Gaining about 90 percent of the vote in a runoff election, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer emerged victorious on Wednesday thereby becoming the new chairman of the Labor Party. Ben-Eliezer defeated Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg for the position in an election surrounded by controversy. Less than 1 percent of the Druze sector voted in yesterday’s runoff, protesting allegations of forgeries in the initial September 4 election. Overall just 27 percent of 12,647 eligible voters participated in the re-vote. Concerning his victory Ben-Eliezer told Israel Radio that one of his main goals includes focusing on uniting all of the different Labor party factions.