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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]
Candidate | First round [3] | Second round [4] | |||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Turnout: | |||||||
Avi Gabbay ![]() | 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 |
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