2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

2017 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

4–10 July 2017 (2017-07-04 – 2017-07-10)
vote by general membership of party
Candidate Avi Gabbay Amir Peretz Isaac Herzog First round 8,395 27.0% 10,141 32.7% 5,204 16.7% Runoff 16,080 52.2% 14,734 47.8%   Candidate Erel Margalit Omer Bar-Lev First round 4,697 16.1% 2,147 6.9%
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. The second round of voting took place on 10 July, with Avi Gabbay winning 52.2% of the vote.

Results

Candidate		First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Turnout: 59%
	Avi GabbayY	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