2018 Haifa mayoral election

2018 Haifa mayoral election

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Turnout48.85%
 
Candidate Einat Kalisch-Rotem Yona Yahav
Party Living in Haifa Yona Yahav and Haifa's Youth
Popular vote 66,486 43,907
Percentage 56.21% 37.12%

Mayor before election

Yona Yahav
Kulanu

Elected Mayor

Einat Kalisch-Rotem
Labor

The 2018 Haifa mayoral election was held on 30 October 2018 to elect the mayor of Haifa. It saw the election of Einat Kalisch-Rotem, who unseated incumbent mayor Yona Yahav. Kalisch-Rotem became the first female mayor of Haifa, making Haifa the largest city in Israel, and first major Israeli city, to ever have a female mayor.[1][2]

The election was part of the 2018 Israeli municipal elections.

  1. ^ "Haifa elects first woman mayor". Israel National News. JTA. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (31 October 2018). "Einat Kalisch-Rotem, the first woman to lead a major Israeli city, elected in Haifa". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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