French legislative election, 1932

French legislative election, 1932
1 and 8 May 1932
All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies

  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

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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

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 (Divers gauche) DVG 78,412 0.82
  Right and Centre 4,380,717 45.74 Democratic Alliance (Alliance démocratique) AD 1,299,936 13.57
Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine) FR 1,233,360 12.88
Independent Radicals (Radicaux indépendents) RI 955,990 9.98
Independents (Indépendents) Ind 499,236 5.21
Popular Democrats (Démocrates populaires) PDP 309,336 3.36
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[2]

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
  Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and French Socialist Party (PSF) 28
Centre-Left
  Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (PRRRS) 160
  Independent Left 15
Centre-Right
  Independents of the Left 26
  Radical Left 47
  Republican Centre 40
  Republicans of the Left 40
  Republicans of the Centre 7
  Popular Democrats 16
Right
  Republican and Social 18
  Republican Federation 41
  Independents of Economic, Social and Peasant Action 8
  Independents 16
Total 607

References

  1. ↑ Results on France-politique.fr
  2. ↑ Parliamentary Groups on France-politique.fr
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