This research is to find out the leadership of the
village government and to find out society participation in
development planning in Pattondon Salu Village, Maiwa
District, Enrekang Regency. The hypothesis of this study is
that village government leadership has a significant effect on
optimizing society participation in development planning. The
location of this research in Pattondon Salu Village, Maiwa
District, Enrekang Regency. The population in this study is 133
Families (KK). The sampling technique uses incidental
sampling with the Slovin formula. The sample in this study is
100 Families (KK). The techniques of collecting data use
observation, questionnaires, documentation, and interviews.
Quantitative data analysis techniques using frequency
tabulation analysis methods and simple regression analysis
using the SPSS 16.0 for Windows program. This results shows
that, 1) Village government leadership is categorized in the
good criteria with an average percentage of 63.95%, 2) Society
participation in development planning categorized as a fairly
good with an average percentage of 58.95%. In addition, there
is a strong influence between village government leadership
and the optimization of society participation in development
planning.