2002 Likud leadership election

Likud leadership election November 2022 2002 Likud leadership election presidential no September 1999 Likud leadership election 1999 (Sep) 2005 Likud leadership election 2005 28 November 2002 Ariel Sharon Headshot (1).jpg Ariel Sharon 78,740 55.88% File:Benjamin Netanyahu (2003 a).jpg Benjamin Netanyahu 56,480 40.08% Moshe Feiglin (1).jpg Moshe Feiglin 4,870 3.46% Leader Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon 46.24% Likud Likud Likud The 2002 Likud leadership election was held on 28 November 2002Kenig Ofer Democratizing Party Leadership Selection in Israel: A Balance Sheet Israel Studies Forum 2009 24 1 62–81 41805011 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41805011 25 January 2022 1557-2455 to elect the leader of the Likud party. Incumbent prime minister and party leader Ariel Sharon was reelected, fending off a challenge from former prime minister and party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as a lesser challenge from Moshe Feiglin. Candidates Moshe Feiglin, co-founder of the Manhigut movement Benjamin Netanyahu, incumbent minister of foreign affairs, former prime minister (1996–1999), former Likud party leader (1993–1999) Ariel Sharon, incumbent prime minister and Likud party leader Campaign The election was held ahead of the 2003 Israeli legislative election, a snap election that Sharon had called as prime minister. While Sharon enjoyed high approval among the general public, his move towards the political center had offput many in they party's right-wing base, making him appear vulnerable in the party's leadership election. Three hours after he announced the snap election, former prime minister and party leader Benjamin Netanyahu declared his candidacy for the leadership election.Goodspeed Peter Sharon calls snap election, leadership race https://www.newspapers.com/image/514031184 subscription Newspapers.com National Post 5 November 2022 en November 6, 2002 Originally, Netanyahu stated that he planned to campaign on the economy. But he pivoted quickly to an all-out attack on Sharon's potential plans for pursuing a two-state solution. Sharon, on the other hand, campaigned, in part, by contrasting his broad electoral success in the 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election with Netanyahu's narrow 1996 victory and his broad 1999 loss.Kalman Matthew Likud's big face-off https://www.newspapers.com/image/427039722 Newspapers.com Southam News The Gazette 5 November 2022 subscription en November 25, 2002 Days before the vote, a poll of Likud members projected that Sharon would defeat Netanyahu by 16 or 18 percent. Electorate The leadership election was open to the party's general membership, which, at the time, numbered at 305,000. Result 2002 Likud leadership electionBahur Diana 2002-11-29 ניצחון מוחץ לשרון בפריימריס https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2281254,00.html 2022-11-24 ynet he Likud Ariel Sharon (incumbent) 78,740 55.88 Likud Benjamin Netanyahu 56,480 40.08 Likud Moshe Feiglin 4,870 3.46 46.24 See also 2002 Israeli Labor Party leadership election References Likud leadership Category:Likud leadership elections Likud Likud leadership election Category:Ariel Sharon Category:Benjamin Netanyahu Category:Moshe Feiglin