The 1992
Likud leadership election was held on 20 February 1992
to elect the leader of the Likud party. It saw the reelection of
Yitzhak Shamir, who defeated challenges from
David Levy and
Ariel Sharon
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Background
The leadership election took place in advance of the
1992 Knesset election
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. Earlier on the same day as the Likud leadership election, the unofficial tally of
the leadership election of the rival
Israeli Labor Party showed
Yitzhak Rabin as winning that party's leadership.
Both of Shamir's challengers had previously run against him for leadership (Levy in
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Candidates
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David Levy,
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Yitzhak Shamir, incumbent leader and incumbent prime minister
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Ariel Sharon
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Election procedure
The electorate for the leadership election were the 3,000 members of Likud's Central Committee.
A week before the vote, the party moved to change the required threshold to avoid a
runoff election
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to 40% from the previous 50%.
Result
References
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