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One Venizelist and One Tsaldarist Elected by Jewish Electoral College

March 7, 1933
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The Greek general elections have resulted in the election by the separate Jewish electoral College of Daniel Allalouf, who was elected on the Tsaldarist list with 5,500 votes, and Asher Mallah, who secured a seat for the Venizelist party with 5,000 votes. The total number of Jewish voters registered was 11,000.

M. Venizelos himself paid a visit to Salonica on the eve of the election in an attempt to influence the Jewish voters in his direction. Addressing the Jewish electors, he stressed the services which he had rendered Zionism after the War, and also recalled other acts favorable to Jews. Although the setting up of a separate Jewish Electoral College is regarded by Jews here with extreme disfavor, Venizelos offered no promise of its abolition in the future.

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