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Winner Zalman Shazar | ||
An election to choose the third President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 21 May 1963 following the death of the county's second president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi on 23 April. Between Ben-Zvi's death and the winner of the election, Zalman Shazar, taking office on the day of the vote, Knesset speaker Kadish Luz served as acting president.
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Candidates
There were two candidates:
Results
The election was settled in the first round, with Shazar gaining an outright majority of votes in the 120-seat Knesset.
References
Israeli presidential election, 1963 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA