Assembly of Representatives election, 1944

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Elections to the Assembly of Representatives were held in Mandatory Palestine on 2 August 1944.[1] 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.[1] However, the Revisionist-Zionist Hatzohar party, Sephardic Jews, the General Zionist Group “B” and the Jewish Farmers Association boycotted the elections.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Mapai 73,122 36.85 64
Left Bloc (Hashomer HatzairPoale Zion Left) 24,582 12.39 21
New Aliyah Party 21,279 10.72 19
Hapoel HaMizrachi 18,748 9.45 16
Ahdut HaAvoda 17,928 9.04 16
Mizrachi 6,513 3.28 7
Yemenite Association 5,019 2.53 4
Democratic Centre 4,704 2.37 4
Women's International Zionist Organization 4,314 2.17 4
Palestine Communist Party 3,780 1.90 3
Maccabi 3,718 1.87 3
HaOved HaTzioni 3,685 1.86 3
Independent Religious List 3,118 1.57 2
Merchants 1,673 0.84 2
People's Movement for a Jewish State 1,418 0.71 1
Mizrachi Women 1,217 0.61 1
Yemenite Workers 957 0.48 1
HaOved HaDati 790 0.40 0
Discharged Soldiers and Families 666 0.34 0
Oriental Religious Group 543 0.27 1
Young Men of Aden 264 0.13 0
Bnei HaYishuv 240 0.12 0
National Workers Front 118 0.06 0
Religious Women Workers 30 0.02 1
Invalid/blank votes 2,455
Total 200,881 100 173
Source: Palestine Post

Around 80% of the elected Assembly members supported the Biltmore Declaration, which demanded the creation of a "Jewish Commonwealth" after World War II.[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 American Jewish Yearbook 1945-46 p460
  2. 2.0 2.1 Final Results of Palestine Elections Announced; Laborite Groups Form Majority Jewish Telegraph Agency, 10 August 1944