1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election

1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election

← 1944 25 January 1949 1951 →
Turnout	86.88%
Party Leader Vote % 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

Constituent Assembly elections were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%.^[1] 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.