2008 Meretz leadership election
Election for leader of the Meretz Party
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Candidates
Ran
- Ran Cohen, member of the Knesset since 1984 and former minister of industry and trade (1999–2000)
- Zehava Galon, member of the Knesset since 1999
- Haim Oron, member of the Knesset (1988–2000 and again since 2003) and former minister of agriculture (1999–2000)
Withdrew
- Yossi Beilin, incumbent party leader[2]
Campaign
After Oron declared that he would run for party leader, incumbent party leader Yossi Beilin withdrew from the election.[2]
Election system and conduct
The election was open to all members of the party.[1] If no candidate had secured an outright majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election would have been held.[2]
On the day of the election, Cohen filed a complaint with the party's election committee alleging irregularities at some polling stations. Galon demanded that three polling stations located in Deir al-Asad have their votes discounted, alleging that her campaign's representatives were blocked from overseeing the voting there and were physically assaulted.[2]