2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

←  2013 4–10 July 2017 (2017-07-04 – 2017-07-10) 2019  →

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 Gabbay Y	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.