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1931 Assembly of Representatives election

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Field	Value
country	Mandatory Palestine
previous_election	[1925](1925-assembly-of-representatives-election)
next_election	[1944](1944-assembly-of-representatives-election)
election_date	5 January 1931
seats_for_election	All 71 seats in the Assembly of Representatives
turnout	67.21%
first_election	yes
party1	Mapai
leader1	David Ben-Gurion
percentage1	43.45
last_election1	54
seats1	27
party2	Hatzohar
leader2	Ze'ev Jabotinsky
percentage2	16.31
last_election2	15
seats2	10
party3	Mizrachi–Hapoel HaMizrachi
leader3	Yehuda Leib Maimon
percentage3	8.30
seats3	5
last_election3	13
colour3	#66466B
party4	General Zionists
leader4	Peretz Bernstein
percentage4	5.74
seats4	5
last_election4	0
party5	Sephardic Bloc
leader5	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
percentage5	4.65
seats5	5
last_election5	13
colour5	#0047AB
party6	Sephardic Revisionists
leader6	Benjamin Sasson
percentage6	4.29
seats6	5
last_election6	0
colour6	#213CEB
party7	Women's Association
leader7	Beba Idelson
percentage7	3.76
seats7	3
last_election7	0
colour7	#CD1B68
party8	Sephardic Workers
leader8	Avraham Abaas
percentage8	3.34
seats8	4
last_election8	0
colour8	#FF3700
party9	Yemenite Association
leader9	Saadia Kobashi
percentage9	3.06
seats9	3
last_election9	0
party10	Poale Zion
leader10	Ya'akov Zerubavel
percentage10	1.82
seats10	1
last_election10	0
colour10	#9F3A3C
party11	Borochov Workers
leader11	Meir Ya'ari
percentage11	1.80
seats11	1
last_election11	0
colour11	#9C0000
party12	Hashomer Hatzair
leader12	Mordechai Shanavi
percentage12	1.64
seats12	1
last_election12	0
colour12	#FF3939
title	President of the Jewish National Council
before_election	Pinhas Rutenberg
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
after_party	Mapai

Elections to the Assembly of Representatives of Mandatory Palestine were held on 5 January 1931. Mapai emerged as the largest party, winning 27 of the 71 seats.

Electoral system

The Jewish National Council reduced the number of seats in the Assembly from 221 to 71, the same number of representatives in the ancient Great Sanhedrin. Voting was open to all naturalized Palestinian citizens who were registered as Jewish and at least 20 years old. To ensure that representation of Sephardic and Yemeni would reflect their share of the Yishuv in Palestine, the National Council agreed to a provision guaranteeing 17 seats to Sephardic and Yemenite candidates, irrespective of their placement on their respective parties' lists. As a result, voter choice was limited by ethnic group; Ashkenazi Jews could only vote for Ashkenazi lists, whilst Sephardic Jews and Yemenite Jews were similarly constrained.

Campaign

A total of 18 lists contested the elections, which were boycotted by Agudat Yisrael in protest at women being allowed to vote and the Yishuv's approach to religious education and ritual slaughter.

Results

Aftermath

Following the elections, the Assembly elected the 23-member Jewish National Council, with eleven elected from Mapai, four from the Sephardim Bloc, three from Mizrachi, three from the General Zionists and two from smaller parties. The Revisionists refused to join the council on the basis that the Assembly had refused to pass three resolutions it presented on not taking part in the Legislative Council, overturning the decision of the Jewish Agency to take part in a round table conference or to not send members to negotiate with the British government.

References

(15 March 2020). "Mandate for Palestine - Report of the Mandatory to the League of Nations (31 December 1930)". [[UNISPAL]].
(30 December 1930). "Ancient Sanhedrin Paralleled by Palestine Jewish Assembly". Jewish Telegraph Agency.

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