Election Name: | 1932 French legislative election |
Country: | French Third Republic |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 1928 French legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1928 |
Next Election: | 1936 French legislative election |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | 1 and 8 May 1932 |
Seats For Election: | All 607 seats to the Chamber of Deputies |
Registered: | 11,740,893 |
Turnout: | 9,576,422 (81.6%) |
Leader1: | Édouard Herriot |
Leaders Seat1: | Rhône |
Party1: | PRRRS |
Alliance1: | Lefts Cartel |
Color1: | DA7B8B |
Seats1: | 320 |
Seat Change1: | 33 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,394,963 |
Percentage1: | 45.89% |
Swing1: | 7.82% |
Leader2: | André Tardieu |
Leaders Seat2: | Territoire de Belfort |
Party2: | AD |
Alliance2: | Right-wing coalition |
Color2: | ADC1FD |
Seats2: | 268 |
Seat Change2: | new party |
Popular Vote2: | 4,380,717 |
Percentage2: | 45.7% |
Leader3: | Maurice Thorez |
Leaders Seat3: | Seine |
Party3: | French Communist Party |
Seats3: | 10 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 796,630 |
Percentage3: | 8.32% |
Swing3: | 2.94% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | André Tardieu |
Before Party: | Democratic Alliance |
After Election: | Édouard Herriot |
After Party: | Radical-Socialist Party |
Legislative elections were held in France on 1 and 8 May 1932 to elect the 15th legislature of the French Third Republic.
The 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 until the 6 February 1934 crisis.