French legislative election, 1932

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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.

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Results

Popular Vote[1]

e • d 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%

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

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