Israeli Electoral History: Elections to the 2nd Knesset
(July 30, 1951)
Israeli Electoral History: Israeli Electoral History: Table of Contents
| Valid votes | 687,492 |
| Qualifying threshold (1%) | 6,874 |
| Votes per seat | 5,692 |
Political Party | Valid Votes | % of Total | Seats Won |
| Mapai | 256,456 | 37.3 | 45 |
| General Zionists | 111,394 | 16.2 | 20 |
| Mapam* | 86,095 | 12.5 | 15 |
| Hapo'el Hamizrahi | 46,347 | 6.8 | 8 |
| Herut Movement | 45,651 | 6.6 | 8 |
| Maki | 27,334 | 4.0 | 5 |
| Progressive Party | 22,171 | 3.2 | 4 |
| Democratic list of Israeli Arabs** | 16,370 | 2.4 | 3 |
| Agudat Yisrael | 13,799 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Spharadim and Edot Mizrah | 12,002 | 1.8 | 2 |
| Po'alei Agudat Yisrael | 11,194 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Hamizrahi | 10,383 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Kidmah Va'avodah** | 8,067 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Yemenite Association | 7,965 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Hakla`ut Ufituah** | 7,851 | 1.1 | 1 |
* Mapam and Ahdut Ha'avodah-Po'alei Zion split in the course of the term, but the Knesset Parliamentary Group remained united.
** Minority lists associated with Mapai
Sources: The Knesset
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