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1932 French legislative election

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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

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

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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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