The Legal positionandfunction of electionsupervisory Institution; A Review of Indonesian Election System.

The implementation of democratic elections in accordance with the principles of the election, then it is very necessary function of oversight by the Elections Supervisory Institution to carry out the function of oversight over the organizers, participants and the public (constituent). As it turns out in practice, however, it has certain weaknesses, particularly in view of the accountability and legitimacy aspects of its establishment. In fact, the dispute settlement authority granted to the Election Supervisory Institution is limited. The type of research in this article is a normative-legal research or also called as doctrinal research. This legal research was conducted by examining library materials or secondary and primary materials. The results of the research indicated that the legal position and function of Election Supervisory Institution deemed important presence in the general election.In order to ensure the implementation of democratic elections in the future it is very necessary to election oversight body through setting in concrete in the Constitution as the highest law.