Category: Political, from Wikidata’s class “public election”
1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election
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Constituent Assembly elections were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset (Hebrew: כנסת, translated as Assembly). It is known today as the First Knesset.
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1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election. (2026, October 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1949_Israeli_Constituent_Assembly_election&oldid=1381080963
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