1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Results

1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

Democratic	Jimmy Carter	661,365	51.73%

Republican	Gerald Ford (inc.)	587,446	45.95%

American Independent	Lester Maddox	10,058	0.79%

Communist	Gus Hall	7,417	0.58%

Independent	Eugene McCarthy	6,588	0.52%

Libertarian	Roger MacBride	3,325	0.26%

Socialist Workers	Peter Camejo	2,240	0.18%

Total votes	1,278,439	100%

Sentence(s)

At 1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Gerald Ford (R) with 45.95% of the vote defeated by Carter.

final_sentence: At 1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Gerald Ford (R) with 45.95% of the vote defeated by Carter.