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Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. Like the first Knesset, there were 15 ministers. The government resigned on 19 December 1952 due to a dispute with the religious parties over
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Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael Workers) and replacing them with the General Zionists and the Progressive Party. The new government had 16 ministers. Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the
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Sharett formed the sixth government on 29 June 1955, eliminating the
General Zionists and the Progressive Party from the coalition and reducing the number of ministers to 12. The new government did not last long, as a
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formed the fifth government on 26 January 1954 with the same coalition partners and ministers. Sharett resigned on 29 June 1955, when the
General Zionists refused to abstain from voting on a
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had two governments) on 8 October 1951. His Mapai party formed a coalition with
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996:, but the move was not recognised by the Knesset speaker. During the Knesset term, Sephardim and Oriental Communities joined the General Zionists.
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Knesset was highly unstable, with four separate governments, two different
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brought by Herut and Maki over the government's position on the trial of
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980:. Bastuni later returned to Mapam whilst Berman and Sneh joined Maki.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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before joining Mapai. Four other members left Mapam to found
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Factional and
Government Make-Up of the Second Knesset
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422:
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1151:, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001)
473:Elections for the second Knesset were held in
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1153:Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I
1118:general election was called for 26 July 1955
1025:forming the third government of Israel (the
19:
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1202:
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477:on 30 July 1951. Voter turnout was 75.1%.
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72:
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1182:Knesset Elections Results: Second Knesset
1176:Historical overview of the Second Knesset
452:
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927:
914:
901:
888:
884:
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1130:List of members of the second Knesset
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852:For New Immigrants and Freed Soldiers
498:
7:
990:Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda
988:also left Mapam, establishing the
708:Sephardim and Oriental Communities
285:Sephardim and Oriental Communities
14:
666:Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
244:Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
74:
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1021:The second Knesset started with
490:
26:
16:Elections for the second Knesset
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999:As with the first Knesset, the
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20:Elections for the 2nd Knesset
1048:Fourth government of Israel
833:Sepharadim-Ashkenazim Unity
813:Agriculture and Development
390:Agriculture and Development
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1111:Sixth government of Israel
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1097:of collaborating with the
1078:Fifth government of Israel
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1017:Third government of Israel
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994:Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion
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937:
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911:
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885:
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367:
344:
324:
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200:
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159:
138:
117:
96:
71:
36:
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1557:July 1951 events in Asia
1547:1951 in Israeli politics
1542:1951 elections in Israel
964:and several defections;
1087:motion of no-confidence
1562:1951 elections in Asia
470:
462:
729:Poalei Agudat Yisrael
468:
456:
792:Yemenite Association
423:Prime Minister after
369:Yemenite Association
352:Salah-Hassan Hanifes
249:Seif el-Din el-Zoubi
1232:Elections in Israel
1036:religious education
903:Invalid/blank votes
486:
21:
1093:, who had accused
1091:Malchiel Gruenwald
485:
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270:Yitzhak-Meir Levin
166:Haim-Moshe Shapira
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1410:Prime ministerial
1042:Fourth government
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771:Progress and Work
645:Progressive Party
582:Hapoel HaMizrachi
469:Bedouin man votes
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223:Progressive Party
161:Hapoel HaMizrachi
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429:David Ben-Gurion
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290:Eliyahu Eliashar
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1031:Israeli Arab
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978:Left Faction
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395:Faras Hamdan
48:30 July 1951
47:
916:Total votes
890:Valid votes
145:Meir Ya'ari
1536:Categories
1378:2019 (Sep)
1373:2019 (Apr)
1136:References
974:Moshe Sneh
457:President
1438:Municipal
1066:Sde Boker
956:Aftermath
946:, Nohlen
1124:See also
942:Source:
750:Mizrachi
326:Mizrachi
1155:, p123
1062:kibbutz
1001:speaker
932:924,885
919:695,007
893:687,492
872:687,492
544:111,394
523:256,456
481:Results
79:Leader
64:Turnout
1159:
948:et al.
922:100.00
875:100.00
754:10,383
733:11,194
712:12,002
691:13,799
670:16,370
649:22,171
628:27,334
607:45,651
586:46,347
565:86,095
475:Israel
420:before
87:Seats
1099:Nazis
1059:Negev
935:75.15
906:7,515
896:98.92
869:Total
836:4,038
817:7,851
796:7,965
775:8,067
603:Herut
568:12.52
561:Mapam
547:16.20
526:37.30
519:Mapai
508:Seats
502:Votes
499:Party
461:votes
442:Mapai
433:Mapai
181:Herut
149:12.5
140:Mapam
128:16.2
107:37.3
98:Mapai
76:Party
67:75.1%
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1399:Next
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624:Maki
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589:6.74
405:New
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378:1.2
363:New
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315:1.6
294:1.8
274:2.0
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232:3.2
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202:Maki
190:6.6
170:6.8
134:+13
53:1955
43:1949
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511:+/–
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742:−1
721:−2
700:+1
658:−1
637:+1
616:−6
595:+1
574:−4
571:15
550:20
532:−1
529:45
402:1
384:0
381:1
360:1
338:2
318:2
297:2
277:3
256:3
235:4
214:5
193:8
173:8
1217:e
1210:t
1203:v
881:0
861:0
842:0
823:1
805:0
802:1
781:1
760:2
739:2
718:2
697:3
676:3
655:4
634:5
613:8
592:8
505:%
83:%
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