ABSTRACT This research focuses on political participation of Arab descent ethnic in the presidential election 2014. Participation is important to be examined remembering the succes of election can be seen from participation degree of the society. Arab descent ethincs in Pasar Kliwon sub district is one of minority etnics in Surakarta city that take participation in presidential election in 2014. The problems examined in this research are form and characteristics political partipation of Arab descent ethnic in Pasar Kliwon in the president and vice president election in 2014. Meanwhile, the objectives of this research are to explain and to describe form and characteristics political partipation of Arab descent ethnic in Pasar Kliwon in the presidential election 2014. To answer the problem statement above, there are three theoritical framework, namely political participation in presidential election, Ethnicity and the Presidential election. This research was conducted in Qualitative research through purposive, namely choosing sources derived from the head of PPK and the staff of Pasar Kliwon Sub district office.. other method was snowball, namely research that is conducted based on information from the existed informant. This method is used to explore information from Arab descent ethincs community who participated in presidential election in 2014. The techniques of collecting data were interview and documentation from secondary data related with this research. The result of the research shows that political participation done by the community of Arab descent etnics in Pasar Kliwon sub district in presidential election in 2015 completely autonomy and conventional in step before voting as discussion about problems towards presidential election through informal forums , in the step voter regristration completely stelse passive by waiting tobe registered by registered voter officer, most of Arab descents ethnic ini Pasar Kliwon sub district din not follow campaign because their have the same schedule with their daily routines. Politic Participation ini the stage of voting so enthusiastic tocome to voting place and choose one of candidate for president and vice presiden without any pressure. In step after voting, Arab descent etnic did not attend and participate. Political participation of Arab descent etnics in Pasar Kliwon Sub district showing improvement compared to previous election, where the number of blanks voters in Pasar Kliwon sub disctrict is higher than other sub district in Surakarta,one of number of constributors for blank voter is Arab descent etnics, they are passive and ignore general election activities. The key words : Political Participation, Arab Descent Ethnic, Presidential Election