Yitzhak Rabin Shimon Peres The April 1977 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 11 April 1977.

[1] It saw Defense Minister Shimon Peres elected by the party's central committee by acclamation to replace Yitzhak Rabin as the party's leader, being unchallenged in the vote.

The vote took place following the resignation of Rabin on 7 April 1977,[2] and was also in advance of the 1977 Knesset election.

[1][3] Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, who had been Peres' only challenger, stepped aside in deference to Peres, with the promise that he would receive the ministerial position of his choice if Labor led the government formed after the pending Knesset election (Allon had made it known he desired to become defense minister).

[2] Peres was formally elected on 11 April by acclamation, using a show of hands.