2013 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

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2013 Israeli Labor Party leadership election
Logo haAwoda.svg
  2011 22 November 2013 2017  
Turnout52.7%
  Isaac Herzog.jpg SHly.jpg
Candidate Isaac Herzog Shelly Yachimovich
Popular Vote16,85111,955
Percentage58.5%41.5%

Leader before election

Shelly Yachimovich

Elected Leader

Isaac Herzog

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.

Contents

Candidates

Results

The only round of voting was held on November 22:

CandidateVotes %
Turnout:
52.7%
Isaac Herzog Green check.svg16,851
58.5%
Shelly Yachimovich 11,955
41.5%
Total28,806

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "דרמה בעבודה: הרצוג הביס את יחימוביץ' בפער גדול - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. Moran Azulay (22 November 2013). "Drama in Labor party: Herzog beats Yachimovich for chairmanship". Ynetnews.