Sephardim and Oriental Communities
Sephardim and Oriental Communities ספרדים ועדות מזרח | |
|---|---|
Eliyahu Eliashar (1951) | |
| Dissolved | 10 September 1951 |
| Merged into | General Zionists |
| Ideology | Sephardic and Mizrahi interests |
| Political position | Center |
| Most MKs | 4 (1949–1951) |
| Fewest MKs | 2 (1951) |
| Election symbol | |
| ס, סצ | |
Sephardim and Oriental Communities (Hebrew: סְפָרַדִּים וְעֵדוֹת מִזְרָח, Sfaradim VeEdot Mizrah) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the Likud party.
History
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The Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented
Under the full title of The National Unity List of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, the party gained 3.5% of the vote and four seats in the
For the 1951 election, the party changed its name to The list of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, Old Timers and Immigrants. However, they lost around half their share of the vote (1.8%) and half their seats, slumping to just two representatives. Only Eliashar retained his seat, with Binyamin Sasson taking the second. This time they did not join the government.
On 10 September 1951 the party merged into the
Some party members were not happy about joining the General Zionists and broke away to reform the party. They contested the 1955 elections with Eliashar as leader,[3] but failed to win a seat.
Later on, the
Election results
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Avraham Elmalih | 54 / 314
|
As Histadrut HaSephardim | |||
| 1925 | 19 / 221
|
As HaSephardim | ||||
| 1931 | Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit | 2,301 | 4.65 (#5) | 6 / 71
|
As Sephardic Bloc | |
| 1944 | Did not contest | Boycotted[4] | ||||
1949
|
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit | 15,287 | 3.52 (#7) | 4 / 120
|
Government | |
| 1951 | Eliyahu Eliashar
|
12,002 | 1.75 (#10) | 2 / 120
|
Opposition | |
| 1955 | 6,994 | 0.82 (#13) | 0 / 120
|
Extra-parliamentary | ||
References
- ^ Constituent Assembly (which later turned into the First Knesset) Knesset website
- ^ First Knesset: Government 1 Knesset website
- ^ Sephardim and Oriental Communities list (1955) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Israel Democracy Institute
- ^ Final Results of Palestine Elections Announced; Laborite Groups Form Majority Jewish Telegraph Agency, 10 August 1944
External links
- Party history Knesset website