1992 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1992 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 70.10% Havoda (1977-1992).png presidential no vote by general membership of party 1984 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1984 1995 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1995 20 February 1992 Primary Elections in The Israeli Labour Party, 1992 II Dan Hadani Archive.jpg Yitzak Rabin 40.6% File:Shimon Peres (FL45969363).jpg Shimon Peres 34.5% File:Signing ceremony of the newly accepted wage agreement between the government, the Histadrut workers union and the Manufacturers Association (FL45832195).jpg Yisrael Kessar 19.0% Ora Namir at the Commercial and Industrial Club (cropped).jpg Ora Namir 5.5% Leader Shimon Peres Yitzhak Rabin The 1992 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 20 February 1992Black Ian Rabin boosts Labour's poll chances https://www.newspapers.com/image/259947234 Newspapers.com The Guardian 16 July 2021 en subscription 21 Feb 1992 to elect the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. The winner was Yitzhak Rabin, who defeated incumbent Shimon Peres, as well as Yisrael Kessar and Ora Namir. The leadership election was the first in Israeli history to be open to a party's entire membership. Background The election was the first time that the Israeli Labor Party had elected its leader by a vote open to its entire party membership. It was the first party leadership vote of its kind in Israeli history.Hadar Leon T. The Israeli Labor Party: Peacemaker or Likud II? https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2537521.pdf Journal of Palestine Studies 16 July 2021 80–94 10.2307/2537521 1992 21 3 2537521 Shimon Peres had served as the party's leader since 1977. During his leadership, the party had failed to emerge victorious in four consecutive Knesset elections.Williams Daniel Likud Blames Its Own Missteps for Debacle https://www.newspapers.com/image/177428096 Newspapers.com Los Angeles Times 8 February 2022 en subscription 25 June 1992 Rabin had preceded Peres in the role of the party's leader, before resigning in 1977. This was the fourth (and final) leadership election in which Peresa and Rabin faced each other (following the 1974 and February 1977, and 1980 leadership elections). In 1990, following the backfiring of "the dirty trick" on Peres and the Labor Party, and once it became evident that Yitzhak Shamir would likely succeed in forming a new government coalition without the Israeli Labor Party, Rabin unsuccessfully sought to convince the party to schedule a leadership election in 1990. A prospective leadership race in 1990 had looked promising to Rabin. Peres was weakened from the backfiring of "the dirty trick", and polling showed Rabin to be the nation's most popular politician. Additionally, many of Peres' longtime backers in the party had begun shifting their support to Rabin. In July 1990, the Labor Party's 120 member Leadership Bureau voted to recommend that the party hold an immediate leadership election. However, one week later, on 22 July 1990, the 1,400 member Labor Party Central Committee voted 54 to 46% against holding an immediate leadership contest.Diehl Jackson Israeli Labor Party Ends Rabin's Takeover Bid https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/07/23/israeli-labor-party-ends-rabins-takeover-bid/71c660f3-29b1-4a6a-9cda-cbe637f26358/ Washington Post 23 July 1990 This set the part up to not hold a leadership election until at least the following year, unless the next Knesset election were to have been scheduled earlier than the anticipated 1992.Brinkley Joel Peres Overcomes Rabin Challenge https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/23/world/peres-overcomes-rabin-challenge.html The New York Times 8 February 2022 23 July 1990 The committee's vote to reject Rabin's push for a 1990 leadership contest was regarded as an upset result. At the same time that the party's Central Committee decided against holding a leadership election in the year 1990, it became evident that the next leadership election might feature additional (younger) contenders, and not just Peres and Rabin, with both Ora Namir and Moshe Shahal declaring that they intended to run for Labor Party leader. Ultimately, Shahal abandoned his plans.Ruby Robert Peres, Rabin enter ring for last time Israelis contesting Labor's leadership https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/02/18/peres-rabin-enter-ring-for-last-time-israelis-contesting-labors-leadership/ Baltimore Sun 8 February 2022 en 18 February 1992 Candidates Yisrael Kessar, head of Histadrut Ora Namir, member of the Knesset Shimon Peres, incumbent party leader and former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, former prime minister and former Israeli Labor Party leader Campaign The race was widely a horserace between Rabin and Peres. Ahead of the leadership election, polling for the upcoming 1992 Israeli legislative election indicated that the party would fare better in the legislative election under the leadership of Rabin than it would under Peres.Black Ian Rabin 'beats Peres' to head Labour https://www.newspapers.com/image/259945916 Newspapers.com The Guardian 16 July 2021 en subscription 20 Feb 1992 Israeli political commentators also widely believed that the party would have a stronger odds of electoral success under Rabin than under Peres. While polling, before the leadership election, had a Likud-led coalition as the likely outcome of the legislative election, polling and the opinions of commentators indicated that, if were Rabin were to become the Labour leader, there would be a strong increase in the chances of Labour taking lead in the legislative election. Polls showed the leadership election to be very close, with no clear front-runner between Rabin and Peres.Walker Tony Rabin v Peres shapes up as a close tussle https://www.newspapers.com/image/120605037 Newspapers.com The Sydney Morning Herald 16 July 2021 en subscription 20 Feb 1992 Result 108,347 party members participated in the vote, equal to 70.10% of the party's roughly 150,000 members.Kenig Ofer The Labor Party Primary Elections https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33585 en.idi.org.il Israeli Democracy Institute 16 July 2021 he 1 February 2021 If no candidate had received at least 40% of the vote, a runoff election would have been held. Rabin placed first, and managed to narrowly surpass the 40% threshold, thereby winning the leadership election outright in the initial round. The polling location in Kiryat Shmona (the polling location for 500 party members) was not opened for the vote due to conflict arising in the area at the time of the vote. Polling stations in all other areas of the country, however, were opened as planned.Lynfield Ben Rabin defeats Peres in Labor party primary https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/02/20/Rabin-defeats-Peres-in-Labor-party-primary/4021698562000/ UPI 8 February 2022 en 20 February 1992 Yisrael Kessar's performance was regarded as surprisingly strong.Haberman Clyde Rabin wins Israeli party leadership in vote that may affect Mideast talks https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/02/20/rabin-wins-israeli-party-leadership-in-vote-that-may-affect-mideast-talks/ Baltimore Sun 8 February 2022 en 20 February 1992 1992 Israeli Labor Party leadership electionRabin wrests Labor Party leadership from Peres https://www.newspapers.com/image/66438715 Newspapers.com The Bangor Daily News The Associated Press 8 February 2022 en subscription 20 February 1992 Yizhak Rabin 40.6 Shimon Peres (incumbent) 34.5 Yisrael Kessar 19.0 Ora Namir 5.5 108,347 100 70.10 References Category:1992 elections in Israel Category:Israeli Labor Party leadership elections Israeli Labor Party Category:February 1992 in Asia Category:Yitzhak Rabin Category:Shimon Peres