1944 Assembly of Representatives election

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1944 Assembly of Representatives election
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  1931 2 August 1944 1949  

173 seats in the Assembly of Representatives
PartyLeader%Seats
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 36.8564
Left Bloc (HHPZ)12.3921
New Aliyah Pinchas Rosen 10.7219
Hapoel HaMizrachi Haim-Moshe Shapira 9.4516
Ahdut HaAvoda 9.0416
Mizrachi Yehuda Leib Maimon 3.287
Yemenite Association Saadia Kobashi 2.534
Democratic Centre 2.374
WIZO Rachel Cohen-Kagan 2.174
PCP Shmuel Mikunis 1.903
Maccabi 1.873
HaOved HaTzioni 1.863
Independent Religious List 1.572
Merchants 0.842
PMFJS 0.711
Mizrachi Women 0.611
Yemenite Workers 0.481
Oriental Religious Group 0.271
Religious Women Workers 0.021
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Jewish National Council beforePresident of the Jewish National Council after
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.jpg Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Mapai
David Remez
Mapai
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Elections to the Assembly of Representatives of Mandatory Palestine were held on 2 August 1944. [1] Just over 200,000 Jewish residents voted, more than 70% of all those eligible to vote. This compared with just over 50,000 who voted at the previous elections in 1931. The difference reflected the high level of Jewish immigration to Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Campaign

A total of 24 parties contested the elections, nominating 1,694 candidates. [1] However, the Revisionist-Zionist Hatzohar party, Sephardic Bloc, the General Zionist Group “B” and the Jewish Farmers Association boycotted the elections. [2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Mapai 73,12236.8564
Left Bloc (Hashomer HatzairPoale Zion Left)24,58212.3921
New Aliyah Party 21,27910.7219
Hapoel HaMizrachi 18,7489.4516
Ahdut HaAvoda 17,9289.0416
Mizrachi 6,5133.287
Yemenite Association 5,0192.534
Democratic Centre 4,7042.374
Women's International Zionist Organization 4,3142.174
Palestine Communist Party 3,7801.903
Maccabi 3,7181.873
HaOved HaTzioni 3,6851.863
Independent Religious List3,1181.572
Merchants1,6730.842
People's Movement for a Jewish State1,4180.711
Mizrachi Women1,2170.611
Yemenite Workers9570.481
HaOved HaDati7900.400
Discharged Soldiers and Families6660.340
Oriental Religious Group5430.271
Young Men of Aden2640.130
Bnei HaYishuv2400.120
National Workers Front1180.060
Religious Women Workers300.021
Total198,426100.00173
Valid votes198,42698.78
Invalid/blank votes2,4551.22
Total votes200,881100.00
Source: Palestine Post

Around 80% of the elected Assembly members supported the Biltmore Declaration, which demanded the creation of a "Jewish Commonwealth" after World War II. [2]

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