Israeli legislative election, 1949

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legislative election national election

The Israeli legislative election of 1949 was the first national election of the newly established State of Israel, forming its inaugural Knesset and shaping the country’s early political landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Israeli legislative election, 1949 canonical 3
1949 Israeli legislative election 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
appointedPrimeMinisterAfterElection David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
coalitionPartnersIncluded Mapam ⓘ
surface form: Mapam (initially external support / later participation)

Liberal Party (Israel) ⓘ
surface form: Progressive Party (Israel)

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardim and Oriental Communities

National Religious Party ⓘ
surface form: United Religious Front
country Israel ⓘ
date 25 January 1949 ⓘ
electedBodyNumber 1st Knesset ⓘ
electoralBody Knesset ⓘ
electoralThreshold 1.5 percent ⓘ
eligibleVotersIncluded Arab citizens of Israel ⓘ
Jewish citizens of Israel ⓘ
excludedVoters most Palestinian Arabs displaced in 1948 war ⓘ
followedBy Israeli legislative election, 1951 ⓘ
GeneralZionistsSeatsWon 7 ⓘ
hasRole formed inaugural Knesset ⓘ
shaped early political landscape of Israel ⓘ
headOfStateAtTime Chaim Weizmann ⓘ
HerutSeatsWon 14 ⓘ
isFirstNationalElectionOf Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
languageOfCampaign Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
leaderOfMainWinner David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
legalBasis Transition Law 1949 ⓘ
surface form: Transition Law, 1949
legislatureTerm 1st Knesset ⓘ
location Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
mainIssues economic austerity ⓘ
immigration and absorption of refugees ⓘ
religion and state relations ⓘ
security and ongoing war ⓘ
mainWinner Mapai ⓘ
majorParty General Zionists ⓘ
Herut ⓘ
Maki ⓘ
Mapai ⓘ
Mapam ⓘ
National Religious Party ⓘ
surface form: United Religious Front
MakiSeatsWon 4 ⓘ
MapaiSeatsWon 46 ⓘ
MapamSeatsWon 19 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 120 ⓘ
precededBy Provisional Government of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Provisional State Council of Israel
resultedInPrimeMinister David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring 1948 Arab–Israeli War armistice period ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed coalition government ⓘ
UnitedReligiousFrontSeatsWon 16 ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 86.9 percent ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
year 1949 ⓘ

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

Mapam → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
Ahdut HaAvoda → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion
Knesset elections → firstElectionName → Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1949 Israeli legislative election
1st Knesset → election → Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1949 Israeli legislative election
Israeli legislative election, 1951 → previousElection → Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ