Israeli Labor Party leadership election
2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election
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| | | Candidate | Avi Gabbay | Amir Peretz | Popular Vote | 16,080 | 14,734 | Percentage | 52.2% | 47.8% | |
Leader before election Isaac Herzog | Elected Leader Avi Gabbay | |
The 2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held in July 2017. The first round of voting took place on 4 July. Since none of the candidates won at least 40 percent of the vote, a second round of voting took place in which the two candidates who won the most votes in the first round, Avi Gabbay and Amir Peretz, ran.[1] The second round of voting took place on 10 July, with Avi Gabbay winning 52.2% of the vote.[2]
Results
Candidate | First round[3] | Second round[4] |
Votes | % | Votes | % |
Turnout: 59% |
| Avi GabbayY | 8,395 | 27% | 16,080 | 52.2% |
| Amir Peretz | 10,141 | 32.7% | 14,734 | 47.8% |
| Isaac Herzog | 5,204 | 16.7% |
| Erel Margalit | 4,697 | 16.1% |
| Omer Bar-Lev | 2,147 | 6.9% |
| Avner Ben-Zaken | 56 | 0.18% |
| Hod Krovi | 8 | 0.03% |
| Total | 30,648 | N/A | 30,814 | N/A |
References
- ^ Marissa Newman (4 July 2017). "Herzog unseated as Peretz, Gabbay advance to Labor leadership runoff". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ Raoul Wootliff (10 July 2017). "Labor elects newcomer Avi Gabbay as party leader in major upset". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ אזולאי, מורן; דרוקמן, אטילה שומפלבי וירון (2017-07-04). "פרץ וגבאי עלו לסיבוב השני בבחירות במפלגת העבודה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "דרך חדשה: גבאי ניצח את פרץ בפריימריז של מפלגת העבודה - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2022-05-06.