1992 Likud leadership election
20 February 1992
Turnout88%
 
Candidate Yitzak Shamir David Levy Ariel Sharon
Popular vote 1,286 865 618
Percentage 46.4% 31.2% 22.3%
Leader before election

Yitzhak Shamir

 Elected Leader

Yitzhak Shamir

The 1992 Likud leadership election was held on 20 February 1992[1] to elect the leader of the Likud party. It saw the members of Likud's Central Committee reelect Yitzhak Shamir, who defeated challenges from David Levy and Ariel Sharon

Background

The leadership election took place in advance of the 1992 Knesset election. Earlier on the same day as the Likud leadership election, the unofficial tally of the leadership election of the rival Israeli Labor Party showed Yitzhak Rabin as winning that party's leadership.[1]

Both of Shamir's challengers had previously run against him for leadership (Levy in 1983 and Sharon in 1984).[2]

Candidates

Election procedure

The electorate for the leadership election were the 3,000 members of Likud's Central Committee.[1][2] A week before the vote, the party moved to change the required threshold to avoid a runoff election to 40% from the previous 50%.[1]

Result

1992 Likud leadership election[3][4]
Candidate Votes  %
Yitzhak Shamir (incumbent) 1,286 46.4
David Levy 865 31.2
Ariel Sharon 618 22.3

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haberman, Clyde (20 February 1992). "Rabin wins Israeli party leadership in vote that may affect Mideast talks". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kenig, Ofer (1 February 2021). "The Labor Party Primary Elections". en.idi.org.il (in Hebrew). Israeli Democracy Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Burston, Bradley (21 February 1992). "Shamir retains leadership of Likud as election nears". Newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Reuters. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "⁨הארץ⁩ | Ha'aretz | 21 February 1992 | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". National Library of Israel (in Hebrew). 1992-02-21. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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