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
French Third Republic
← 19281 and 8 May 19321936 →

All 605 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout83.48%
PartyLeader%Seats
SFIOLéon Blum20.51129
PRRRSÉdouard Herriot19.18157
Republican Left13.5772
Republican Union12.8876
RI9.9862
PCFMaurice Thorez8.3212
Conservatives6.0833
PRSFernand Bouisson5.3837
PDPPierre de Chambrun3.2316
PUPJean Garchery0.8211
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
André Tardieu
Democratic Alliance
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 edit

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 edit

  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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