1984 Herut leadership election

1984 Herut leadership election
← 1983 12 April 1984 1992 (Likud) →
 
Candidate Yitzhak Shamir Ariel Sharon
Popular vote 407 306
Percentage 56.45% 42.44%
Leader before election

Yitzhak Shamir

 Elected Leader

Yitzhak Shamir

The 1984 Herut leadership election was held on 12 April 1984[1] to elect the leader of the Herut party. It saw the members of Herut's Central Committee reelect Yitzhak Shamir (the incumbent leader and incumbent prime minister), who defeated a challenge from former defense minister Ariel Sharon as well as lawyer Aryeh Chertok.

Herut was the main party of the Likud coalition,[2] making its leader also the leader of that coalition. Party leaders in Israel are typically the party's candidate to be prime minister in Knesset elections.[3] The election was held in advanced of the July 23, 1984 Knesset election.[4]

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  2. ^ Merzer, Martin (10 May 1984). "Herut Party vote advances Sharon's try for a comeback". Newspapers.com. Miami Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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