2008 Meretz leadership election

2008 Meretz leadership election
	March 18, 2008
Turnout	72.95%
Leader before election; Yossi Beilin;	Elected Leader ; Haim Oron;

The 2008 Meretz leadership election was held on March 18, 2008.[1] to elect the leader of the Meretz party.

Candidates

Ran

Ran Cohen, member of the Knesset since 1984 and former minister of industry and trade (1999–2000)
Zahava Gal-On, member of the Knesset since 1999
Chaim Oron, member of the Knesset (1988–2000 and again since 2003) and former minister of agriculture (1999–2000)

Withdrew

Yossi Beilin, incumbent party leader[2]

Campaign

After Oron declared that he would run for party leader, incumbent party leader Yossi Beilin withdrew from the election.[2]

Election system and conduct

The election was open to all members of the party.[1] If no candidate had secured an outright majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election would have been held.[2]

On the day of the election, Cohen filed a complaint with the party's election committee alleging irregularities at some polling stations. Gal-On demanded that three polling stations located in Deir al-Asad have their votes discounted, alleging that her campaign's representatives were blocked from overseeing the voting there and were physically assaulted.[2]

Results

Around 75% of party members participated in the election.[1] Oron won the outright majority required to forgo a runoff election, winning the party's leadership outright in the initial round of voting.[1][2]

2008 Meretz leadership election[1][2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Meretz	Chaim Oron	5,709	54.5
	Meretz	Ran Cohen	2,830	27.1
	Meretz	Zahava Gal-On	1,891	18.1
Total votes			10,476	100
Turnout				72.95

References

Stern Stern Hoffman, Gil (18 March 2008). "New Meretz leader rejects offer to join gov't". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
Somfalvi, Attila (19 March 2008). "MK Oron voted new Meretz chairman". Ynetnews. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
"צפו בתוצאות הבחירות ליו"ר מרצ-יחד". Meretz. 2008-11-19. Archived from the original on 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

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[jpost1-1] Stern Stern Hoffman, Gil (18 March 2008). "New Meretz leader rejects offer to join gov't". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[ynetnews-2] Somfalvi, Attila (19 March 2008). "MK Oron voted new Meretz chairman". Ynetnews. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

[3] "צפו בתוצאות הבחירות ליו"ר מרצ-יחד". Meretz. 2008-11-19. Archived from the original on 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.