic process often cause problems, such as poor ethical and moral behavior. Global information transactions and the pragmatic-materialism mindset have an impact on the erosion and marginalization of political ethics. Global information transactions and the pragmatic-materialism mindset have an impact on the erosion and marginalization of political ethics. This makes democracy in Indonesian elections loaded with the interests of power, conflict, and consensus played by political elites. Democracy as a means of political education for the people is a systematic educational effort to shape individuals who are politically aware and able to become politically responsible political actors in realizing political goals [1]. It is in this context that the young generation known as millennial generation is a component of the state that is demanded to be critical in responding to the dynamics of democratic politics, learn from political empiricism, choose, and develop ideal democratic principles so that democratic life can be realized for the better. This shows that the younger generation is an important part of national life so their active role as social control and agents of change is needed in political development. Sociological facts show that not all Indonesian youth realize their important role as a major part of the life of the nation. Youth must also become a generation of political literacy that is characterized by the noble values of the nation so that democracy can be well developed. The fundamental problem that is a common symptom in millennials is often regarded as a generation that is not concerned with political issues and does not want to participate in elections. Millennials live in an era of digital information that is easily openly accessed via the internet. Millennial potential reached 23% in the 2014 Indonesian elections. Millennial generation classified as rational and critical voters also increased to 34.2% [2]. Millennial political participation is very much needed. In this connection in Bandung in 2019 millennial generation reaches 30% of the permanent voter population of 1.7 million. An interesting challenge to study concerns education and political participation in the form of attitudes and behavior of this generation towards political activities [3]. The ideal political education given to formal and informal educational institutions is in fact different from the political reality and political behavior without ethics by offering lies and promises of elites that threaten democratic life. The implementation of Indonesian political democracy through elections still leaves practical problems that demand analysis of critical thinking. The dynamics of political democracy in elections for the millennial generation as first-time voters revolve around trust and distrust of political contestants, thus affecting the level of political participation. In this study the dynamics of Indonesia's democratic politics are revealed in the perspective of the relationship between political education and the political participation of millennials in the 2019 Indonesian Elections. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW In the practical setting, political education is correlated with participation, because political education is a function of political structure that aims to increase people's political knowledge so that they can participate in a political system. Political education can also be understood as a process of influencing individuals through the provision of information, insights, and political skills so that they can have a critical attitude and be able to reorient themselves and their environment. Social Values and Society (SVS) DOI : http://doi.org/10.26480/svs.04.2019.18.20 RESEARCH ARTICLE POLITICAL EDUCATION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF MILLENNIAL GENERATION IN THE 2019 INDONESIAN ELECTIONS Budi Kurniadi, Nantia Rena Dewi Munggaran Government Studies Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Langlangbuana, Bandung Indonesia. *Corresponding Author Email: kurnia17076@yahoo, nantiavenus@gmail.com This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited