Israeli legislative election, 1951

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The Israeli legislative election of 1951 was the country's second national parliamentary election, held to choose members of the Knesset amid early state-building challenges and political realignments in newly established Israel.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Israeli legislative election, 1951 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli election ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
ArabSatelliteListsSeatsWon 5 ⓘ
coalitionHeadedBy Mapai ⓘ
coalitionPartners Arab satellite lists ⓘ
Hapoel HaMizrachi ⓘ
Mizrachi ⓘ
linked to: Mizrachi movement

Progressive Party ⓘ
context early years of the State of Israel ⓘ
post-1948 Arab–Israeli War period ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
date 1951-07-30 ⓘ
electionFor 2nd Knesset ⓘ
electoralThreshold 1% of valid votes ⓘ
GeneralZionistsSeatsWon 20 ⓘ
HapoelHaMizrachiSeatsWon 8 ⓘ
HerutSeatsWon 8 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Hebrew ⓘ
largestParty Mapai ⓘ
leaderOfLargestParty David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
legislatureNumber 2 ⓘ
location State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
mainIssue early state-building challenges ⓘ
economic austerity ⓘ
integration of mass immigration ⓘ
religion and state relations ⓘ
MakiSeatsWon 5 ⓘ
MapaiSeatsWon 45 ⓘ
MapaiVoteShare approximately 37.3% ⓘ
MapamSeatsWon 15 ⓘ
MizrachiSeatsWon 2 ⓘ
nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1955 ⓘ
parliamentElected Knesset ⓘ
previousElection Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
ProgressivePartySeatsWon 4 ⓘ
ReligiousTorahFrontSeatsWon 3 ⓘ
resultingGovernmentHead David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
secondLargestParty General Zionists ⓘ
SephardimAndOrientalsListSeatsWon 2 ⓘ
thirdLargestParty Mapam ⓘ
totalSeats 120 ⓘ
turnout approximately 75.1% ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
winningPartyIdeology labor Zionist ⓘ
social-democratic ⓘ
year 1951 ⓘ
YemeniteAssociationSeatsWon 1 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mapam → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1951 ⓘ
Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1951 ⓘ
subject linked to: Ahdut HaAvoda
Israeli legislative election, 1949 → followedBy → Israeli legislative election, 1951 ⓘ
Israeli legislative election, 1955 → previousElection → Israeli legislative election, 1951 ⓘ