Elections to the Assembly of Representatives of

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were held on 2 August 1944.American Jewish Yearbook 1945-46
p460 Just over 200,000 Jewish residents voted, more than 70% of all those eligible to vote. This compared with just over 50,000 who voted at the previous elections in 1931. The difference reflected the high level of Jewish immigration to Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s.

Campaign

A total of 24 parties contested the elections, nominating 1,694 candidates. However, the Revisionist-Zionist

Hatzohar Hatzohar (, an acronym for ''HaTzionim HaRevizionistim'' (), lit. ''The Revisionist Zionists''), officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim (, lit. ''Union of Revisionist Zionists'') was a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist organization and L ...

party, Sephardic Jews, the General Zionist Group “B” and the Jewish Farmers Association boycotted the elections.

Results

Around 80% of the elected Assembly members supported the Biltmore Declaration, which demanded the creation of a "Jewish Commonwealth" after

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.Final Results of Palestine Elections Announced; Laborite Groups Form Majority
Jewish Telegraph Agency, 10 August 1944

References

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