 In the 1949 elections the party gained five seats, with Idov Cohen, Yeshayahu Forder, Avraham Granot, Yizhar Harari and Pinchas Rosen taking their place as Members of the Knesset (MKs).They joined the government as a coalition partner of David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, and were members of both the first and second governments.In the 1951 elections the party lost a seat and dropped to four MKs.