1951 Israeli legislative election

1951 Israeli legislative election

30 July 1951
Turnout75.15%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 37.30 45 −1
General Zionists Israel Rokach 16.20 20 +13
Mapam Meir Ya'ari 12.52 15 −4
Hapoel HaMizrachi Haim-Moshe Shapira 6.74 8 +1
Herut Menachem Begin 6.64 8 −6
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 3.98 5 +1
Progressive Party Pinchas Rosen 3.22 4 −1
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 2.38 3 New
Agudat Yisrael Yitzhak-Meir Levin 2.01 3 +1
Sephardim and Oriental Communities Eliyahu Eliashar 1.75 2 −2
PAI Binyamin Mintz 1.63 2 −1
Mizrachi David-Zvi Pinkas 1.51 2 −2
Progress and Work Salah-Hassan Hanifes 1.17 1 New
Yemenite Association Shimon Garidi 1.16 1 0
Agriculture and Development Faras Hamdan 1.14 1 New
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

Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951. Voter turnout was 75%.