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France 1932 legislative election

What was the result of the 1932 legislative election in France?

Radical Party won 157 of 605 seats with 19.2% of the vote. 83.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • France
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Radical Party won 157 of 605 seats with 19.2% of the vote; 83.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Socialist Party 129 20.5%
  • Radical Party 157 19.2%
  • Left Republican 72 13.6%
  • Republican Union 76 12.9%
  • Independent Radicals 62 10.0%
  • French Communist Party 12 8.3%
  • Republican Federation 33 6.1%
  • Republican-Socialist Party 37 5.4%
  • Popular Democratic Party 16 3.2%
  • Proletarian Unity Party 11 0.8%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
303 of 605 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 19.2%

    Share of the vote won by Radical Party

    Radical Party won 157 of 605 seats. A majority needs 303.

  2. 83.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Socialist Party12920.51,964,384
Radical Party15719.21,836,991
Left Republican7213.61,299,936
Republican Union7612.91,233,360
Independent Radicals6210.0955,990
French Communist Party128.3796,630
Republican Federation336.1582,859
Republican-Socialist Party375.4515,176
Popular Democratic Party163.2309,336
Proletarian Unity Party110.878,412
Votes by party
  • Socialist Party 1,964,384
  • Radical Party 1,836,991
  • Left Republican 1,299,936
  • Republican Union 1,233,360
  • Independent Radicals 955,990
  • French Communist Party 796,630
  • Republican Federation 582,859
  • Republican-Socialist Party 515,176
  • Popular Democratic Party 309,336
  • Proletarian Unity Party 78,412

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

For France ParlGov gives the first round's votes and the seats after the second round.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

83.5% of the 11,561,751 registered voters cast a ballot (9,652,194 ballots). 9,576,422 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Radical Party19.2% of votes26.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party20.5% of votes21.3% of seats
  • Republican Union12.9% of votes12.6% of seats
  • Left Republican13.6% of votes11.9% of seats
  • Independent Radicals10.0% of votes10.2% of seats
  • Republican-Socialist Party5.4% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Republican Federation6.1% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Popular Democratic Party3.2% of votes2.6% of seats
  • French Communist Party8.3% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Proletarian Unity Party0.8% of votes1.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.2 by votes and 6.2 by seats; Socialist Party led Radical Party by 1.3 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of