2021 Israeli presidential election

Indirect presidential elections will be held in Israel in 2021. The President of Israel is elected by members of the Knesset for a single seven-year term. Incumbent President Reuven Rivlin,[1] who has been in office since 24 July 2014, is ineligible for re-election.

2021 Israeli presidential election
Summer 2021
Incumbent President

Reuven Rivlin
Likud
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The presidency is a ceremonial position, wielding no real power.[2] The president's main role is following legislative elections, the president meets the leaders of each party to discuss nominations for prime minister, and gives a mandate to try and form a government to the candidate they deem most likely to succeed.

Procedure

The election is conducted in the Knesset, with each member receiving one vote. The election is conducted in a two-round system. If a candidate does not receive a majority in the first round, a runoff is conducted. The ballots are kept secret.

Any Israeli citizen is eligible to run for president. In November 2013, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein ruled that candidates would be barred from raising funds to finance their campaigns.[3]

Candidates

Official candidacy requires the endorsement of 10 Members of the Knesset. Prior to this stage and as of December 2020, four people have announced their interest in running:

Opinion Polls

Although the public will not able to vote in the election, opinion polls were conducted to determine public support for the candidates.

Pollster Date Miriam Peretz Benjamin Netanyahu Amir Peretz Yuli Edelstein Shimon Shetreet Yehudah Glick
Channel 20[8]11 October 202050%23%10%9%5%3%

References
  1. Reuven Rivlin Is Elected Israel's 10th President Haaretz
  2. The Presidency in Israel President of Israel.
  3. Legislators barred from campaign fundraising for Israeli presidency Haaretz, 14 November 2013
  4. "דיווח: יהודה גליק יתמודד לתפקיד נשיא המדינה". סרוגים (in Hebrew). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. , Al Monitor, 10 December 2020
  6. "N12 - הזיגזג של פרץ: התחייב לפני שנה שלא ירוץ לנשיאות | צפו". N12. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. Hebrew University professor Shimon Shetreet running for president, The Jerusalem Post, 7 September 2020
  8. https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9A-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%A8/. Retrieved 12 October 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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