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| seat_change1 = {{Increase}}71
| popular_vote1 = '''554,719'''
| percentage1 = '''67
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| leader2 = [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]]
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| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}}60
| popular_vote2 = 241,284
| percentage2 = 29
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| leader3 = [[Daniel O'Connell]]
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{{UK general election navigation|1830|1831|1832|1835|1837}}
The '''1832 United Kingdom general election''' was the first United Kingdom [[general election]] held in the Reformed [[House of Commons]] following the [[Reform Act 1832|Reform Act]]
[[Earl Grey]], Prime Minister since November 1830, led the first predominantly [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] administration since 1806–07, supported by Radicals and allied politicians, though no formal [[Liberal Party]] existed yet. [[John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer|Viscount Althorp]] led the House of Commons and served as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]. The Tories, led by the [[Duke of Wellington]] and Sir [[Robert Peel]], had not fully adopted the Conservative label. In Ireland, [[Daniel O'Connell]]'s Irish [[Repeal Association]] campaigned for the repeal of the [[Acts of Union 1800|Act of Union]], presenting independent candidates.
The election took place from December 1832 to January 1833, with polling staggered across constituencies. The Whigs won an overall majority of 224 seats, 67%, the Tories 27%, and the Repeal Association 6%. The Whigs won 67% of the vote, the Tories 29%, and the Repeal Association 4%. The results varied by region, with the Whigs dominant in Great Britain, but facing stronger Tory opposition in Wales and Ireland.
This was the last election before the Tories formally reconstituted themselves into the [[Conservative Party (UK)| Conservatives]], and the last time until [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]] that they won fewer than 200 seats.
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