1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset (Hebrew: כנסת, translated as Assembly). It is known today as the First Knesset.

1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election
25 January 1949
Turnout86.88%
PartyLeader % Seats
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 35.72 46
Mapam Yitzhak Tabenkin 14.73 19
United Religious Front Yehuda Leib Maimon 12.19 16
Herut Menachem Begin 11.45 14
General Zionists Israel Rokach 5.21 7
Progressive Party Pinchas Rosen 4.09 5
Sephardim and Oriental Communities Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit 3.52 4
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 3.48 4
Democratic List of Nazareth Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.70 2
Fighters' List Nathan Yellin-Mor 1.23 1
WIZO Rachel Cohen-Kagan 1.19 1
Yemenite Association Zecharia Glosca 1.01 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai		 David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
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