1932 French legislative election

1932 French legislative election

1 and 8 May 1932
All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
Registered	11,740,893
Turnout	9,576,422 (81.6%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   160x160px 160x160px 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 33 new party 1 Popular vote 4,394,963 4,380,717 796,630 Percentage 45.89% 45.7% 8.32% Swing 7.82% 2.94%
300px Composition of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election André Tardieu Democratic Alliance Elected Prime Minister Édouard Herriot Radical-Socialist Party

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

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

Popular vote

Summary of the popular vote in the 1 and 8 May 1932 Chamber of Deputies election results

Alliance		Votes	%	Party		Abbr.	Votes	%
	Cartel des Gauches	4,394,963	45.89		French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière)	SFIO	1,964,384	20.51
					Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste)	PRRRS	1,836,991	19.18
					Republican-Socialist Party (Parti républicain-socialiste)	PRS	515,176	5.38
					Miscellaneous Left independents (Divers gauche)	DVG	78,412	0.82
	Right and Centre	4,380,717	45.74		Independent Radicals (Radicaux indépendents)	RI	955,990	9.98
					Democratic Alliance (Alliance démocratique)	AD	1,299,936	13.57
					Popular Democrats (Démocrates populaires)	PDP	309,336	3.36
					Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine)	FR	1,233,360	12.88
					Independents (Indépendents)	Ind	499,236	5.21
					Conservatives	Con	82,859	0.87
	French Communist Party (Parti communiste français)					PCF	796,630	8.32
	Other parties					Div	4,112	0.04
Total							9,576,422	100
Abstention: 18.41%

Popular vote
SFIO			20.51%
PRRRS			19.18%
AD			13.57%
FR			12.88%
RI			9.98%
PCF			8.32%
PRS			5.38%
Ind			5.21%
PDP			3.36%
Others			1.73%

Parliamentary groups

Affiliation	Party		Seats
Far-Left
		French Communist Party (PCF)	10
		Party of Proletarian Unity (PUP)	9
Left
		French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	132
Centre-Left
		Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and French Socialist Party (PSF)	28
		Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS)	160
Centre		Independent Left	15
		Radical Left	47
		Independents of the Left	26
Centre-Right
		Republicans of the Left (Alliance Démocratique)	40
		Republican Centre (Alliance Démocratique)	40
		Popular Democrats	16
		Republicans of the Centre (Alsace-Lorraine Popular Union)	7
Right and Far-Right
		Republican Federation	59
		Independents of Economic, Social and Peasant Action	8
		Independents	16
Total			607

External links

• Map of Deputies elected in 1932 according to their group in the House, including overseas (in french)