1992 Likud leadership election
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The1992Likudleadership election was held on 20 February 1992[1] to elect the leader of the Likud party. It saw the members of Likud's Central Committee reelect incumbent leader and prime ministerYitzhak Shamir, who defeated challenges fromDavid Levy andAriel Sharon
The leadership election took place in advance of the1992 Knesset election. Earlier on the same day as the Likud leadership election, the unofficial tally ofthe leadership election of the rivalIsraeli Labor Party showedYitzhak Rabin as winning that party's leadership.[1]
Both of Shamir's challengers had previously run against him for leadership (Levy in1983 and Sharon in1984).[2]
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 arunoff election to 40% from the previous 50%.[1]
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