# 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. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

## Elections from 1864 to present

| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Notes |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 1,208,505 | 60.22 | Kamala Harris | 766,870 | 38.21 | — | | | 8 | |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 856,034 | 39.85 | Donald Trump | 1,255,776 | 58.46 | — | | | 8 | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | 1,178,638 | 58.09 | Hillary Clinton | 780,154 | 38.45 | — | | | 8 | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 809,141 | 40.58 | Mitt Romney | 1,152,262 | 57.78 | — | | | 8 | |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 782,989 | 39.93 | John McCain | 1,148,275 | 58.56 | — | | | 9 | |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 1,102,169 | 56.72 | John Kerry | 820,299 | 42.22 | — | | | 9 | |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 927,871 | 52.55 | Al Gore | 792,344 | 44.88 | — | | | 9 | |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | 927,837 | 52.01 | Bob Dole | 712,586 | 39.94 | Ross Perot | 123,293 | 6.91 | 9 | |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | 815,971 | 45.58 | George H. W. Bush | 733,386 | 40.97 | Ross Perot | 211,478 | 11.81 | 9 | |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 883,702 | 54.27 | Michael Dukakis | 734,281 | 44.06 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 1,037,299 | 60.77 | Walter Mondale | 651,586 | 38.18 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 792,853 | 51.20 | Jimmy Carter | 708,453 | 45.75 | - | | | 10 | |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 661,365 | 51.73 | Gerald Ford | 587,446 | 45.95 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 686,852 | 65.32 | George McGovern | 298,142 | 28.35 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 257,535 | 23.47 | Hubert Humphrey | 309,615 | 28.21 | George Wallace | 530,300 | 48.32 | 10 | |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 387,068 | 43.19 | Barry Goldwater | 509,225 | 56.81 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 407,339 | 50.42 | Richard Nixon | 230,980 | 28.59 | Unpledged electors | 169,572 | 20.99 | 10 | |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 329,047 | 53.28 | Adlai Stevenson II | 243,977 | 39.51 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors | 44,520 | 7.21 | 10 | |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 306,925 | 47.08 | Adlai Stevenson II | 345,027 | 52.92 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | 136,344 | 32.75 | Thomas E. Dewey | 72,657 | 17.45 | Strom Thurmond | 204,290 | 49.07 | 10 | |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 281,564 | 80.59 | Thomas E. Dewey | 67,750 | 19.39 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 319,751 | 85.88 | Wendell Willkie | 52,446 | 14.09 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 292,894 | 88.82 | Alf Landon | 36,791 | 11.16 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 249,418 | 92.79 | Herbert Hoover | 18,853 | 7.01 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 51,160 | 23.70 | Al Smith | 164,655 | 76.29 | - | | | 10 | |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 24,670 | 20.23 | John W. Davis | 93,218 | 76.44 | Robert M. La Follette | — | — | 10 | |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 38,538 | 30.49 | James M. Cox | 87,519 | 69.24 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 10 | |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 79,875 | 85.90 | Charles E. Hughes | 6,466 | 6.95 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 60,871 | 76.81 | Theodore Roosevelt | 9,283 | 11.71 | William H. Taft | 3,833 | 4.84 | 10 | |
| 1908 | William H. Taft | 8,958 | 11.93 | William Jennings Bryan | 63,568 | 84.63 | — | | | 9 | |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 5,205 | 9.66 | Alton B. Parker | 47,708 | 88.50 | — | | | 9 | |
| 1900 | William McKinley | 14,234 | 20.96 | William Jennings Bryan | 53,668 | 79.03 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1896 | William McKinley | 22,037 | 21.81 | William Jennings Bryan | 77,175 | 76.38 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 87,926 | 76.53 | Benjamin Harrison | 26,963 | 23.47 | James B. Weaver | — | — | 8 | |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 30,660 | 26.46 | Grover Cleveland | 85,032 | 73.37 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 62,594 | 57.22 | James G. Blaine | 46,347 | 42.37 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 38,978 | 37.31 | Winfield S. Hancock | 65,047 | 62.27 | James B. Weaver | 437 | 0.42 | 8 | |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 75,315 | 51.65 | Samuel J. Tilden | 70,508 | 48.35 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 71,663 | 55.69 | Horace Greeley | 57,029 | 44.31 | — | | | 8 | Louisiana's electoral votes were rejected due to various irregularities, including allegations of electoral fraud. |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 33,263 | 29.3 | Horatio Seymour | 80,225 | 70.7 | — | | | 7 | |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | | | George B. McClellan | | | — | | | n/a | Under Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors (who voted for Lincoln) 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.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | no ballots | | Stephen A. Douglas | 7,625 | 15.1 | John C. Breckinridge | 22,681 | 44.9 | John Bell | 20,204 | 40.0 | 6 |

## Elections from 1828 to 1856

| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 22,164 | 51.7 | John C. Frémont | no ballots | | Millard Fillmore | 20,709 | 48.3 | 6 |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 18,647 | 51.94 | Winfield Scott | 17,255 | 48.06 | John P. Hale | no ballots | | 6 |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 18,487 | 54.59 | Lewis Cass | 15,379 | 45.41 | Martin Van Buren | no ballots | | 6 |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 13,782 | 51.3 | Henry Clay | 13,083 | 48.7 | — | | | 6 |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 11,296 | 59.73 | Martin Van Buren | 7,616 | 40.27 | — | | | 5 |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 3,842 | 51.74 | Hugh Lawson White | 3,583 | 48.26 | various< | | | 5 |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 3,908 | 61.67 | Henry Clay | 2,429 | 38.33 | William Wirt | no ballots | | 5 |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 4,605 | 53.01 | John Quincy Adams | 4,082 | 46.99 | — | | | 5 |

## 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 (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Loser(s) (nationally) | Electoral votes | Notes |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | Andrew Jackson Henry Clay William H. Crawford | 5 | Electoral vote was split, with Jackson receiving three votes and Adams receiving two votes. |
| 1820 | James Monroe | — | 3 | Monroe effectively ran unopposed. |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Rufus King | 3 | |
| 1812 | James Madison | DeWitt Clinton | 3 | |