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Louisiana presidential election results 2012

Mitt Romney carried Louisiana by 17.21 points (343,121 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
1,994,065
LA result
R+17.2
Compared with the nation
21.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008
1.4 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Mitt RomneyRepublican1,152,26257.80%8
Barack ObamaDemocratic809,14140.60%—
Total votes1,994,065

Sources: la.pdf · 2012

Certified state documentCertified

Louisiana Secretary of State, Official Election Results, Election Date 11/6/2012, Presidential (staticresults.sos.la.gov; printed 12/14/2012); statewide, all 4267 precincts reporting
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Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).

All 11 tickets as printed in the document
Ticket (as printed)CodeVotesShare
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Republican (R)R1,152,26257.78%
Barack Obama, Joe Biden Democratic (D)D809,14140.58%
Gary Johnson, James P. Gray Libertarian (L)L18,1570.91%
Jill Stein, Cheri Honkala Green (G)G6,9780.35%
Virgil Goode, James Clymer Constitution (O)O2,5080.13%
Sheila Tittle, Matthew Turner We The People (O)O1,7670.09%
Ross Anderson, Luis Rodriguez Justice (O)O1,3680.07%
Peta Lindsay, Yari Osorio Socialism and Liberation (O)O6220.03%
Jack Fellure, Toby Davis Prohibition (O)O5180.03%
James Harris, Alyson Kennedy Socialist Workers (O)O3890.02%
Jerry White, Phyllis Scherrer Socialist Equality (O)O3550.02%

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Acadia Parish: Mitt Romney +49.8Bienville Parish: Mitt Romney +2.1East Baton Rouge Parish: Barack Obama +5.2Jefferson Davis Parish: Mitt Romney +47.5Ouachita Parish: Mitt Romney +20.9Pointe Coupee Parish: Mitt Romney +9.2St. Charles Parish: Mitt Romney +27.8Tangipahoa Parish: Mitt Romney +27.7Vernon Parish: Mitt Romney +57.5West Baton Rouge Parish: Mitt Romney +9.6Winn Parish: Mitt Romney +40.1Lafourche Parish: Mitt Romney +48.5Lincoln Parish: Mitt Romney +14.7Livingston Parish: Mitt Romney +70.4Natchitoches Parish: Mitt Romney +6.6Plaquemines Parish: Mitt Romney +28.0Rapides Parish: Mitt Romney +29.6Red River Parish: Mitt Romney +4.8Sabine Parish: Mitt Romney +55.1Ascension Parish: Mitt Romney +34.3St. Helena Parish: Barack Obama +19.6St. James Parish: Barack Obama +14.9St. Landry Parish: Mitt Romney +4.3St. Martin Parish: Mitt Romney +24.5St. Tammany Parish: Mitt Romney +52.3Vermilion Parish: Mitt Romney +52.8Washington Parish: Mitt Romney +28.7Beauregard Parish: Mitt Romney +58.2Bossier Parish: Mitt Romney +45.4Caddo Parish: Barack Obama +5.0Cameron Parish: Mitt Romney +76.2De Soto Parish: Mitt Romney +13.8East Carroll Parish: Barack Obama +24.2Franklin Parish: Mitt Romney +36.1Grant Parish: Mitt Romney +65.3Jackson Parish: Mitt Romney +37.5Jefferson Parish: Mitt Romney +18.2Lafayette Parish: Mitt Romney +33.7St. John the Baptist Parish: Barack Obama +26.3Union Parish: Mitt Romney +41.7Webster Parish: Mitt Romney +25.0West Feliciana Parish: Mitt Romney +14.1Assumption Parish: Mitt Romney +12.1Caldwell Parish: Mitt Romney +55.6Catahoula Parish: Mitt Romney +31.9Iberville Parish: Barack Obama +13.4La Salle Parish: Mitt Romney +75.5Morehouse Parish: Mitt Romney +5.6Richland Parish: Mitt Romney +26.4Madison Parish: Barack Obama +22.2Orleans Parish: Barack Obama +62.6St. Bernard Parish: Mitt Romney +24.7Evangeline Parish: Mitt Romney +30.8West Carroll Parish: Mitt Romney +61.0Calcasieu Parish: Mitt Romney +28.7Claiborne Parish: Mitt Romney +9.4Concordia Parish: Mitt Romney +17.2East Feliciana Parish: Mitt Romney +7.3Allen Parish: Mitt Romney +41.7Avoyelles Parish: Mitt Romney +27.0St. Mary Parish: Mitt Romney +18.8Tensas Parish: Barack Obama +11.9Terrebonne Parish: Mitt Romney +41.2Iberia Parish: Mitt Romney +26.2
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaMitt RomneyOthers TotalMargin
Acadia 6,56019,931344 26,835 49.8
Allen 2,6176,495195 9,307 41.7
Ascension 16,34933,856868 51,073 34.3
Assumption 4,7546,083155 10,992 12.1
Avoyelles 6,07710,670285 17,032 27.0
Beauregard 2,82811,112285 14,225 58.2
Bienville 3,4903,64172 7,203 2.1
Bossier 12,95634,988618 48,562 45.4
Caddo 58,04252,4591,264 111,765 5.0
Calcasieu 28,35951,8501,517 81,726 28.7
Caldwell 1,0163,64060 4,716 55.6
Cameron 4083,26076 3,744 76.2
Catahoula 1,4082,74441 4,193 31.9
Claiborne 3,0143,64969 6,732 9.4
Concordia 3,8335,45097 9,380 17.2
De Soto 5,5537,353145 13,051 13.8
East Baton Rouge 102,65692,2923,223 198,171 5.2
East Carroll 2,4781,50822 4,008 24.2
East Feliciana 4,6485,397164 10,209 7.3
Evangeline 5,33010,181259 15,770 30.8
Franklin 2,9216,294121 9,336 36.1
Grant 1,4227,082163 8,667 65.3
Iberia 12,13220,892373 33,397 26.2
Iberville 9,5487,271195 17,014 13.4
Jackson 2,3055,13292 7,529 37.5
Jefferson 70,384102,5363,423 176,343 18.2
Jefferson Davis 3,48410,014236 13,734 47.5
La Salle 7645,72682 6,572 75.5
Lafayette 31,76864,9921,882 98,642 33.7
Lafourche 9,62328,592860 39,075 48.5
Lincoln 7,95610,739298 18,993 14.7
Livingston 7,45145,5131,098 54,062 70.4
Madison 3,1542,00033 5,187 22.2
Morehouse 5,8886,591135 12,614 5.6
Natchitoches 7,9429,077239 17,258 6.6
Orleans 126,72228,0033,088 157,813 62.6
Ouachita 26,64540,948881 68,474 20.9
Plaquemines 3,5996,471169 10,239 28.0
Pointe Coupee 5,4366,548163 12,147 9.2
Rapides 20,04537,193781 58,019 29.6
Red River 2,2532,48371 4,807 4.8
Richland 3,3875,84696 9,329 26.4
Sabine 2,1947,738121 10,053 55.1
St. Bernard 5,0598,501395 13,955 24.7
St. Charles 8,89615,937500 25,333 27.8
St. Helena 3,7802,52985 6,394 19.6
St. James 7,0595,209127 12,395 14.9
St. John the Baptist 13,1797,620324 21,123 26.3
St. Landry 19,66821,475504 41,647 4.3
St. Martin 9,42215,653358 25,433 24.5
St. Mary 9,45013,885305 23,640 18.8
St. Tammany 25,72884,7232,451 112,902 52.3
Tangipahoa 17,72231,590787 50,099 27.7
Tensas 1,5641,23018 2,812 11.9
Terrebonne 12,07429,503764 42,341 41.2
Union 3,0757,561130 10,766 41.7
Vermilion 5,72018,910357 24,987 52.8
Vernon 3,17312,150287 15,610 57.5
Washington 6,46611,798317 18,581 28.7
Webster 6,80211,400214 18,416 25.0
West Baton Rouge 5,6926,922160 12,774 9.6
West Carroll 8533,62867 4,548 61.0
West Feliciana 2,4413,25779 5,777 14.1
Winn 1,9194,54174 6,534 40.1

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read
  • Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Louisiana in 2012?

Mitt Romney won Louisiana by 17.21 percentage points (343,121 votes).

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 2012?

Louisiana cast 8 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Louisiana in 2012?

1,994,065 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Louisiana in 2012?

Mitt Romney 54, Barack Obama 10 (out of 64 counties with results).

How did Louisiana change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 18.6 points to Republican by 17.2 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data