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.

1932 French legislative election
French Third Republic
1 and 8 May 1932

All 605 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout83.48%
PartyLeader % Seats
SFIO Léon Blum 20.51 129
PRRRS Édouard Herriot 19.18 157
Republican Left 13.57 72
Republican Union 12.88 76
RI 9.98 62
PCF Maurice Thorez 8.32 12
Conservatives 6.08 33
PRS Fernand Bouisson 5.38 37
PDP Pierre de Chambrun 3.23 16
PUP Jean Garchery 0.82 11
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
André Tardieu
Democratic Alliance
Édouard Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party

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

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

  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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