1932 French legislative election
French legislative elections to elect the 15th legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 1 and 8 May 1932.
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All 605 seats in the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 83.48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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These 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 up to the 6 February 1934 crisis.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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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
- Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp128–130
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p692 ISBN 9783832956097
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