November 1932 German federal election

November 1932 German federal election

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All 584 seats in the Reichstag 293 seats needed for a majority
Registered	44,374,085 ( 0.4%)
Turnout	80.6% ( 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 4.2pp 1.2pp 2.6pp   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 0.5pp 2.4pp 0.1pp
Results by electoral constituency Results by district and independent city Results for each party
Government before election Papen cabinet Ind.–DNVP Government after election Von Schleicher Cabinet Ind.–DNVP

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 November 1932.^[1] 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.