1962 Israeli presidential election

1962 Israeli presidential election

30 October 1962

Nominee Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Party Mapai Electoral vote 62

President before election Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Mapai Elected President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Mapai

An election for President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 30 October 1962. Incumbent President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi stood again, and was the only candidate. He was re-elected with 62 of the 104 votes cast. Ben-Zvi's third term began on the day of the election. He later died before his term finished, on 23 April 1963.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi	Mapai	62	100.00
Total			62	100.00
Valid votes			62	59.62
Invalid votes			0	0.00
Blank votes			42	40.38
Total votes			104	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			120	86.67