The 1932 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932, to elect the Governor of Indiana. Democratic nominee Paul V. McNutt defeated Republican nominee Raymond S. Springer, receiving 55.02% of the vote to Springer's 42.75%.
McNutt won by 192,330 votes, a margin of 12.27 percentage points, and the election resulted in a Democratic gain from the Republicans. He took office on January 9, 1933, succeeding Republican governor Harry G. Leslie, and became the first Democratic governor of Indiana since Samuel M. Ralston.
General election
Candidates
Major-party candidates Paul V. McNutt, Democratic, chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party Raymond S. Springer, Republican, former judge of Indiana's 37th Judicial Circuit Court
Other candidates Powers Hapgood, Socialist F. W. Lough, Prohibition Ward B. Hiner, National Theodore Luesse, Communist Charley Lynch, Socialist Labor
Results
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