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

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NSDAP

Adolf Hitler · 33.1% of votes · -34 seats

196

seats

SPD

Otto Wels · 20.4% of votes · -12 seats

121

seats

KPD

16.9% of votes · +11 seats

100

seats

Centre

Ludwig Kaas · 11.9% of votes · -5 seats

seats

DNVP

Alfred Hugenberg · 8.3% of votes · +14 seats

seats

BVP

Heinrich Held · 3.1% of votes · -2 seats

seats


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.