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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.

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: 4 constitutional amendments, and local races in 41 parishes.

Turnout
21.5% of registered voters: 640,626 of 2,980,408
Source
Secretary of State election results, which also has results by precinct

Constitutional amendments

Amendment 1

To provide for disciplinary proceedings over attorneys and to create courts of limited jurisdiction

Passed: 34.9% voted yes and 65.1% voted no.

What the ballot said

Do you support an amendment granting the Louisiana Supreme Court jurisdiction to discipline out-of-state lawyers for unethical legal practices in the state of Louisiana, and to grant the legislature the authority to establish trial courts of limited and specialized jurisdiction? (Amends Article V, Sections 5(B), 15(A) and 16(A))

  • Yes

    34.9% 221,355 votes

  • NoDefeated

    65.1% 412,108 votes

Which side won each parish, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No

633,463 votes cast; 21.5% of the 2,980,408 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishYesNoTurnout
Acadia Parish55.4%2,67844.6%2,15512.7%
Allen Parish37.7%76062.3%1,25416.4%
Ascension Parish32.3%4,91667.7%10,32518.0%
Assumption Parish25.9%73374.1%2,09620.2%
Avoyelles Parish44.4%1,68855.6%2,11316.5%
Beauregard Parish50.6%2,22849.4%2,17719.2%
Bienville Parish31.2%61968.8%1,36622.7%
Bossier Parish53.7%7,03846.3%6,07717.7%
Caddo Parish36.1%11,15563.9%19,77520.6%
Calcasieu Parish38.6%9,75661.4%15,49620.9%
Caldwell Parish46.9%48753.1%55217.4%
Cameron Parish61.5%33938.5%21212.6%
Catahoula Parish42.3%50157.7%68219.4%
Claiborne Parish46.3%69953.7%81217.9%
Concordia Parish41.6%76458.4%1,07315.4%
De Soto Parish54.9%2,64245.1%2,16724.6%
East Baton Rouge Parish24.9%18,84075.1%56,74226.4%
East Carroll Parish18.0%12482.0%56614.9%
East Feliciana Parish31.7%89468.3%1,92920.8%
Evangeline Parish45.4%1,44654.6%1,73615.4%
Franklin Parish45.8%1,01854.2%1,20717.0%
Grant Parish65.9%1,43734.1%74516.8%
Iberia Parish49.3%4,42150.7%4,54620.7%
Iberville Parish22.3%1,11077.7%3,86524.2%
Jackson Parish38.5%93861.5%1,50125.4%
Jefferson Davis Parish53.0%2,15847.0%1,91120.1%
Jefferson Parish34.3%21,54665.7%41,23923.7%
Lafayette Parish36.9%9,55963.1%16,37916.1%
Lafourche Parish43.5%4,77056.5%6,20219.1%
LaSalle Parish61.4%86238.6%54316.2%
Lincoln Parish33.6%1,69466.4%3,34218.7%
Livingston Parish53.6%8,46946.4%7,31817.9%
Madison Parish28.7%34271.3%84816.7%
Morehouse Parish37.6%1,27562.4%2,11720.9%
Natchitoches Parish39.2%1,91060.8%2,95921.0%
Orleans Parish8.6%6,97291.4%74,33331.0%
Ouachita Parish39.5%6,29660.5%9,63615.7%
Plaquemines Parish44.4%1,67655.6%2,10226.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish30.0%97270.0%2,27322.1%
Rapides Parish49.4%8,78650.6%9,01622.2%
Red River Parish37.5%47962.5%80023.8%
Richland Parish41.6%94158.4%1,32016.5%
Sabine Parish58.9%1,65441.1%1,15620.9%
St. Bernard Parish30.4%1,45569.6%3,32617.7%
St. Charles Parish31.6%2,49668.4%5,40022.4%
St. Helena Parish29.8%70770.2%1,66928.5%
St. James Parish25.6%1,24474.4%3,61232.7%
St. John the Baptist Parish13.6%96986.4%6,15424.9%
St. Landry Parish34.8%3,13465.2%5,86116.5%
St. Martin Parish48.5%2,91551.5%3,09017.0%
St. Mary Parish34.2%2,41665.8%4,64523.3%
St. Tammany Parish50.2%21,41649.8%21,28122.4%
Tangipahoa Parish48.0%8,63452.0%9,33622.6%
Tensas Parish28.3%16871.7%42518.3%
Terrebonne Parish43.2%4,48256.8%5,90517.4%
Union Parish46.9%1,15453.1%1,30616.2%
Vermilion Parish57.8%3,21342.2%2,34714.7%
Vernon Parish57.6%2,25242.4%1,66115.5%
Washington Parish39.9%2,19560.1%3,30119.4%
Webster Parish44.5%1,83155.5%2,28018.2%
West Baton Rouge Parish28.6%1,39871.4%3,48227.5%
West Carroll Parish53.8%42146.2%36111.1%
West Feliciana Parish36.3%65363.7%1,14523.1%
Winn Parish41.6%61058.4%85817.7%

Amendment 2

To provide with respect to the power of taxation including limitations thereon

Passed: 35.3% voted yes and 64.7% voted no.

What the ballot said

Do you support an amendment to revise Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana including revisions to lower the maximum rate of income tax, increase income tax deductions for citizens over sixty-five, provide for a government growth limit, modify operation of certain constitutional funds, provide for property tax exemptions retaining the homestead exemption and exemption for religious organizations, provide a permanent teacher salary increase by requiring a surplus payment to teacher retirement debt, and make other modifications? (Amends Article VII, Sections 1 through 28; Adds Article VII, Sections 29 through 42)

  • Yes

    35.3% 224,109 votes

  • NoDefeated

    64.7% 410,107 votes

Which side won each parish, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No

634,216 votes cast; 21.5% of the 2,980,408 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishYesNoTurnout
Acadia Parish53.3%2,58146.7%2,26512.7%
Allen Parish34.6%69665.4%1,31316.4%
Ascension Parish33.7%5,15066.3%10,13518.0%
Assumption Parish26.5%75073.5%2,07820.2%
Avoyelles Parish43.7%1,66056.3%2,13816.5%
Beauregard Parish49.4%2,17450.6%2,22519.2%
Bienville Parish29.8%59470.2%1,39822.7%
Bossier Parish55.6%7,28944.4%5,82317.7%
Caddo Parish38.6%11,96961.4%19,04020.6%
Calcasieu Parish36.5%9,21163.5%16,04220.9%
Caldwell Parish39.2%40860.8%63217.4%
Cameron Parish62.4%34337.6%20712.6%
Catahoula Parish39.5%46960.5%71719.4%
Claiborne Parish48.3%72951.7%78117.9%
Concordia Parish40.7%74459.3%1,08615.4%
De Soto Parish57.3%2,76142.7%2,06124.6%
East Baton Rouge Parish25.9%19,61974.1%56,08526.4%
East Carroll Parish20.4%14179.6%55114.9%
East Feliciana Parish32.3%91367.7%1,91620.8%
Evangeline Parish45.6%1,45354.4%1,73515.4%
Franklin Parish40.9%91059.1%1,31717.0%
Grant Parish65.1%1,43034.9%76616.8%
Iberia Parish51.0%4,59049.0%4,41820.7%
Iberville Parish24.3%1,21475.7%3,77324.2%
Jackson Parish36.2%87963.8%1,54625.4%
Jefferson Davis Parish53.4%2,17546.6%1,90020.1%
Jefferson Parish33.8%21,28066.2%41,62623.7%
Lafayette Parish39.5%10,28160.5%15,73116.1%
Lafourche Parish46.1%5,06953.9%5,93519.1%
LaSalle Parish55.4%78544.6%63116.2%
Lincoln Parish33.9%1,70666.1%3,32518.7%
Livingston Parish50.3%7,93449.7%7,85217.9%
Madison Parish33.6%40066.4%78916.7%
Morehouse Parish36.9%1,25663.1%2,14420.9%
Natchitoches Parish40.0%1,94360.0%2,91121.0%
Orleans Parish9.5%7,70590.5%73,62931.0%
Ouachita Parish39.4%6,26960.6%9,65015.7%
Plaquemines Parish45.0%1,70555.0%2,08426.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish31.7%1,03168.3%2,21922.1%
Rapides Parish49.5%8,82550.5%8,99522.2%
Red River Parish37.1%47562.9%80723.8%
Richland Parish39.3%88860.7%1,37416.5%
Sabine Parish62.5%1,76337.5%1,05720.9%
St. Bernard Parish29.0%1,38771.0%3,39817.7%
St. Charles Parish32.7%2,58667.3%5,32422.4%
St. Helena Parish29.7%70770.3%1,67028.5%
St. James Parish26.0%1,26174.0%3,59532.7%
St. John the Baptist Parish14.0%99686.0%6,13324.9%
St. Landry Parish38.6%3,48561.4%5,55116.5%
St. Martin Parish49.4%2,97550.6%3,04617.0%
St. Mary Parish34.1%2,41565.9%4,66223.3%
St. Tammany Parish50.6%21,64649.4%21,13222.4%
Tangipahoa Parish44.9%8,04955.1%9,86222.6%
Tensas Parish35.3%20964.7%38318.3%
Terrebonne Parish42.2%4,39757.8%6,01317.4%
Union Parish47.5%1,16252.5%1,28216.2%
Vermilion Parish57.9%3,22742.1%2,35014.7%
Vernon Parish58.3%2,28141.7%1,63315.5%
Washington Parish38.9%2,13161.1%3,35119.4%
Webster Parish45.3%1,86054.7%2,24318.2%
West Baton Rouge Parish30.9%1,50969.1%3,38027.5%
West Carroll Parish51.4%39948.6%37811.1%
West Feliciana Parish38.5%69461.5%1,11023.1%
Winn Parish38.5%56661.5%90417.7%

Amendment 3

To provide relative to crimes committed by juveniles and to special juvenile proceedings

Passed: 33.6% voted yes and 66.4% voted no.

What the ballot said

Do you support an amendment to provide the legislature the authority to determine which felony crimes, when committed by a person under the age of seventeen, may be transferred for criminal prosecution as an adult? (Amends Article V, Section 19)

  • Yes

    33.6% 212,343 votes

  • NoDefeated

    66.4% 419,392 votes

Which side won each parish, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No

631,735 votes cast; 21.5% of the 2,980,408 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishYesNoTurnout
Acadia Parish54.1%2,61545.9%2,21812.7%
Allen Parish35.7%71364.3%1,28216.4%
Ascension Parish31.2%4,75168.8%10,46318.0%
Assumption Parish26.1%73573.9%2,08120.2%
Avoyelles Parish42.0%1,58958.0%2,19016.5%
Beauregard Parish47.8%2,09852.2%2,28819.2%
Bienville Parish27.8%55272.2%1,43222.7%
Bossier Parish49.8%6,53250.2%6,57217.7%
Caddo Parish32.9%10,13267.1%20,65020.6%
Calcasieu Parish34.7%8,72265.3%16,43920.9%
Caldwell Parish44.1%45855.9%58117.4%
Cameron Parish53.5%29346.5%25512.6%
Catahoula Parish40.1%47559.9%71119.4%
Claiborne Parish43.6%65056.4%84217.9%
Concordia Parish39.6%73160.4%1,11515.4%
De Soto Parish52.4%2,51547.6%2,28224.6%
East Baton Rouge Parish25.2%19,02374.8%56,44826.4%
East Carroll Parish17.1%11782.9%56814.9%
East Feliciana Parish30.6%86069.4%1,95320.8%
Evangeline Parish44.1%1,39855.9%1,77515.4%
Franklin Parish43.0%95557.0%1,26617.0%
Grant Parish63.4%1,38736.6%80016.8%
Iberia Parish46.6%4,18353.4%4,78820.7%
Iberville Parish21.9%1,08878.1%3,87524.2%
Jackson Parish37.5%91362.5%1,52125.4%
Jefferson Davis Parish50.8%2,05549.2%1,99220.1%
Jefferson Parish34.2%21,40665.8%41,20923.7%
Lafayette Parish34.9%8,99865.1%16,81516.1%
Lafourche Parish45.9%5,02954.1%5,92819.1%
LaSalle Parish57.0%80243.0%60616.2%
Lincoln Parish30.9%1,54869.1%3,46418.7%
Livingston Parish50.8%7,99649.2%7,73517.9%
Madison Parish27.4%32572.6%85916.7%
Morehouse Parish33.6%1,13566.4%2,24820.9%
Natchitoches Parish37.6%1,82162.4%3,02421.0%
Orleans Parish8.5%6,90291.5%74,28431.0%
Ouachita Parish36.6%5,79763.4%10,05815.7%
Plaquemines Parish43.9%1,65356.1%2,11626.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish32.0%1,03868.0%2,20522.1%
Rapides Parish45.5%8,06354.5%9,64922.2%
Red River Parish33.5%43066.5%85223.8%
Richland Parish39.4%88860.6%1,36816.5%
Sabine Parish56.1%1,57543.9%1,23120.9%
St. Bernard Parish31.5%1,50668.5%3,27917.7%
St. Charles Parish32.1%2,53367.9%5,34722.4%
St. Helena Parish28.6%67771.4%1,69128.5%
St. James Parish24.6%1,19275.4%3,65432.7%
St. John the Baptist Parish13.4%95286.6%6,15824.9%
St. Landry Parish33.2%2,96966.8%5,98416.5%
St. Martin Parish46.5%2,78953.5%3,20417.0%
St. Mary Parish33.7%2,37666.3%4,67823.3%
St. Tammany Parish48.5%20,60351.5%21,90222.4%
Tangipahoa Parish45.9%8,21754.1%9,67722.6%
Tensas Parish26.2%15573.8%43718.3%
Terrebonne Parish42.2%4,37757.8%5,99417.4%
Union Parish43.9%1,07556.1%1,37116.2%
Vermilion Parish54.4%3,01745.6%2,53314.7%
Vernon Parish54.4%2,12545.6%1,78215.5%
Washington Parish38.4%2,10261.6%3,37219.4%
Webster Parish41.5%1,70358.5%2,39918.2%
West Baton Rouge Parish28.6%1,39571.4%3,47627.5%
West Carroll Parish53.4%41446.6%36211.1%
West Feliciana Parish35.7%64464.3%1,16023.1%
Winn Parish39.2%57660.8%89417.7%

Amendment 4

To provide for election dates for newly-created judgeships or vacancies in office of judge

Passed: 36.4% voted yes and 63.6% voted no.

What the ballot said

Do you support an amendment to provide for the use of the earliest election date to fill judicial vacancies? (Amends Article V, Section 22(B))

  • Yes

    36.4% 229,620 votes

  • NoDefeated

    63.6% 401,524 votes

Which side won each parish, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No

631,144 votes cast; 21.5% of the 2,980,408 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishYesNoTurnout
Acadia Parish55.8%2,69544.2%2,13112.7%
Allen Parish37.3%74762.7%1,25616.4%
Ascension Parish34.2%5,20165.8%10,01318.0%
Assumption Parish27.0%76173.0%2,06220.2%
Avoyelles Parish43.0%1,61657.0%2,13816.5%
Beauregard Parish52.5%2,30147.5%2,07919.2%
Bienville Parish31.2%61868.8%1,36422.7%
Bossier Parish55.0%7,16945.0%5,86617.7%
Caddo Parish37.1%11,42162.9%19,38020.6%
Calcasieu Parish40.0%10,05160.0%15,08420.9%
Caldwell Parish46.9%48553.1%54917.4%
Cameron Parish61.3%33638.7%21212.6%
Catahoula Parish40.8%48259.2%69819.4%
Claiborne Parish46.6%69553.4%79717.9%
Concordia Parish42.3%77657.7%1,05915.4%
De Soto Parish54.5%2,61245.5%2,17724.6%
East Baton Rouge Parish28.7%21,64671.3%53,83226.4%
East Carroll Parish18.4%12781.6%56214.9%
East Feliciana Parish34.1%96265.9%1,85720.8%
Evangeline Parish45.2%1,42954.8%1,73315.4%
Franklin Parish46.2%1,02553.8%1,19417.0%
Grant Parish63.8%1,39636.2%79116.8%
Iberia Parish49.2%4,39550.8%4,54720.7%
Iberville Parish23.6%1,17776.4%3,80124.2%
Jackson Parish38.1%92461.9%1,50325.4%
Jefferson Davis Parish53.8%2,18046.2%1,86920.1%
Jefferson Parish35.7%22,35564.3%40,18523.7%
Lafayette Parish38.8%10,04761.2%15,82816.1%
Lafourche Parish45.7%5,01654.3%5,94819.1%
LaSalle Parish61.4%85938.6%53916.2%
Lincoln Parish34.9%1,75165.1%3,26818.7%
Livingston Parish54.3%8,50745.7%7,14617.9%
Madison Parish31.0%36769.0%81816.7%
Morehouse Parish37.5%1,26962.5%2,11120.9%
Natchitoches Parish40.0%1,93860.0%2,90221.0%
Orleans Parish10.1%8,22989.9%72,96931.0%
Ouachita Parish40.4%6,38759.6%9,43415.7%
Plaquemines Parish43.2%1,63756.8%2,15026.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish32.2%1,04367.8%2,20022.1%
Rapides Parish49.8%8,78050.2%8,85122.2%
Red River Parish36.1%46563.9%82423.8%
Richland Parish42.7%96057.3%1,29016.5%
Sabine Parish58.6%1,64241.4%1,16020.9%
St. Bernard Parish31.1%1,48468.9%3,28917.7%
St. Charles Parish33.7%2,65766.3%5,22822.4%
St. Helena Parish28.8%68071.2%1,68428.5%
St. James Parish26.0%1,25774.0%3,58332.7%
St. John the Baptist Parish13.8%98386.2%6,13124.9%
St. Landry Parish36.0%3,23364.0%5,74716.5%
St. Martin Parish48.8%2,92251.2%3,06517.0%
St. Mary Parish34.5%2,42965.5%4,60623.3%
St. Tammany Parish52.7%22,40647.3%20,08422.4%
Tangipahoa Parish48.3%8,53651.7%9,14222.6%
Tensas Parish31.3%18668.7%40818.3%
Terrebonne Parish44.0%4,56956.0%5,81417.4%
Union Parish46.6%1,14053.4%1,30616.2%
Vermilion Parish58.2%3,22941.8%2,31514.7%
Vernon Parish57.6%2,25242.4%1,66015.5%
Washington Parish39.8%2,18260.2%3,29719.4%
Webster Parish45.2%1,84054.8%2,23418.2%
West Baton Rouge Parish29.8%1,45270.2%3,41927.5%
West Carroll Parish54.3%42045.7%35311.1%
West Feliciana Parish37.7%67962.3%1,12223.1%
Winn Parish41.3%60558.7%86017.7%

Turnout by parish

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

  • 10% to 15%
  • 15% to 20%
  • 20% to 25%
  • 25% to 30%
  • 30% to 35%