1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election

1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election
Israel
← 1944 25 January 1949 1951 →
Turnout86.88%
Party Leader Vote % Seats
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 35.72 46
Mapam Yitzhak Tabenkin 14.73 19
United Religious Front Yehuda Leib Maimon 12.19 16
Herut Menachem Begin 11.45 14
General Zionists Israel Rokach 5.21 7
Progressive Party Pinchas Rosen 4.09 5
Sephardim and Oriental Communities Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit 3.52 4
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 3.48 4
Democratic List of Nazareth Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.70 2
Fighters' List Nathan Yellin-Mor 1.23 1
WIZO Rachel Cohen-Kagan 1.19 1
Yemenite Association Zecharia Glosca 1.01 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Mapai posters comparing Herut leader Menachem Begin to Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
David Ben-Gurion campaigning for Mapai before the election of the Israeli Constituent Assembly, 20 January 1949
Israeli election posters, 1949

Constituent Assembly elections were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%.[1] Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset (Hebrew: כנסת, translated as Assembly). It is known today as the First Knesset.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p123 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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