2018 Haifa mayoral election

2018 Haifa mayoral election
30 October 2018
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
Yona Yahav and Haifa's Youth

 Elected mayor

Einat Kalisch-Rotem
Living in Haifa

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.

The election was part of the 2018 Israeli municipal elections.

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