French legislative election, 1932

French legislative election, 1932

1 and 8 May 1932
All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 304 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Édouard Herriot Léon Blum Party PRRRS SFIO Leader's seat Rhône Narbonne Last election 125 seats 100 seats Seats won 160 132 Seat change 35 32 Popular vote 1,836,991 1,964,384 Percentage 19.18% 20.51% Swing 1.41% 2.46%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Antony Ratier (AD) Louis Marin Party AD-RI FR and RIAS Leader's seat Indre (Senator) Meurthe-et-Moselle Last election 165 seats 102 seats Seats won 121 59 Seat change 44 43 Popular vote 2,212,590 1,732,596 Percentage 23.22% 18.09% Swing 0.03% 5.35%
Government before election André Tardieu III AD (Republican coalition) Elected Government Édouard Herriot III PRRRS (Radical/Republican coalition)

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 (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

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