2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

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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 GabbayGreen tickY 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

  1. Marissa Newman (4 July 2017). "Herzog unseated as Peretz, Gabbay advance to Labor leadership runoff". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. Raoul Wootliff (10 July 2017). "Labor elects newcomer Avi Gabbay as party leader in major upset". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. אזולאי, מורן; דרוקמן, אטילה שומפלבי וירון (2017-07-04). "פרץ וגבאי עלו לסיבוב השני בבחירות במפלגת העבודה". Ynet (in עברית). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  4. "דרך חדשה: גבאי ניצח את פרץ בפריימריז של מפלגת העבודה - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in עברית). 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2022-05-06.