| Election Name: | 1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election |
| Flag Image: | Logo haAwoda.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Israeli Labor Party leadership election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2001 Israeli Labor Party leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
| Election Date: | 3 June 1997 |
| Turnout: | 69.2% |
| Image1: | Ehud Barack 1999 (1).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Ehud Barak |
| Percentage1: | 50.3% |
| Candidate2: | Yossi Beilin |
| Percentage2: | 28.5% |
| Image4: | Shlomo Ben Ami (2).JPG |
| Candidate4: | Shlomo Ben-Ami |
| Percentage4: | 14.2% |
| Image5: | Dr. Ephraim Sneh (1).jpg |
| Candidate5: | Efraim Sneh |
| Percentage5: | 6.6% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Shimon Peres |
| After Election: | Ehud Barak |
The 1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 3 June 1997 to elect the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. It saw the election of Ehud Barak.
The leadership vote took place a year after Shimon Peres' narrow defeat in the 1996 Israeli prime ministerial election. After this defeat, Peres decided to not run for reelection as party leader.[1]
69.2% of the 164,837 general party members that were eligible to vote participated in the election.