1931 Assembly of Representatives election

none May 2020 Mandatory Palestine 1925 1944 5 January 1931 All 71 seats in the Assembly of Representatives 67.21% yes Mapai David Ben-Gurion 43.45 54 27 Hatzohar Ze'ev Jabotinsky 16.31 15 10 Mizrachi–Hapoel HaMizrachi Yehuda Leib Maimon 8.30 5 13 #66466B General Zionists Peretz Bernstein 5.74 5 0 Sephardic Bloc Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit 4.65 5 13 #0047AB Sephardic Revisionists Benjamin Sasson 4.29 5 0 #213CEB Women's Association Beba Idelson 3.76 3 0 #CD1B68 Sephardic Workers Avraham Abaas 3.34 4 0 #FF3700 Yemenite Association Saadia Kobashi 3.06 3 0 Poale Zion Ya'akov Zerubavel 1.82 1 0 #9F3A3C Borochov Workers Meir Ya'ari 1.80 1 0 #9C0000 Hashomer Hatzair Mordechai Shanavi 1.64 1 0 #FF3939 President of the Jewish National Council Pinhas Rutenberg Independent politician Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Mapai Elections to the Assembly of Representatives of Mandatory Palestine were held on 5 January 1931.https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/C2FEFF7B90A24815052565E6004E5630 Mandate for Palestine - Report of the Mandatory to the League of Nations (31 December 1930) 15 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200315124608/https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/C2FEFF7B90A24815052565E6004E5630 15 March 2020 UNISPAL Mapai emerged as the largest party, winning 27 of the 71 seats. Electoral system The Jewish National Council reduced the number of seats in the Assembly from 221 to 71, the same number of representatives in the ancient Great Sanhedrin. Voting was open to all naturalized Palestinian citizens who were registered as Jewish and at least 20 years old. To ensure that representation of Sephardic and Yemeni would reflect their share of the Yishuv in Palestine, the National Council agreed to a provision guaranteeing 17 seats to Sephardic and Yemenite candidates, irrespective of their placement on their respective parties' lists.https://www.jta.org/archive/ancient-sanhedrin-paralleled-by-palestine-jewish-assembly Ancient Sanhedrin Paralleled by Palestine Jewish Assembly Jewish Telegraph Agency 30 December 1930 As a result, voter choice was limited by ethnic group; Ashkenazi Jews could only vote for Ashkenazi lists, whilst Sephardic Jews and Yemenite Jews were similarly constrained. Campaign A total of 18 lists contested the elections, which were boycotted by Agudat Yisrael in protest at women being allowed to vote and the Yishuv's approach to religious education and ritual slaughter. Results File:1931 Palestine Assembly.svg Mapai 21497 27 Revisionists 8069 10 Mizrachi–Hapoel HaMizrachi 4107 5 #66466B General Zionists 2841 5 Sephardic Bloc 2301 6 Sephardic Revisionists 2121 5 #213CEB Women's Association 1861 3 #CD1B68 Sephardic Workers 1653 4 #D9743E Yemenites 1515 3 Poale Zion 902 1 #9F3A3C Borochov Workers 891 1 #9C0000 Hashomer Hatzair 812 1 #FF3939 Proletarian List 524 0 #EE1C25 Artisans Group 352 0 Sephardic Poale Zion 28 0 Sephardic Borochov Workers 1 0 Middle Class Association – 0 Hitahdut HaIkarim – 0 961 0 75046 UNISPAL Aftermath Following the elections, the Assembly elected the 23-member Jewish National Council, with eleven elected from Mapai, four from the Sephardim Bloc, three from Mizrachi, three from the General Zionists and two from smaller parties. The Revisionists refused to join the council on the basis that the Assembly had refused to pass three resolutions it presented on not taking part in the Legislative Council, overturning the decision of the Jewish Agency to take part in a round table conference or to not send members to negotiate with the British government. References Palestine Category:Elections in Israel Assembly Palestine Palestine Palestine Category:David Ben-Gurion