Elections are held in Tel Aviv to elect the city's mayor. Currently, such elections are regularly scheduled to elect mayors to five-year terms.

Prior to 1978, mayors were selected by a vote of the city council. Since 1978, direct elections have been held for mayor.

1978 The 1978 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 8, November 1978, and saw the reelection of Shlomo Lahat.

1978 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Shlomo Lahat (incumbent) Likud 85,092 58.36 Asher Ben-Natan Alignment 43,025 29.51 Haim Menachem Besuk United Religious Front 12,093 8.30 Yitzhak Artzi Independent Liberals 5,579 3.83 Total 145,789 100

1983 The 1983 Tel Aviv mayoral election saw the reelection of Shlomo Lahat to a third consecutive term.

1989 The 1989 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 28 February 1989, and saw the reelection of Shlomo Lahat to a fourth consecutive term.

1989 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Shlomo Lahat (incumbent) Likud 70,052 55.3 Natan Wolloch Labor 24,254 19.1 Mordechai Yitzhari United Religious Front 11,898 9.4 Mordechai Virshubski Ratz 7,205 5.7 Aryeh Zucker Mapam 6,192 4.9 Yitzhak Artzi Independent Liberals 4,476 3.5 Yair Rotlevy Shinui 2,600 2.1 Total 126,677 100

1993 The 1993 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 2 November 1993, and saw the election of Roni Milo.

1993 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Roni Milo I am a Tel Avivi 62,553 47.15 Avigdor Kahalani Labor 56,383 42.50 Mordechai Yitzhari United Religious Front 8,959 6.75 Mordechai Virshubski Meretz 4,769 3.60 Total 132,664 100

1998 The 1998 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 10 November 1998, and saw the election of Ron Huldai.

Incumbent mayor Roni Milo had opted against seeking reelection, instead planning to run for prime minister in 2000 as the head of a new centrist political party.

Huldai had been the principal of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. Huldai ran as an independent candidate with the support of the Israeli Labor Party. Huldai was regarded to be a political liberal. His opponents included former general Doron Rubin and actor Samuel Vilozny.

Huldai was considered the front-runner during the campaign.

The campaign of Doron Rubin never received much momentum.

There were instances of electoral violence during the campaign. Instances included a switchboard serving Huldai's campaign office was set on fire, a firebomb being tossed at one of the mayoral candidates homes, and a car belonging to a volunteer for one of the campaigns being set on fire.

Huldai's victory was regarded to be a landslide.

1998 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidateCandidateVotes%Ron Huldai One Tel Aviv 66,701 50.25 Doron Rubin Doron for Tel Aviv 32,917 25.19 Samuel Vilozny Samuel Vilozny - Our City 17,655 13.51 Naftali Lobert United Torah Judaism 7,888 6.04 Dan Darin-Dravkin Lev - Dan Darin's list 3,282 2.51 Yehudit Arad Tel Aviv elects residents 2,385 1.83 Arieh Chertok Tel Aviv 2000 837 0.64 Total 130,665 100

2003 The 2003 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 28 October 2003, and saw the reelection of Ron Huldai. Huldai won 55,966 votes (62.91% of the vote) against 5 opponents.

2003 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Ron Huldai (incumbent) One Tel Aviv 55,966 62.91 Arnon Giladi Likud 11,507 12.93 Pe'er Visner The Greens 8,531 9.59 Gila Hertz Gila Hertz-Public Right 7,082 7.96 Israel Meir Godovich Godovich is good for Tel Aviv 5,864 6.59 Naftali Lobert United Religious Front 11 0.01 Total 88,961 100

2008 The 2008 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 11 November 2008, and saw the reelection of Ron Huldai to a third consecutive term. Huldai won 51% of the vote.

Candidates Ron Huldai, incumbent mayor since 1998 Dov Khenin (City for All), member of the Knesset Oren Shahor, retired general Pe'er Visner, chair of The Greens and 2003 mayoral candidate Asma Agbaria Zahalka

Campaigning Huldai was considered the election's front-runner. However, he faced criticisms accusing him of failing to address the demand for affordable housing in the city. and alleging that development in the city during his mayoralty had been beneficial only to the city's wealthy.

Runner-up Dov Khenin, a member of the Knesset who ran on a social and environmental issues-focused platform, won 34% of the vote. Khenin, running under the "City for All" party label, was also affiliated with Hadash.

One of the top issues discussed during the election included growing demand for parking spaces in the city, which outweighed the supply.

Results 2008 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Ron Huldai (incumbent) One Tel Aviv 67,704 50.08 Dov Khenin City of All 45,737 34.30 Shachor Svi-Oren Oren 13,974 10.48 Pe'er Visner Green Party 5,345 4.01 Asma Agbaria-Zahalka Da'am 584 0.04 Total 133,344 100

2013

The 2013 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held 22 October 2013, and saw the reelection of Ron Huldai to a fourth consecutive term.

2013 Tel Aviv mayoral elections resultsCandidatePartyVotes%Ron Huldai (incumbent) One Tel Aviv 70,048 53.24 Nitzan Horowitz Meretz 50,166 38.13 Aharon Maduel City of All 11,368 8.64 Total 131,582 100

2018

The 2018 Tel Aviv mayoral election was held on 30 October 2018 to elect the mayor of Tel Aviv. It saw the reelection of Ron Huldai to a fifth consecutive term.

The election was part of the 2018 Israeli municipal elections.

Candidates Natan Elnatan (Shas), deputy mayor Assaf Harel (We Are the City), comedian Ron Huldai (One Tel Aviv), incumbent mayor since 1998 Asaf Zamir (City Majority), deputy mayor and founder and chairman of "City Majority"

Results Since Huldai's share of the vote exceeded the 40% threshold required to avert a runoff election, no runoff was held.

Turnout was 44.17%

CandidateParty nameVotes%Ron Huldai (incumbent)One Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Ahat91,11646.86Asaf ZamirCity Majority, Rov HaIr66,40334.15Assaf HarelWe Are the City, Anahnu HaIr23,60412.14Natan ElnatanShas13,3286.85Source: Ministry of the Interior

2024

In 2024, Huldai was re-elected to a sixth term.

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