2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

28 May 2007 (first round)
12 June 2007 (second round)
Turnout65.13% (first round)
64.5% (second round)
 
Candidate Ehud Barak Ami Ayalon
Party Labor Labor
First round 23,887
35.63%
20,514
30.60%
Runoff 34,542
51.29%
32,117
47.69%

 
Candidate Amir Peretz Ophir Pines-Paz
Party Labor Labor
First round 15,037
22.43%
5,330
7.95%

Leader before election

Amir Peretz

Elected Leader

Ehud Barak

A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 12 June 2007, to elect the party's new leader, due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz. The winner was Ehud Barak.