Preliminary results of the elections to the Assefath Hanivcharim, the Jewish National Assembly of Palestine, made public today show that nearly 200,000 persons voted. This is about 72 percent of the total entitled to vote. Only 56 percent voted in the last elections to the Assembly which were held thirteen years ago.
Forty-two percent of the voters cast their ballots for the Palestine Labor Party which will probably get sixty-five seats in the Assembly. The Mizrachi, orthodox party, together with the Hapoel Hamizrachi, its labor branch, will probably have 24 seats, while 18 will go to the Aliyah Chadassah group. The Hashomer Hazair is expected to win between thirteen and fifteen seats, the Labor Unity Movement, which is the opposition group within the Jewish Labor Party, may get twelve, the General Zionist group “A” is expected to get five, while its youth organization the Hanoar Hazioni may have seven. Four seats will probably go to the Women’s Zionist Organization.
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