The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the leader of a youth organization with a candidate for Parliament in the electoral district of North Sumatra 1 which is conducted on a transactional basis. The method used is the qualitative approach. The data obtained in the form of a written document or in-depth interviews with 15 people. The observation and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) will be analyzed using qualitative analysis techniques typology. The study concluded that the pattern of relationship exists is a mutualism which is conducted transactionally. The form of transactions conducted by the youth organization figure is by providing the votes for the candidate for DPR in the electoral district of North Sumatra 1 with some requirements such as funds for the operations of supports and assistances for the organization and the figure itself. The relationship pattern formed by the figures of youth organizations is characterized by the presence of mutual coalition (symbiotic mutualism). The coalition is working to establish an access to the state powers and local resources by rationalizing the importance of money to the people who need it. The new relationship pattern grows when the electoral system is possible for the constellation of relative power is controlled by the interests of the elite of youth organizations.

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