Election Name: | Israeli presidential election, 1957 |
Country: | Israel |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1952 Israeli presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1962 Israeli presidential election |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Election Date: | 28 October 1957 |
Image1: | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.jpg |
Nominee1: | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
Electoral Vote1: | 76 |
Party1: | Mapai |
President | |
After Election: | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
After Party: | Mapai |
Before Election: | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
Before Party: | Mapai |
An election for President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 28 October 1957 following the end of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi's five-year term in office. Ben-Zvi stood again, and it was suggested that Yosef Yoel Rivlin (father of future president Reuven Rivlin) would run against him as a representative of Herut.[1] However, in the end Rivlin did not participate in the election.[2] [3]
Although Ben-Zvi was the only candidate, a vote was still held. He was re-elected with 76 of the 94 ballots cast; the other 18 votes were blank ballots. 26 Knesset members did not vote.
Ben-Zvi's second term began on the day of the election.