Election Name: | 1992 Likud leadership election |
Flag Image: | Likud Logo.svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1984 Herut leadership election |
Previous Year: | 1984 (Herut) |
Next Election: | 1993 Likud leadership election |
Next Year: | 1993 |
Election Date: | 20 February 1992 |
Image1: | Yitzhak Shamir 1992 Dan Hadani Archive (1).jpg |
Candidate1: | Yitzak Shamir |
Popular Vote1: | 1,286 |
Percentage1: | 46.4% |
Candidate2: | David Levy |
Popular Vote2: | 865 |
Percentage2: | 31.2% |
Image3: | Operation Solomon IDF Archives XVIII (1).jpg |
Candidate3: | Ariel Sharon |
Popular Vote3: | 618 |
Percentage3: | 22.3% |
Leader | |
Before Election: | Yitzhak Shamir |
After Election: | Yitzhak Shamir |
Turnout: | 88% |
The 1992 Likud leadership election was held on 20 February 1992 to elect the leader of the Likud party. It saw the members of Likud's Central Committee reelect incumbent leader and prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, who defeated challenges from David Levy and Ariel Sharon
The leadership election took place in advance of the 1992 Knesset election. 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 1983 and Sharon in 1984).
The electorate for the leadership election were the 3,000 members of Likud's Central Committee.[1] [2] A week before the vote, the party moved to change the required threshold to avoid a runoff election to 40% from the previous 50%.[1]