1927 Palestinian local elections explained

Elections were held to the municipal councils in Mandatory Palestine between March and May 1927.

During the late Ottoman period in Palestine the Ottoman Government recognised 22 municipalities, which the British kept in place following the Sinai and Palestine campaign. In two cities there was a Jewish majority, Jerusalem and Tiberias. Other cities had a Muslim or Christian majority.[1]

Results

District Sub-District Municipality Election day Elected mayor
Southern Gaza 8–9 April
6 April Haj Salim Effendi Hussain
7 April Taj-Addin Sha't
BeershebaBeersheba12 AprilTaju effendi Sha’t
JaffaJaffa27–29 MayAssem Bey al-Said
RamlaRamla2 MaySheikh Mustafa al-Khairi
Lydda26 AprilAhmed Effendi Husseini
JerusalemJerusalemJerusalem5–7 AprilRaghib al-Nashashibi
HebronHebron13–14 AprilSheikh Mukhlis Hammuri
RamallahRamallah24 MarchMusa Effendi Khalil Musa
BethlehemBethlehem27 MarchNicolas Attalah Effendi Shahin
Beit Jala27 MarchJiries Effendi Juma Abu Awad
NorthernNablusNablus7 April
JeninJenin31 MarchAref Effendi Abdulrahman
TulkarmTulkarm13 April
BisanBisan30 MarchHaj Mahmud Effendi Abdullah el-Safadi
HaifaHaifa16–18 AprilHassan Bey Shukri
Shafa Amr?Da'ud Sulaiman Talhami
AcreAcre11 AprilAbdul Fatah el-Sa'adi
NazarethNazareth9 AprilSelim Effendi Bishara
TiberiasTiberias26 AprilZaki Alhadif
SafadSafad12 AprilMohamed Effendi Hasan Abd al-Rahman

Notes and References

  1. Book: Zeedan, R. 2020. The British Mandate in Palestine. The Palestinian political parties and local self-governance during the British Mandate: Democracy and the clan. 83–101. Routledge.