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) Ada Maimon Akiva Govrin Ami Assaf Avraham Herzfeld Baruch Osnia Beba Idelson Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Haim Ben-Asher David Bar-Rav-Hai David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister (1951–54), Minister of Defense David Hacohen Replaced by Baruch Kamin Dvora Netzer Dov Yosef Eliezer Kaplan Replaced by Avraham Kalfon Eliezer Livna Eliyahu Hacarmeli Replaced by Shlomo Hillel Efraim Taburi Golda Meir Herzl Berger Yisrael Guri Jenia Tversky Yosef Sprinzak Kadish Luz Levi Eshkol Meir Argov Mordechai Namir Moshe Sharett Prime Minister (1954–55), Minister of Foreign Affairs Peretz Naftali Pinhas Lavon Reuven Feldman Reuven Shari Sarah Kafrit Shlomo Lavi Shmuel Dayan Zalman Shazar Ya'akov Uri Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira Yehezkel Hen Replaced by Rachel Tzabari Yisrael Yeshayahu Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Replaced by Ya'akov Nitzani Yizhar Smilansky Yona Kesse Yosef Efrati Zalman Aran Ze'ev Shefer General Zionists (20) Avraham Stop Batsheva Katznelson Ben-Zion Harel Haim Ariav Haim Boger Elimelekh Rimalt Ezra Ichilov George Flash Israel Rokach Nahum Het Peretz Bernstein Shalom Zisman Shimon Bejarano Shlomo Perlstein Shoshana Parsitz Simha Babah Ya'akov Klivnov Yosef Sapir Yosef Serlin Zalman Suzayiv Mapam (15) Eliezer Peri Hanan Rubin Meir Ya'ari Leader of the Opposition (1952-55) Mordechai Bentov Ya'akov Hazan Ya'akov Riftin Aharon Zisling Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion Israel Bar-Yehuda Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion Moshe Aram Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Left Mapam to establish Ahdut HaAvoda - Poale Zion David Livschitz Left Mapam to establish the Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda, before joining Mapai Hannah Lamdan Left Mapam to establish the Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda, before joining Mapai Adolf Berman Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before joining Maki Moshe Sneh Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before joining Maki Rostam Bastuni Left Mapam to establish the Left Faction, before returning to Mapam Hapoel HaMizrachi (8) Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky Haim-Moshe Shapira Michael Hasani Moshe Kelmer Moshe Unna Yitzhak Rafael Yosef Burg Zerach Warhaftig Herut (8) Aryeh Altman Aryeh Ben-Eliezer Replaced by Haim Cohen-Meguri Binyamin Avniel Esther Raziel-Naor Haim Landau Menachem Begin Ya'akov Meridor Replaced by Eliezer Shostak Yohanan Bader Maki (5) Emile Habibi Esther Vilenska Meir Vilner Shmuel Mikunis Tawfik Toubi Progressive Party (4) Avraham Granot Replaced by Yeshayahu Forder Moshe Kol Replaced by Idov Cohen Pinchas Rosen Yizhar Harari Democratic List for Israeli Arabs (3) Jabr Moade Masaad Kassis Seif el-Din el-Zubi Agudat Yisrael (3) Avraham Deutsch Replaced by Zalman Ben-Ya'akov Shlomo Lorincz Yitzhak-Meir Levin Sephardim and Oriental Communities (2) Binyamin Sasson Party merged into the General Zionists Eliyahu Eliashar Party merged into the General Zionists Poalei Agudat Yisrael (2) Binyamin Mintz Kalman Kahana Mizrachi (2)David-Zvi Pinkas Replaced by Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirMordechai Nurock Progress and Work (1) Salah-Hassan Hanifes Yemenite Association (1) Shimon Garidi Party merged into the General Zionists, then broke away again Agriculture and Development (1) Faras Hamdan
Replacements MKReplacedPartyDateNotesIdov CohenMoshe KolProgressive Party10 September 1951Yeshayahu ForderAvraham GranotProgressive Party10 September 1951Eliezer ShostakYa'akov MeridorHerut2 November 1951Rachel TzabariYehezkel HenMapai4 April 1952Avraham KalfonEliezer KaplanMapai13 July 1952Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirDavid-Zvi PinkasMizrachi14 August 1952Ya'akov NitzaniYitzhak Ben-ZviMapai8 December 1952Shlomo HillelEliyahu HacarmeliMapai21 December 1952Zalman Ben-Ya'akovAvraham DeutschAgudat Yisrael24 June 1953Haim Cohen-MeguriAryeh Ben-EliezerHerut6 July 1953Baruch KaminDavid HacohenMapai1 December 1953
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