1932 French legislative election

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

1932 French legislative election

← 1928 1 and 8 May 1932 1936 →

All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered11,740,893
Turnout9,576,422 (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 Increase 33 new party Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,394,963 4,380,717 796,630
Percentage 45.89% 45.7% 8.32%
Swing Increase 7.82% Decrease 2.94%

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister before election

André Tardieu
Democratic Alliance

Elected Prime Minister

Édouard Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party

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

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PartyVotes%Seats
French Section of the Workers' International1,964,38420.51129
Radical Socialist Party1,836,99119.18157
Republican Left1,299,93613.5772
Republican Union1,233,36012.8876
Independent Radicals955,9909.9862
French Communist Party796,6308.3212
Conservatives and independents582,0956.0833
Republican-Socialist Party515,1765.3837
Popular Democratic Party309,3363.2316
Proletarian Unity Party78,4120.8211
Other parties4,1120.040
Total9,576,422100.00605
Valid votes9,576,42299.21
Invalid/blank votes75,7720.79
Total votes9,652,194100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,561,75183.48
Source: Mackie & Rose,[1] Nohlen & Stöver,[2] France Politique

References

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  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
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