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1923 Palestinian Legislative Council election

Field	Value
election_name	1923 Palestinian Legislative Council election
country	Mandatory Palestine
election_date	1923
seats_for_election	12 of the 23 seats in the Legislative Council
Election annulled
first_election	yes
nopercentage	yes
noleader	yes
party1	High Commissioner (ex-officio)
seats1	1
party2	Appointees
party2_link	no
seats2	10
party3	Muslims
seats3	8
party4	Christians
seats4	2
party5	Jews
seats5	2

Election annulled

Legislative Council elections were held in Mandatory Palestine in February and March 1923. However, due to an Arab boycott of the elections called by the fifth Palestine Arab Congress, the results of the election were annulled, and an Advisory Council was appointed instead.

Background

The Palestinian Legislative Council was established pursuant to Part III of the 1922 Palestine Order in Council, which was the constitution of the British Mandate. Of the 12 elected members, eight were to be Muslim Arabs, two Christian Arabs and two Jews. Arabs protested against the distribution of the seats, arguing that as they constituted 88% of the population, having only 43% of the seats was unfair. The Muslim and Christian Arabs boycotted the elections.

Electoral system

Primary elections were held in February to elect secondary electors, who in turn were divided into electoral colleges for the purpose of electing Council members. A total of 823 secondary electors were to be elected; 670 Muslims, 79 Jews, 59 Christians and 15 Druze.

Results

Whilst the election held between 20 and 28 February returned sufficient numbers of Druze and Jewish electors, only 82 electors were returned by Christian and Muslim Arabs. Voting was extended, but even after the additional period, only 126 Arab electors had been chosen.

Aftermath

After the elections results were annulled, a 12-member Advisory Council was established in May 1923. Its members were:

Bedouins
- Fereih Middein (Beersheba)
Christians
- Suleiman Bey Nassif
- Anton Jallad (Jaffa)
Jews
- Two members
Muslims
- Raghib al-Nashashibi (Mayor of Jerusalem)
- Aref al-Dajani
- Ismail Bey Husseini
- Abdul Fattah es Saadi (Mayor of Acre)
- Amin Abd al-Hadi (Haifa)
- Suleiman Bey Touqan (Nablus)
- Mahmoud Abu Khadra (Mayor of Gaza)

References

William B. Quandt, Paul Jabber, Ann Mosely Lesch (1973) ''The politics of Palestinian nationalism'' University of California Press, p27
""Palestine. The Constitution Suspended., Arab Boycott Of Elections., Back To British Rule" The Times, 30 May 1923, p14, Issue 43354
The Council was to consist of 23 members - 12 elected, 10 appointed and the [[High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan. link. (2014-09-16 UNISPA)
"Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions".
All male citizens over the age of 25 had the right to vote."Constitution Of Palestine. Legislative Council's Elected Members", ''The Times'', 2 September 1922, p7, Issue 43126
[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1923/mar/27/palestine-constitution Palestine Constitution] Hansard
Neil Caplan (1978) ''Palestine Jewry and the Arab question, 1917-1925'' Routledge, p159

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