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
Mapai73,12236.8564
Left Bloc (Hashomer HatzairPoale Zion Left)24,58212.3921
New Aliyah Party21,27910.7219
Hapoel HaMizrachi18,7489.4516
Ahdut HaAvoda17,9289.0416
Mizrachi6,5133.287
Yemenite Association5,0192.534
Democratic Centre4,7042.374
Women's International Zionist Organization4,3142.174
Palestine Communist Party3,7801.903
Maccabi3,7181.873
HaOved HaTzioni3,6851.863
Independent Religious List3,1181.572
Merchants1,6730.842
People's Movement for a Jewish State1,4180.711
Mizrachi Women1,2170.611
Yemenite Workers9570.481
HaOved HaDati7900.400
Discharged Soldiers and Families6660.340
Oriental Religious Group5430.271
Young Men of Aden2640.130
Bnei HaYishuv2400.120
National Workers Front1180.060
Religious Women Workers300.021
Invalid/blank votes2,455
Total200,881100173
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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