2005 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

2005 Israeli Labor Party leadership election
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Turnout63.88%
 
Candidate Amir Peretz Shimon Peres Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Party Labor Labor Labor
Popular vote 27,098 25,572 10,764
Percentage 42.2% 39.82% 16.76%
Leader before election

Shimon Peres (interim)

 Elected Leader

Amir Peretz

A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 9 November 2005. Chairman of the Histadrut Trade union Amir Peretz defeated Deputy Prime Minister[1] and incumbent leader of the party Shimon Peres.[2][3]

  1. ^ Somfalvi, Attila (2005-11-10). "מהפך בעבודה: עמיר פרץ נבחר לראשות המפלגה" [Upset in Labor: Amir Peretz elected party leader]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  2. ^ Somfalvi, Attila (2005-11-09). "פרס ל-ynet: אם לא יהיה שינוי, נצא מהממשלה" [Peres to Ynet: If there will be no change, we will leave the government]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. ^ ynet (2005-11-10). "עמיר פרץ: מחקלאי בכיסא גלגלים למנהיג העובדים" [Amir Peretz: from Wheelchair-bound farmer to Worker's leader]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-04.