United States presidential elections in Louisiana


Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Louisiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1812, Louisiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Louisiana was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.
Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
2020TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
2016Donald Trump1,178,63858.09Hillary Clinton780,15438.458
2012Barack Obama809,14140.58Mitt Romney1,152,26257.788
2008Barack Obama782,98939.93John McCain1,148,27558.569
2004George W. Bush1,102,16956.72John Kerry820,29942.229
2000George W. Bush927,87152.55Al Gore792,34444.889
1996Bill Clinton927,83752.01Bob Dole712,58639.94Ross Perot123,2936.919
1992Bill Clinton815,97145.58George H. W. Bush733,38640.97Ross Perot211,47811.819
1988George H. W. Bush883,70254.27Michael Dukakis734,28144.0610
1984Ronald Reagan1,037,29960.77Walter Mondale651,58638.1810
1980Ronald Reagan792,85351.20Jimmy Carter708,45345.75John B. Anderson26,3451.710
1976Jimmy Carter661,36551.73Gerald Ford587,44645.9510
1972Richard Nixon686,85265.32George McGovern298,14228.3510
1968Richard Nixon257,53523.47Hubert Humphrey309,61528.21George Wallace530,30048.3210
1964Lyndon B. Johnson387,06843.19Barry Goldwater509,22556.8110
1960John F. Kennedy407,33950.42Richard Nixon230,98028.59Unpledged electors169,57220.9910
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower329,04753.28Adlai Stevenson II243,97739.51T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors
44,5207.2110
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower306,92547.08Adlai Stevenson II345,02752.9210
1948Harry S. Truman136,34432.75Thomas E. Dewey72,65717.45Strom Thurmond204,29049.0710
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt281,56480.59Thomas E. Dewey67,75019.3910
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt319,75185.88Wendell Willkie52,44614.0910
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt292,89488.82Alf Landon36,79111.1610
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt249,41892.79Herbert Hoover18,8537.0110
1928Herbert Hoover51,16023.70Al Smith164,65576.29-10
1924Calvin Coolidge24,67020.23John W. Davis93,21876.44Robert M. La Follette Sr.10
1920Warren G. Harding38,53830.49James M. Cox87,51969.24Parley P. Christensen10
1916Woodrow Wilson79,87585.90Charles E. Hughes6,4666.9510
1912Woodrow Wilson60,87176.81Theodore Roosevelt9,28311.71William H. Taft3,8334.8410
1908William H. Taft8,95811.93William Jennings Bryan63,56884.639
1904Theodore Roosevelt5,2059.66Alton B. Parker47,70888.509
1900William McKinley14,23420.96William Jennings Bryan53,66879.038
1896William McKinley22,03721.81William Jennings Bryan77,17576.388
1892Grover Cleveland87,92676.53Benjamin Harrison26,96323.47James B. Weaver8
1888Benjamin Harrison30,66026.46Grover Cleveland85,03273.378
1884Grover Cleveland62,59457.22James G. Blaine46,34742.378
1880James A. Garfield38,97837.31Winfield S. Hancock65,04762.27James B. Weaver4370.428
1876Rutherford B. Hayes75,31551.65Samuel J. Tilden70,50848.358
1872Ulysses S. Grant71,66355.69Horace Greeley57,02944.318
1868Ulysses S. Grant33,26329.3Horatio Seymour80,22570.77
1864Abraham LincolnGeorge B. McClellann/aUnder Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860Abraham Lincolnno ballotsStephen A. Douglas7,62515.1John C. Breckinridge22,68144.9John Bell20,20440.06

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
1856James Buchanan22,16451.7John C. Frémontno ballotsMillard Fillmore20,70948.36
1852Franklin Pierce18,64751.94Winfield Scott17,25548.06John P. Haleno ballots6
1848Zachary Taylor18,48754.59Lewis Cass15,37945.41Martin Van Burenno ballots6
1844James K. Polk13,78251.3Henry Clay13,08348.76
1840William Henry Harrison11,29659.73Martin Van Buren7,61640.275
1836Martin Van Buren3,84251.74Hugh Lawson White3,58348.26various<5
1832Andrew Jackson3,90861.67Henry Clay2,42938.33William Wirtno ballots5
1828Andrew Jackson4,60553.01John Quincy Adams4,08246.995

Elections from 1812 to 1824

In elections from 1812 to 1824, Louisiana did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by state legislature.
The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
YearWinner Loser Electoral
Votes
Notes
1824John Quincy AdamsAndrew Jackson
Henry Clay
William H. Crawford
5Electoral vote was split, with Jackson receiving three votes and Adams receiving two votes.
1820James Monroe3Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816James MonroeRufus King3
1812James MadisonDeWitt Clinton3