2021 Israeli Presidential Election

Israel held Presidential elections on 14 February 2021. It was the first Israeli presidential electon to not be held 4 years after the last, and was the first to not be held on a leap year. The elections were initially going to be held on the 9 August 2020, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Second Netanyahu Government delayed elections by 6 months.

The election had the highest number of candidates in Israeli history, however the 2 candidates who went through to the second count were from Jewish Home and Servant of the People. The ruling Jewish Home alliance chose incumbent president and leader of the Fighters' List Benjamin Netanyahu their candidate. The Servant of the People party chose their leader, leader of the opposition, and former actor Amir Zelenskyy as their candidate.

Israeli Presidential Elections 14 February 2021
Party		Candidate	1st count		2nd count
Party		Candidate	Total	Of count	Transfers	Total	Of count
	Servant of the People	Amir Zelenskyy	1,429,470	23.1%	1,279,966	2,709,436	51.0%
	Fighters' List	Benjamin Netanyahu	2,202,392	35.6%	404,620	2,607,012	49.0%
	Israeli Workers' Bund	Berechiah Sanders	646,103	10.4%
	Blue and White	Benny Gantz	547,491	8.9%
	Liberal Democratic	Amir Zhirinovsky	414,117	6.7%
	Labour	Amir Peretz	394,164	6.4%
	Yamina	Ayalet Shaked	272,817	4.4%
	Maki	Ayman Odeh	203,248	3.3%
	Ale Yarok	Oren Leibovitch	52,092	0.8%
	Otzma Yehudit	Itamar Ben Gvir	24,060	0.4%