November 1932 German Federal Election
6 November 1932 · The Weimar Republic · 584 seats, 293 for a majority
Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 November 1932. The Nazi Party saw its vote share fall by four percentage points from the July 1932 election, while there were slight increases for the Communist Party of Germany and the national conservative German National People's Party.
Chancellor before
Franz von Papen
Independent
Chancellor after
Kurt von Schleicher
Independent
Largest force
NSDAP
196 of 584 seats
Turnout
80.6%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSDAP | Adolf Hitler | 196 | -34 | 11.737.021 | 33.1% | -4.2 | |
| SPD | Otto Wels | 121 | -12 | 7.247.091 | 20.4% | -1.2 | |
| KPD | — | 100 | +11 | 5.980.239 | 16.9% | +2.6 | |
| Centre | Ludwig Kaas | 70 | -5 | 4.230.545 | 11.9% | -0.5 | |
| DNVP | Alfred Hugenberg | 51 | +14 | 2.959.053 | 8.3% | +2.4 | |
| BVP | Heinrich Held | 20 | -2 | 1.094.597 | 3.1% | -0.1 |
26 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.