1944 Assembly of Representatives election

none May 2020 Mandatory Palestine 1931 1949 2 August 1944 173 seats in the Assembly of Representatives yes Mapai David Ben-Gurion 36.85 27 64 Left Bloc (HH–PZ) Meir Ya'ari 12.39 2 21 #FF0000 New Aliyah Pinchas Rosen 10.72 19 0 #FFD916 Hapoel HaMizrachi Haim-Moshe Shapira 9.45 16 2 #4E8FC4 Ahdut HaAvoda Yitzhak Tabenkin 9.04 16 0 Mizrachi Yehuda Leib Maimon 3.28 7 3 #37658C Yemenite Association Saadia Kobashi 2.53 4 3 Democratic Centre Israel Rokach 2.37 4 0 WIZO Rachel Cohen-Kagan 2.17 4 0 #CD1B68 PCP Shmuel Mikunis 1.90 3 0 #a80000 Maccabi 1.87 3 0 #09099B HaOved HaTzioni 1.86 3 0 #175A91 Independent Religious List 1.57 2 0 #404040 Merchants 0.84 2 0 #FF6A00 PMFJS 0.71 1 0 #FF7F7F Mizrachi Women 0.61 1 0 #5D658C Yemenite Workers 0.48 1 0 #84D0DC Oriental Religious Group 0.27 1 0 #000000 Religious Women Workers 0.02 1 0 #4D495B President of the Jewish National Council Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Mapai Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.jpg David Remez Mapai David Remez.jpg Elections to the Assembly of Representatives of Mandatory Palestine were held on 2 August 1944.American Jewish Yearbook 1945-46 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200131/http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1945_1946_8_Palestine.pdf 4 March 2016 p460 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. Campaign A total of 24 parties contested the elections, nominating 1,694 candidates. However, the Revisionist-Zionist Hatzohar party, Sephardic Bloc, the General Zionist Group “B” and the Jewish Farmers Association boycotted the elections. Results File:1944 Assembly of Representatives.svg Mapai 73122 64 Left Bloc (Hashomer Hatzair–Poale Zion Left) 24582 21 #FF0000 New Aliyah Party 21279 19 #FFD916 Hapoel HaMizrachi 18748 16 Ahdut HaAvoda 17928 16 Mizrachi 6513 7 Yemenite Association 5019 4 Democratic Centre 4704 4 Women's International Zionist Organization 4314 4 Palestine Communist Party 3780 3 #FF524D Maccabi 3718 3 #09099B HaOved HaTzioni 3685 3 #175A91 Independent Religious List 3118 2 #404040 Merchants 1673 2 #FF6A00 People's Movement for a Jewish State 1418 1 #FF7F7F Mizrachi Women 1217 1 #5D658C Yemenite Workers 957 1 #84D0DC HaOved HaDati 790 0 Discharged Soldiers and Families 666 0 Oriental Religious Group 543 1 #000000 Young Men of Aden 264 0 Bnei HaYishuv 240 0 National Workers Front 118 0 Religious Women Workers 30 1 #4D495B 2455 Palestine PostPalestine Post Around 80% of the elected Assembly members supported the Biltmore Declaration, which demanded the creation of a "Jewish Commonwealth" after World War II.Final Results of Palestine Elections Announced; Laborite Groups Form Majority Jewish Telegraph Agency, 10 August 1944 References Palestine Category:Elections in Israel Assembly Palestine Palestine Category:David Ben-Gurion