2015 The Jewish Home leadership election

2015 The Jewish Home leadership election
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Turnout57%
 
Candidate Naftali Bennett Shimon Or
Party Jewish Home Jewish Home
Percentage 90% 10%
Leader before election

Naftali Bennett

 Elected Leader

Naftali Bennett

The 2015 The Jewish Home leadership election was held on 14 January 2015[1] to elect the leader of The Jewish Home party. The election took place in advance of the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Incumbent leader Naftali Bennett was handily reelected.

The election coincided with the primaries that determined the party's 2015 legislative election party list.[1]

Background

Bennett was first elected leader of The Jewish Home in 2012, defeating Member of the Knesset Zevulun Orlev.[2] Following the primary, the party won 12 seats in the 2013 legislative election, with Bennett becoming the Minister for Economy.[3][4] On 1 December 2014, the party scheduled elections for both the party leadership and its electoral list for 5 January.[5] On 9 December, the party released a revised schedule, setting the election for 14 January.[6] On 7 January 2015, a week before the election, rabbi Shimon Or announced his intention to challenge Bennett for the party leadership.[7]

Bennett raised 1.2 Million NIS for his re-election between October 2014 and January 2015.[8]

Candidates

Results

2015 The Jewish Home leadership election[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jewish Home Naftali Bennett (incumbent) 90
Jewish Home Shimon Or 10
Turnout   57

Aftermath

Bennett led the party until late 2018, when he left to co-found and lead The New Right.[11] He later became the prime minister of Israel, serving from 2021 through 2022.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Dvorin, Tova (14 January 2015). "Jewish Home Primaries Have Begun". Israel National News. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ Azulay, Moran (6 November 2012). "Naftali Bennett wins Habayit Hayehudi primaries". Ynet. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ Winer, Stuart. "Jewish Home gets the call it was waiting for". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. ^ "Knesset approves Netanyahu's new government, ministers sworn in". Times of Israel. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  5. ^ "למרות המשבר הפנימי: הפריימריז בבית היהודי ייערכו בעוד כחודש". Maariv. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ "פריימריז לרשימת הבית היהודי לכנסת ב-14 לינואר". Kippah (in Hebrew). 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ^ "נא להכיר: המתמודד על ההנהגה מול בנט". Arutz Sheva (in Hebrew). 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  8. ^ תובל, אורי (2015-01-18). "בנט גייס 1.2 מיליון שקל ל"מאבק" במועמד אלמוני על ראשות הבית היהודי". כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  9. ^ a b Hoffman, Gil (22 April 2017). "Politics: Meet Yonatan Branski, the ex-IDF colonel running to lead Bayit Yehudi". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. ^ "הקולות נספרים: איך תיראה רשימת הבית היהודי?". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  11. ^ "Police said probing possible criminality in Bennett's 2012 party leadership bid". The Times of Israel. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  12. ^ "Naftali Bennett Fast Facts". CNN. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2023-03-24.