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
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Eligible Voters:                 4,504,769
Total Ballots:                   2,805,938 (62.3%)
Invalid Ballots:                    83,917 (03.0%)
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Candidate         Party          Votes      %
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Ehud Barak *      Labor          1,023,944  37.6
Ariel Sharon      Likud          1,698,077  62.4
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Valid Votes:                     2,722,021
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The system of directly electing the Prime Minister was abandoned after this election.