1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

The 1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 3 June 1997^[1] to elect the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. It saw the election of Ehud Barak.

1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

← 1995 3 June 1997 2001 →
Turnout	69.2%
Candidate Ehud Barak Yossi Beilin Percentage 50.3% 28.5%   Candidate Shlomo Ben-Ami Efraim Sneh Percentage 14.2% 6.6%
Leader before election Shimon Peres Elected Leader Ehud Barak

Background

The leadership vote took place a year after Shimon Peres' narrow defeat in the 1996 Israeli prime ministerial election. After this defeat, Peres decided to not run for reelection as party leader.^[2]

Results

69.2% of the 164,837 general party members that were eligible to vote participated in the election.^[1]

1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election^[1]

Candidate		Votes	%
Ehud Barak			50.3
Yossi Beilin			28.5
Shlomo Ben-Ami			14.2
Ephraim Sneh			6.6
Voter turnout		69.2%