1932 French legislative election

1932 French legislative election

←  1928 1 and 8 May 1932 1936  →
All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered	11,740,893
Turnout	9,576,422 (81.6%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Édouard Herriot André Tardieu Maurice Thorez Party PRRRS AD PCF Alliance Lefts Cartel Right-wing coalition Leader's seat Rhône Territoire de Belfort Seine Seats won 320 268 10 Seat change 33 new party 1 Popular vote 4,394,963 4,380,717 796,630 Percentage 45.89% 45.7% 8.32% Swing 7.82% 2.94%
Prime Minister before election André Tardieu Democratic Alliance Elected Prime Minister Édouard Herriot Radical-Socialist Party

Legislative elections were held in France on 1 and 8 May 1932 to elect the 15th legislature of the French Third Republic.

The elections saw the victory of the second Cartel des gauches , but the socialists and Radicals could not form a coalition government. Édouard Herriot instead formed a government with the support of the centre-right and Radicals held the premiership until the 6 February 1934 crisis.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	French Section of the Workers' International	1,964,384	20.51	129
	Radical Socialist Party	1,836,991	19.18	157
	Republican Left	1,299,936	13.57	72
	Republican Union	1,233,360	12.88	76
	Independent Radicals	955,990	9.98	62
	French Communist Party	796,630	8.32	12
	Conservatives and independents	582,095	6.08	33
	Republican-Socialist Party	515,176	5.38	37
	Popular Democratic Party	309,336	3.23	16
	Proletarian Unity Party	78,412	0.82	11
	Other parties	4,112	0.04	0
Total		9,576,422	100.00	605
Valid votes		9,576,422	99.21
Invalid/blank votes		75,772	0.79
Total votes		9,652,194	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,561,751	83.48
Source: Mackie & Rose, [1] Nohlen & Stöver, [2] France Politique

References

1. Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130
2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p692 ISBN   9783832956097

External links

• Map of Deputies elected in 1932 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)