November 1932 German federal election

November 1932 German federal election
6 November 1932 (1932-11-06)
All 584 seats in the Reichstag
293 seats needed for a majority
Registered44,374,085 ( 0.4%)
Turnout80.6% ( 3.5pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Adolf Hitler Otto Wels
Arthur Crispien
Hans Vogel		 Ernst Thälmann
Party NSDAP SPD KPD
Last election 37.3%, 230 seats 21.6%, 133 seats 14.3%, 89 seats
Seats won 196 121 100
Seat change 34 12 11
Popular vote 11,737,021 7,247,091 5,980,239
Percentage 33.1% 20.4% 16.9%
Swing 4.2 pp 1.2 pp 2.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ludwig Kaas Alfred Hugenberg Heinrich Held
Party Centre DNVP BVP
Last election 12.4%, 75 seats 5.9%, 37 seats 3.2%, 22 seats
Seats won 70 51 20
Seat change 5 14 2
Popular vote 4,230,545 2,959,053 1,094,597
Percentage 11.9% 8.3% 3.1%
Swing 0.5 pp 2.4 pp 0.1 pp
Government before election

Papen cabinet
Ind.–DNVP

 Government after election

Von Schleicher Cabinet
Ind.–DNVP

Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 November 1932. The Nazi Party saw its vote share fall by four percentage points, while there were slight increases for the Communist Party of Germany and the national conservative German National People's Party. The results were a great disappointment for the Nazis, who lost 34 seats and again failed to form a coalition government in the Reichstag. The elections were the last free and fair elections before the Nazis seized power the following year.

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