Gaining about 90 percent of the vote, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer emerged victorious on Wednesday 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 polling stations, protesting allegations of forgeries in the initial September 4 election. Just over 3500 (27% of eligible) voters participated in the re-vote, which was held in some 40 polling stations. Concerning his victory Ben-Eliezer stated that one of his main goals includes focusing on uniting all of the different Labor Party factions.