PENYELESAIAN SENGKETA PEMILIHAN RAJA DI NEGERI HARURU: ANALISIS POLITIK HUKUM DAN PERSPEKTIF MASLAHAHNIM.: 24203011017Muhammad Zun Zun TuhepalyauthorThe election of a king in Haruru Village, Amahai District, Central Maluku Regency, is traditionally based on lineage or clan lineage. However, in practice, this process often leads to prolonged disputes between clan lines, resulting in social divisions, disrupting the country's governance, and weakening the legitimacy of the elected king. Central Maluku Regency Regional Regulations Number 03 and Number 07 of 2006, which should serve as procedural guidelines, have failed to provide a final and universally acceptable resolution. Academic studies linking this issue to the theory of maslahah (benefit) in Islamic law are still very limited. Based on this gap, this study aims to analyse the dispute resolution mechanism for the election of a king in Haruru Village based on customary law and applicable government regulations, and to assess the resolution of this dispute from the perspective of maslahah in Islamic law. This research is normative-empirical legal research with a socio-legal dimension, combining the study of legislation and legal doctrine with the exploration of factual data in the field through interviews and the review of actual legal documents related to the dispute in Haruru Village. This research is descriptive-analytical in nature, systematically outlining relevant concepts and then evaluating them using a framework of legal theory, Mahfud MD's political theory of law, and the maslahah theory developed by Mohammad Hashim Kamali and Jasser Auda. Primary data was obtained from relevant legislation and interviews with informants, while secondary data came from books, journal articles, and previous research relevant to the research theme. Results indicate that the failure to resolve the dispute over the election of the King in Haruru Village is systemic, stemming from several problematic articles in Regional Regulations Number 03 and Number 07 of 2006, which have given rise to three recurring cycles of failure: the cycle of claims for land ownership, the cycle of control over the Saniri, and the cycle of incomplete resolution. From a maslahah perspective, the dispute needs to be resolved in stages through three layers: the substantive-genealogical layer (daruriyyat), the procedural layer (hajiyyat), and the administrative layer (tahsiniyyat), with the emphasis being placed on the epistemological justification for the application of maslahah to the Haruru Protestant Christian community as a universal framework for public welfare, not as a substantive application of Islamic law. This study recommends normative reform of Regional Regulations No. 03 and No. 07 of 2006 based on the principles of dar'ul mafasid, wholeness, and kulliyyah, along with the establishment of an independent genealogical verification institution to achieve a final, just, and acceptable dispute resolution for all households.340 Ilmu Hukum2026-07-07UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA;FAKULTAS SYARIAH DAN HUKUMThesis