Dalam penelitian ini terdapat dua permasalahan yakni: 1) Bagaimanakah persoalan pengaturan dalam pencalonan pemilihan kepala daerah dengan munculnya dinasti politik dalam demokrasi? 2) Bagaimana dampak dinasti politik terhadap prinsip checks and balances di daerah? Jenis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian hukum normatif. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan terdapat beberapa permasalahan dalam pengaturan pencalonan pemilihan kepala daerah dengan munculnya dinasti politik yang berdampak pada prinsip checks and balances di daerah. Pemasalahan mengenai pengaturan dalam syarat calon kepala daerah dan juga 4 (empat) kasus di daerah dengar berlatar belakang dinasti politik yang berdampak pada prinsip checks and balances di daerah. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan DPR dan Presiden seharusnya melalukan penyempurnaan dalam mekanisme dan syarat pencalonan kepala daerah dalam Undang-Undang Pemilahan Kepala Daerah terhadap munculnya dinasti politik tanpa membatasi hak konstitusional warga negara, mengatur kembali ketentuan mengenai uji publik dengan mempertimbangkan masalah waktu dan anggaran, serta perlu mengkaji kembali mengenai syarat ambang batas dalam pencalonan kepala daerah.

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In this research, there are two problems, namely: 1) How is the issue of regulation in the nomination of regional head elections with the emergence of political dynasties in democracy? 2) What is the impact of political dynasties on the principle of checks and balances in the regions? The type used in this research is normative legal research. This research concludes that there are several problems in regulating the nomination of regional head elections with the emergence of political dynasties which have an impact on the principle of checks and balancb es in the regions. Problems regarding the regulation of the requirements for regional head candidates as well as 4 (four) cases in the hearing area with a political dynasty background that have an impact on the principle of checks and balances in the regions. This research recommends that the DPR and the President should make improvements to the mechanism and requirements for nomination of regional heads in the Law on the Sorting of Regional Heads against the emergence of political dynasties without limiting the constitutional rights of citizens, re-arrange the provisions on public examinations by considering time and budget issues, and need to review again regarding the threshold requirements in the nomination of regional heads.