List of members of the second Knesset explained

The 120 members of the second Knesset were elected on 30 July 1951. The breakdown by party was as follows:

• Mapai

45

• General Zionists

20

• Mapam

15

• Hapoel HaMizrachi

8

• Herut

8

• Maki

5

• Progressive Party

4

• Democratic List for Israeli Arabs

3

• Agudat Yisrael

3

• Sephardim and Oriental Communities

2

• Poalei Agudat Yisrael

2

• Mizrachi

2

• Progress and Work

1

• Yemenite Association

1

• Agriculture and Development

1

List of members

Party		Name	Notes
	Mapai (45)
Baruch Osnia
		Prime Minister (1951–54), Minister of Defense
		Replaced by Baruch Kamin
		Replaced by Avraham Kalfon
		Replaced by Shlomo Hillel
		Prime Minister (1954–55), Minister of Foreign Affairs
		Replaced by Rachel Tzabari
		Replaced by Ya'akov Nitzani
	General Zionists (20)
	Mapam (15)
		Leader of the Opposition (1952-55)
		Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion
		Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion
		Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion
			Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion
		Left Mapam to establish the Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda, before joining Mapai
		Left Mapam to establish the Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda, before joining Mapai
		Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before joining Maki
		Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before joining Maki
		Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before returning to Mapam
	Hapoel HaMizrachi (8)
	Herut (8)
		Replaced by Haim Cohen-Meguri
		Replaced by Eliezer Shostak
	Maki (5)
	Progressive Party (4)		Replaced by Yeshayahu Forder
		Replaced by Idov Cohen
	Democratic List for Israeli Arabs (3)
	Agudat Yisrael (3)		Replaced by Zalman Ben-Ya'akov
	Sephardim and Oriental Communities (2)		Party merged into the General Zionists
		Party merged into the General Zionists
	Poalei Agudat Yisrael (2)
	Mizrachi (2)		Replaced by Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir
	Progress and Work (1)
	Yemenite Association (1)		Party merged into the General Zionists, then broke away again
	Agriculture and Development (1)

Replacements

MK	Replaced	Party	Date	Notes
Idov Cohen	Moshe Kol	Progressive Party	10 September 1951
Yeshayahu Forder	Avraham Granot	Progressive Party	10 September 1951
Eliezer Shostak	Ya'akov Meridor	Herut	2 November 1951
Rachel Tzabari	Yehezkel Hen	Mapai	4 April 1952
Avraham Kalfon	Eliezer Kaplan	Mapai	13 July 1952
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir	David-Zvi Pinkas	Mizrachi	14 August 1952
Ya'akov Nitzani	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi	Mapai	8 December 1952
Shlomo Hillel	Eliyahu Hacarmeli	Mapai	21 December 1952
Zalman Ben-Ya'akov	Avraham Deutsch	Agudat Yisrael	24 June 1953
Haim Cohen-Meguri	Aryeh Ben-Eliezer	Herut	6 July 1953
Baruch Kamin	David Hacohen	Mapai	1 December 1953

External links

• Members of the Second Knesset Knesset website