Louisiana Primary Results 2012 MAP (REAL-TIME DATA)

This is where you'll find the results for the 2012 Louisiana Republican primary.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) had a commanding lead in the polls going into the Bayou State contest, with 42 percent of the vote, according to HuffPost Pollster. Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and current frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary, trailed with 28 percent of the vote, while Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) polled at 16.6 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

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Louisiana has 46 delegates, but only 20 will be allocated on Saturday. The state awards these 20 delegates proportionally to any candidate who garners 25 percent or more of the vote, according to The Green Papers. Of the remaining 26 delegates, 23 will be chosen at the state convention but will technically be uncommitted to any candidate. The final three delegates are unpledged party officials.

The map below, which is updated automatically every five seconds, features parish-by-parish data from The Associated Press. To see the returns for a specific parish, simply click that area of the map.

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Delegate allocations are tentative and might be adjusted later. Credits: Jay Boice, Aaron Bycoffe, Daniel Lee and Christian Rocha.

Comments

[TFProleteriat]

08:03 PM on 03/25/2012

So, wait, even though Santorum won the state, Romney still gets delegates? Romney still has twice the delegates that Santorum does, and if he comes in second after Santorum in future races, he will still have more delegates, unless Santorum gets a HUGE win, and Romney loses New York and California as well as New Jersey. When will the insanity stop? Santorum is only damaging the GOP's chances for beating Obama, and they are already dismal.

[Laurie SeekinsShuck]

05:26 PM on 03/25/2012

Do you know why we are at war? Iraq was ALL lies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs4MxB18NHE, so is Iran, so is KONY. The Project for the New American Century and the Foreign Policy Initiative are a think-tank which promotes: diplomatic, economic, and military engagement IN THE WORLD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepfsJfWxV0. Mitt Romney has named his foreign policy plan a new American Century...how original! http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/07/8208100-romney-presents-plan-for-new-american-century. ANYONE who supports war, supports PNAC!

[DRouss3977]

03:59 PM on 03/25/2012

Hate, sexism, racism and homophobia is alive and well, it appears, in LA. An uninformed electorate is certainly a scary thing!

[Sisa]

01:46 PM on 03/25/2012

.There is no way that either Santorum, Gingrich, or Paul could ever clinch the nomination given the percentage of delegates they each have won with a little over half the states primaries over. The nomination is still within the grasp of Romney however that grip remains quite tenuous. At this point Romney has won an average of 48.6 % of the total  delegates in the 27 primaries that have thus far been held and would need to win approximately  46 % of the remaining 1,258 delegates. This does not does not seem unreasonable. However  if all 4 candidates stay in the race until the Florida convention (as they have avowed to do ) Democrats in winner take all swing states with open primaries yet to be held such as WISCONSIN and  NEW JERSEY could jump in hard to deny Romney these delegates, and a brokered convention would be almost inevitable. Democrats in the remaining states with proportional delegate OPEN primaries such as RI, NC, AR, TX, and WV  could definitely  help deny Romney the 579 more delegates he needs to win the nomination. Utah has a winner take all open primary but somehow I think that states Mormon vote will go Romney. Rock the vote! Then make some popcorn sit down and enjoy. : )

[Vintage59]

01:31 PM on 03/25/2012

Sanctimonium couldn't even take 50% of the vote in a state that is officially divided into "parishes." That's pretty lame but not nearly as lame as the fact that not even 200,000 votes were cast in a statewide election.

[knute9]

12:46 PM on 03/25/2012

The US Constitution's First Amendment, Separation Church and State, states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". There are presently some politicians who campaign the our Founding Fathers created our country based christian principles. Because of their lack of a non-biase education they are ignorantly wrong. If you read the 1797 The Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11 states "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." This treaty was ratified by the Senate and signed by President John Adams.

[rdk70816]

12:13 PM on 03/25/2012

The problems with the educational system in the deep south continue to be evident.

[heyoka]

11:55 AM on 03/25/2012

For what it's worth Romney continued his pattern of doing relatively well in urban areas, and dismally in rural areas. He won Orleans Parrish--as I read the map the only parriash he won in the state.

Also, turnout was low. Is that a measure of GOP enthusiasm?

[dpc2224]

11:47 AM on 03/25/2012

Being against birth control and for close government control of personal, quasi- religious issues (like choice) is really BIG government at it's worst. Those were 50's issues ! Most of the free world has moved on to more important things.Santorum's wish to legislate clearly controversial religious issues is dogmatic, archaic, and overtly anti-democratic.

[mnyegele]

11:35 AM on 03/25/2012

I noticed that all the parishes along the Louisiana coast went hog wild over Santorum.

My only question is what about man-made global climate change? The GOP can stage all the hissy fits and prayer vigils they want, but global climate change will not go away - at least as long as we keep dumping carbon into the atmosphere.

What happens to Louisiana's coastal parishes as the sea level starts to rise? Also what happens to Louisiana's shrimp industry when the oceans become so acidic that shrimp can no longer survive?

The real losers in the GOP primary are the people of Louisiana. Too bad they can't understand that.

[puravida25]

11:25 AM on 03/25/2012

Just as I figured; Santorum would take the entire state with the exception of Orleans Parish (New Orleans).
I lived in New Orleans for awhile and seems much more progressive than the rest of the state.

[CJRobb]

12:45 PM on 03/25/2012

I am not surprised either. I love New Orleans and everyone I know from there is hardy a RS supporter type.

[Sisa]

11:17 AM on 03/25/2012

There is no way that either Santorum, Gingrich, or Paul could ever clinch the nomination given the percentage of delegates they each have won with a little over half the states primaries over. The nomination is still within the grasp of Romney however that grip remains quite tenuous. At this point Romney has won an average of 48.6 % of the total  delegates in the 27 primaries that have thus far been held and would need to win approximately  46 % of the remaining 1,258 delegates. This does not does not seem unreasonable. However  if all 4 candidates stay in the race ( as they have avowed to do) until the Florida convention Democrats in winner take all swing states with open primaries yet to be held such as Wisconsin and  New Jersey could jump in hard to deny Romney these delegates, and a brokered convention would be almost inevitable. Democrats in the remaining states with proportional delegate OPEN primaries such as RI, NC, AR, TX, and WV  could definitely  help deny Romney the 579 more delegates he needs to win the nomination. Utah has a winner take all open primary but somehow i think that states Mormon vote will go Romney. Rock the vote! Then make some popcorn sit down and enjoy. : )

[DarkandStormyNight]

11:14 AM on 03/25/2012

The extreme right wing canidate wins the primary is just more proof that republican voter turnout if extremely low.

[Tom Joad]

11:10 AM on 03/25/2012

...that's interesting...Louisiana looks like a boot...

[Bienville]

09:56 PM on 03/30/2012

LSU and Arkansas play The Battle for the Golden Boot every season. The winner claims an immense trophy in the shape of the two states.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry

[sense is not that common]

11:04 AM on 03/25/2012

Another victory for Paul. Oh wait....