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 Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  4. ^ "דרך חדשה: גבאי ניצח את פרץ בפריימריז של מפלגת העבודה - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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