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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