1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1928 March 8 to May 20, 1932 1936 →
1,154 delegates to the Democratic National Convention 770 (two-thirds) votes needed to win
Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Al Smith John Nance Garner Home state New York New York Texas Delegate count 666.25 201.75 90.25 Contests won 11 1 2 Popular vote 1,464,607 415,795 249,816 Percentage 49.44% 14.04% 8.43%
First place by popular vote First place by convention roll call      Roosevelt      Smith      Garner      Various[a]
Previous Democratic nominee Al Smith Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt

From March 8 to May 20, 1932, voters and members of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1932 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of nominating a candidate for president in the 1932 United States presidential election.^[1] New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1932 Democratic National Convention held from June 27 to July 2, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois.

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