The 2021 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 24 January 2021 in the lead-up to the 2021 Israeli legislative election.
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Turnout | 26.01% | ||||||||||||
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The candidates were Merav Michaeli, Avi Shaked, Yitzhak Taym, Gil Beilin, Navah Katz, David Landsman, and Ofer Segman. Michaeli won the leadership election with 77.5% of the vote.[1]
Former Labor leader Amir Peretz was appointed Economy minister, while Itzik Shmuli was appointed as the head of the Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services ministry in the Thirty-fifth government of Israel,[2] despite Peretz promising to not join a Netanyahu-led government.[3] Michaeli did not join the government.[4]
Peretz announced on 23 December that he would neither run for the leadership of the party, nor run for a Knesset seat.[5] He attempted to cancel the primaries, but the Tel Aviv District Court on 3 January 2021 ordered primaries to be held.[6] Peretz appealed to the Supreme Court of Israel (which found in favor of Michaeli on 14 January and set the date of the election for 24 January).[7]
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Merav Michaeli | 7,483 | 77.54 |
Avi Shaked | 1,841 | 19.08 |
Gil Beilin | 229 | 2.37 |
Yitzhak Taym | 37 | 0.38 |
Navah Katz | 23 | 0.24 |
David Landsman | 11 | 0.11 |
Ofer Segman | 6 | 0.06 |
None of the above | 21 | 0.22 |
Total | 9,651 | 100.00 |
Registered voters/turnout | 37,102 | 26.01 |
Source: ICE |