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West Feliciana Parish

Local election results for Saturday, March 5, 2016, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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DSCC Member, 62nd Representative District, Office "B"

"Mike" Deshotels (Democrat) won with 49.0% of the vote.

This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In West Feliciana Parish: "Mike" Deshotels 35.5%, Ambrose Sims 54.7%, Selwyn Ghoram 9.8%.

  • "Mike" Deshotels DemocratElected

    49.0% 1,857 votes

  • Ambrose Sims DemocratDefeated

    31.8% 1,206 votes

  • Selwyn Ghoram DemocratDefeated

    19.2% 728 votes

By precinct in West Feliciana Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Mike" Deshotels
Ambrose Sims
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 701 votes cast at the polls in 35 precincts. The 180 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

3,791 votes cast; 33.8% of the 14,373 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
Parish"Mike" DeshotelsAmbrose SimsSelwyn GhoramTurnout
East Baton Rouge Parish50.5%62822.3%27827.2%33832.2%
East Feliciana Parish55.0%91626.8%44618.2%30435.2%
West Feliciana Parish35.5%31354.7%4829.8%8633.5%

Statewide and federal races in West Feliciana Parish

Democratic presidential primary

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) won with 71.1% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In West Feliciana Parish: Hillary Clinton 80.1%, "Bernie" Sanders 14.7%, Steve Burke 1.4%, John Wolfe 1.4%.

  • Hillary Clinton DemocratElected

    71.1% 221,733 votes

  • "Bernie" Sanders DemocratDefeated

    23.2% 72,276 votes

  • Steve Burke DemocratDefeated

    1.5% 4,785 votes

  • John Wolfe DemocratDefeated

    1.4% 4,512 votes

6 other candidates: 2.7% together
Martin J. O'Malley Democrat0.8%2,550
Willie L. Wilson Democrat0.5%1,423
Keith Judd Democrat0.4%1,357
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Democrat0.4%1,341
Michael A. Steinberg Democrat0.3%993
Henry Hewes Democrat0.3%806

By precinct in West Feliciana Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Hillary Clinton
"Bernie" Sanders
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 910 votes cast at the polls in 36 precincts. The 216 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

311,776 votes cast; 24.5% of the 1,336,809 registered voters in the area turned out.

Republican presidential primary

Donald J. Trump (Republican) won with 41.4% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In West Feliciana Parish: Donald J. Trump 41.8%, "Ted" Cruz 35.4%, Marco Rubio 12.8%, John R. Kasich 6.9%.

  • Donald J. Trump RepublicanElected

    41.4% 124,854 votes

  • "Ted" Cruz RepublicanDefeated

    37.8% 113,968 votes

  • Marco Rubio RepublicanDefeated

    11.2% 33,813 votes

  • John R. Kasich RepublicanDefeated

    6.4% 19,359 votes

10 other candidates: 3.1% together
"Ben" Carson Republican1.5%4,544
"Jeb" Bush Republican0.7%2,145
"Rand" Paul Republican0.2%670
"Mike" Huckabee Republican0.2%645
"Chris" Christie Republican0.1%401
"Carly" Fiorina Republican0.1%243
Timothy "Tim" Cook Republican0.1%219
"Rick" Santorum Republican0.1%180
Lindsey Graham Republican0.1%152
Peter Messina Republican0.0%48

By precinct in West Feliciana Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Donald J. Trump
"Ted" Cruz
Marco Rubio
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 710 votes cast at the polls in 36 precincts. The 204 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

301,241 votes cast; 35.6% of the 830,473 registered voters in the area turned out.

Turnout by precinct

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Share of registered voters in each precinct who voted at the polls on election day

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Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.