Israeli prime ministerial election, 2001
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Prime Ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001, following the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the Israeli Labour Party. Barak was easily defeated by the Likud candidate, Ariel Sharon.
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NATIONAL SUMMARY ========================================================= Eligible Voters: 4,504,769 Total Ballots: 2,805,938 (62.3%) Invalid Ballots: 83,917 (03.0%) --------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Ehud Barak * Labor 1,023,944 37.6 Ariel Sharon Likud 1,698,077 62.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Valid Votes: 2,722,021 ---------------------------------------------------------
The system of directly electing the Prime Minister was abandoned after this election.
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