1984 Herut leadership election

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1984 Herut leadership election
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Candidate Yitzhak Shamir Ariel Sharon
Popular vote 407 306
Percentage 56.45% 42.44%
Leader before election

Yitzhak Shamir

 Elected Leader

Yitzhak Shamir

The 1984

defense minister Ariel Sharon as well as lawyer
Aryeh Chertok.

Herut was the main party of the

July 23, 1984 Knesset election.[4]

Candidates

Campaign

Sharon announced his candidacy on 9 February 1984, in a speech to students at

nationalists.[3]

Election procedure

The electorate for the leadership election were the 3,000 members of Herut's Central Committee.

runoff election to 40% from the previous 50%.[5]

Result

Shamir was reelected. However, Sharon's performance was considered strong, with Shamir's reelection being regarded as relatively narrow. The vote was seen as boosting Sharon's political comeback, and indicating a potential divide within the party.[4]

1984 Herut leadership election[1]
Candidate Votes %
Yitzhak Shamir (incumbent) 407 56.45
Ariel Sharon 306 42.44
Aryeh Chertok 8 1.11
Total votes 721 100

Aftermath

After the leadership election, Sharon continued to stage his political comeback. On May 9, the conference of party leaders which selected Herut's

party list for the upcoming election placed Sharon in the fourth position on the list. He had made an active effort to campaign for the second position on the list (the party leader automatically would be given the first position), which instead went to David Levy. Nonetheless, fourth place was regarded as a high placement, and was seen as positioning him for a ministerial post should the party be successful in the election.[2]

Sharon's comeback frustrated the Israeli Liberal Party, a partner of Herut's in the Likud coalition, who felt his return to prominence saddled the coalition with an extremist image.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Shamir Beats Strong SharonBid To Win Party's Prime Minister Candidacy". Newspapers.com. Hartford Courant. United Press International. 13 Apr 1984. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Merzer, Martin (10 May 1984). "Herut Party vote advances Sharon's try for a comeback". Newspapers.com. Miami Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sharon bids for Herut Party leadership". Newspapers.com. Daily Press (Newport News). The Associated Press. 10 February 1984. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Max, Arthur (3 May 1984). "Israel's ruling party in trouble as elections near". Newspapers.com. Tampa Bay Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Haberman, Clyde (20 February 1992). "Rabin wins Israeli party leadership in vote that may affect Mideast talks". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ Kenig, Ofer (1 February 2021). "The Labor Party Primary Elections". en.idi.org.il (in Hebrew). Israeli Democracy Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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