diff --git a/apps/test/election/src/main/java/org/onosproject/election/cli/ElectionTestWithdrawCommand.java b/apps/test/election/src/main/java/org/onosproject/election/cli/ElectionTestWithdrawCommand.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.election.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
+
+/**
+ * CLI command to withdraw the local node from leadership election for
+ * the Election test application.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "election-test-withdraw",
+        description = "Withdraw node from leadership election for the Election test application")
+public class ElectionTestWithdrawCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    private static final String ELECTION_APP = "org.onosproject.election";
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        LeadershipService service = get(LeadershipService.class);
+
+        service.withdraw(ELECTION_APP);
+        //print the current leader
+        print("Withdrawing from leadership elections for the Election app.");
+    }
+}