1951 Israeli legislative election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951. Voter turnout was 75.1%.[1]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Mapai | 256,456 | 37.30 | 45 | −1 | |
General Zionists | 111,394 | 16.20 | 20 | +13 | |
Mapam | 86,095 | 12.52 | 15 | −4 | |
Hapoel HaMizrachi | 46,347 | 6.74 | 8 | +1 | |
Herut | 45,651 | 6.64 | 8 | −6 | |
Maki | 27,334 | 3.98 | 5 | +1 | |
Progressive Party | 22,171 | 3.22 | 4 | −1 | |
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs | 16,370 | 2.38 | 3 | New | |
Agudat Yisrael | 13,799 | 2.01 | 3 | +1 | |
Sephardim and Oriental Communities | 12,002 | 1.75 | 2 | −2 | |
Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 11,194 | 1.63 | 2 | −1 | |
Mizrachi | 10,383 | 1.51 | 2 | −2 | |
Progress and Work | 8,067 | 1.17 | 1 | New | |
Yemenite Association | 7,965 | 1.16 | 1 | 0 | |
Agriculture and Development | 7,851 | 1.14 | 1 | New | |
Sepharadim-Ashkenazim Unity | 4,038 | 0.59 | 0 | New | |
For New Immigrants and Freed Soldiers | 375 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Total | 687,492 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 687,492 | 98.92 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,515 | 1.08 | |||
Total votes | 695,007 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 924,885 | 75.15 | |||
Source: IDI, Nohlen et al. |
Aftermath
The second Knesset was highly unstable, with four separate governments, two different
As with the first Knesset, the
Third government
The second Knesset started with
Fourth government
Ben-Gurion formed the fourth government on 24 December 1952, dropping the ultra-orthodox parties (Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael Workers) and replacing them with the General Zionists and the Progressive Party. The new government had 16 ministers. Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.
Fifth government
Sixth government
Sharett formed the sixth government on 29 June 1955, eliminating the General Zionists and the Progressive Party from the coalition and reducing the number of ministers to 12. The new government did not last long, as a general election was called for 26 July 1955.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-19-924958-X
External links
- Historical overview of the Second Knesset Knesset website
- Knesset Elections Results: Second Knesset Knesset website
- Factional and Government Make-Up of the Second Knesset Knesset website