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Election day is Tuesday, November 3

What's on the ballot and key dates

On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and proposed constitutional amendments, plus local races in some areas.

  • Early voting and absentee ballot requests are now closed.
  • Mailed absentee ballots must reach your parish registrar of voters by Monday, November 2 at 4:30 p.m. A postmark does not count, so mail it early.
  • On election day, polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.

Every race on the ballotSee your sample ballot and polling placeAll election dates and deadlinesSecretary of State election hotline: 1-800-883-2805

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: President, and local races in 49 parishes.

Federal election
President
Turnout
24.0% of registered voters: 185,723 of 775,275
Source
Secretary of State election results, which also has results by precinct

President

Democratic presidential primary

Barack Obama (Democrat) won with 76.5% of the vote.

  • Barack Obama DemocratElected

    76.5% 115,150 votes

  • John Wolfe DemocratDefeated

    11.8% 17,804 votes

  • "Bob" Ely DemocratDefeated

    6.6% 9,897 votes

  • Darcy G. Richardson DemocratDefeated

    5.1% 7,750 votes

Who got the most votes in each parish, and their share

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Barack Obama
John Wolfe

150,601 votes cast; 11.9% of the 1,405,506 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishBarack ObamaJohn Wolfe"Bob" ElyDarcy G. RichardsonTurnout
Acadia Parish56.0%69324.1%29810.6%1319.4%1165.8%
Allen Parish57.1%33419.1%11210.8%6313.0%767.1%
Ascension Parish58.4%2,32320.1%80011.2%44710.2%40516.4%
Assumption Parish53.5%88422.3%36913.4%22210.7%17719.6%
Avoyelles Parish54.9%46026.4%22111.3%957.4%625.8%
Beauregard Parish45.9%27033.3%19612.8%758.0%477.0%
Bienville Parish77.8%7648.4%827.5%746.3%6218.5%
Bossier Parish62.1%1,23722.3%4449.2%1846.4%1279.2%
Caddo Parish88.8%7,2286.4%5253.1%2551.7%13510.3%
Calcasieu Parish57.4%3,82524.7%1,64410.2%6817.7%51013.1%
Caldwell Parish47.9%11521.3%5112.9%3117.9%437.4%
Cameron Parish27.9%6730.4%7319.6%4722.1%537.5%
Catahoula Parish71.8%29811.3%476.3%2610.6%449.8%
Claiborne Parish79.8%4147.7%405.2%277.3%3810.8%
Concordia Parish71.0%2,11014.9%4447.6%2256.5%19449.0%
De Soto Parish72.6%51416.1%1145.8%415.5%397.5%
East Baton Rouge Parish88.6%14,7245.6%9383.2%5322.6%42712.9%
East Carroll Parish90.6%2412.6%73.0%83.8%106.9%
East Feliciana Parish70.3%1,69414.9%3607.8%1887.0%16936.0%
Evangeline Parish54.6%59223.3%25310.3%11211.8%1288.1%
Franklin Parish65.3%29617.7%8012.4%564.6%216.3%
Grant Parish35.1%13638.1%14813.4%5213.4%528.9%
Iberia Parish64.6%79418.9%2327.4%919.2%1135.3%
Iberville Parish69.6%3,30914.5%6919.9%4696.0%28337.2%
Jackson Parish65.9%37315.7%8911.1%637.2%4111.9%
Jefferson Davis Parish47.4%26124.1%13314.7%8113.8%765.3%
Jefferson Parish65.8%4,40617.0%1,14110.2%6856.9%4626.7%
Lafayette Parish69.4%1,72315.7%3917.1%1767.8%1935.2%
Lafourche Parish39.3%55128.7%40316.7%23415.3%2145.5%
LaSalle Parish29.2%7634.6%9020.4%5315.8%416.8%
Lincoln Parish74.3%6268.1%6813.3%1124.4%377.1%
Livingston Parish41.5%52330.6%38613.5%17014.4%1825.6%
Madison Parish85.9%3835.6%253.1%145.4%249.3%
Morehouse Parish79.5%6909.4%827.3%633.8%339.7%
Natchitoches Parish81.2%2,7419.0%3045.9%1983.9%13328.4%
Orleans Parish94.9%28,6022.5%7621.4%4361.2%34721.2%
Ouachita Parish87.9%7,2455.6%4624.2%3482.2%18421.8%
Plaquemines Parish82.8%6678.9%724.7%383.6%2911.5%
Pointe Coupee Parish73.0%55310.2%778.6%658.3%637.8%
Rapides Parish74.4%2,46713.7%4556.8%2245.2%1718.7%
Red River Parish74.9%35013.1%616.9%325.1%2413.7%
Richland Parish74.4%41812.6%718.9%504.1%238.4%
Sabine Parish41.5%19926.7%12814.0%6717.7%857.1%
St. Bernard Parish50.9%20228.0%11113.6%547.6%303.5%
St. Charles Parish58.6%2,21319.5%73513.0%4918.9%33631.0%
St. Helena Parish87.6%9015.6%584.5%462.3%2416.6%
St. James Parish67.9%1,25615.5%2868.4%1558.3%15419.1%
St. John the Baptist Parish86.3%1,2065.2%734.9%693.6%508.0%
St. Landry Parish75.0%1,66513.9%3085.7%1275.4%1216.1%
St. Martin Parish61.2%69416.6%18810.8%12311.4%1296.9%
St. Mary Parish77.5%80510.3%1077.0%735.2%546.0%
St. Tammany Parish69.7%2,26814.7%4799.1%2966.5%2108.7%
Tangipahoa Parish63.5%2,09021.4%70510.0%3285.1%16911.7%
Tensas Parish87.1%2907.2%243.3%112.4%812.1%
Terrebonne Parish51.8%52718.2%18516.5%16813.5%1374.3%
Union Parish57.5%23918.8%7812.7%5311.1%465.7%
Vermilion Parish41.6%36328.8%25114.0%12215.6%1364.6%
Vernon Parish49.2%26522.8%12316.5%8911.5%625.7%
Washington Parish62.1%79314.9%19010.0%12812.9%1659.9%
Webster Parish82.0%1,1228.2%1125.6%774.2%5711.1%
West Baton Rouge Parish76.9%1,10312.5%1806.1%884.5%6417.4%
West Carroll Parish38.5%5225.2%3423.0%3113.3%184.2%
West Feliciana Parish76.2%74711.8%1168.4%823.6%3529.5%
Winn Parish47.8%17325.4%9212.4%4514.4%527.5%

Republican presidential primary

Rick Santorum (Republican) won with 49.0% of the vote.

  • Rick Santorum RepublicanElected

    49.0% 91,321 votes

  • Mitt Romney RepublicanDefeated

    26.7% 49,758 votes

  • Newt Gingrich RepublicanDefeated

    15.9% 29,656 votes

  • Ron Paul RepublicanDefeated

    6.2% 11,467 votes

5 other candidates: 2.3% together
Charles "Buddy" Roemer Republican1.2%2,203
Rick Perry Republican0.5%955
Michele Bachmann Republican0.3%622
Jon Huntsman Republican0.1%242
Randy Crow Republican0.1%186

Who got the most votes in each parish, and their share

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Rick Santorum
Mitt Romney

186,410 votes cast; 24.0% of the 775,275 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishMost votesShareTurnout
Acadia ParishRick Santorum60.5%19.8%
Allen ParishRick Santorum60.8%21.8%
Ascension ParishRick Santorum46.5%25.6%
Assumption ParishRick Santorum50.8%30.2%
Avoyelles ParishRick Santorum46.9%18.2%
Beauregard ParishRick Santorum56.4%24.5%
Bienville ParishRick Santorum56.6%33.6%
Bossier ParishRick Santorum56.3%22.6%
Caddo ParishRick Santorum50.5%23.5%
Calcasieu ParishRick Santorum48.8%26.0%
Caldwell ParishRick Santorum60.1%22.1%
Cameron ParishRick Santorum51.1%21.3%
Catahoula ParishRick Santorum58.8%18.8%
Claiborne ParishRick Santorum54.7%27.0%
Concordia ParishRick Santorum43.5%45.9%
De Soto ParishRick Santorum63.2%21.8%
East Baton Rouge ParishRick Santorum45.6%25.0%
East Carroll ParishRick Santorum51.5%22.6%
East Feliciana ParishRick Santorum50.6%41.7%
Evangeline ParishRick Santorum57.5%19.5%
Franklin ParishRick Santorum60.0%23.2%
Grant ParishRick Santorum56.1%23.8%
Iberia ParishRick Santorum54.0%23.3%
Iberville ParishRick Santorum42.3%48.3%
Jackson ParishRick Santorum58.5%27.4%
Jefferson Davis ParishRick Santorum56.2%19.7%
Jefferson ParishRick Santorum44.4%23.5%
Lafayette ParishRick Santorum46.2%19.4%
Lafourche ParishRick Santorum50.7%24.4%
LaSalle ParishRick Santorum61.0%23.1%
Lincoln ParishRick Santorum51.0%23.8%
Livingston ParishRick Santorum56.7%20.5%
Madison ParishRick Santorum45.7%24.5%
Morehouse ParishRick Santorum54.3%23.5%
Natchitoches ParishRick Santorum45.1%37.2%
Orleans ParishMitt Romney43.5%29.4%
Ouachita ParishRick Santorum50.5%26.4%
Plaquemines ParishRick Santorum49.1%15.0%
Pointe Coupee ParishRick Santorum50.4%22.0%
Rapides ParishRick Santorum52.9%22.4%
Red River ParishRick Santorum58.2%27.9%
Richland ParishRick Santorum58.1%19.4%
Sabine ParishRick Santorum54.8%24.0%
St. Bernard ParishRick Santorum48.1%11.4%
St. Charles ParishRick Santorum47.9%36.6%
St. Helena ParishRick Santorum55.6%25.1%
St. James ParishRick Santorum58.6%28.5%
St. John the Baptist ParishRick Santorum52.0%17.1%
St. Landry ParishRick Santorum52.4%17.8%
St. Martin ParishRick Santorum52.8%20.6%
St. Mary ParishRick Santorum51.3%21.1%
St. Tammany ParishRick Santorum47.1%25.0%
Tangipahoa ParishRick Santorum52.9%24.1%
Tensas ParishRick Santorum44.8%26.0%
Terrebonne ParishRick Santorum49.4%21.1%
Union ParishRick Santorum57.2%23.1%
Vermilion ParishRick Santorum55.7%19.7%
Vernon ParishRick Santorum50.4%20.2%
Washington ParishRick Santorum60.5%25.5%
Webster ParishRick Santorum58.4%22.6%
West Baton Rouge ParishRick Santorum52.5%22.7%
West Carroll ParishRick Santorum63.5%18.1%
West Feliciana ParishRick Santorum40.6%39.9%
Winn ParishRick Santorum52.5%24.8%

Turnout by parish

Share of registered voters who voted, early or on election day

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