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Turnout | 52.7% | ||||||||||||
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As a result of the party failing to enter the government after a poor performance in the legislative election in the previous January, a leadership election for the Israeli Labor Party was held on 22 November 2013.
The only round of voting was held on November 22:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||||
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Isaac Herzog ![]() | 16,851 | 58.5% | ||||
Shelly Yachimovich | 11,955 | 41.5% | ||||
Total | 28,806 | — |
According to Ynetnews, turnout of voting Labor Party members was a relatively low 52.7%. Herzog won a majority of the votes cast and was thus elected leader of the party. [2]