# 2015 Chicago mayoral election

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An election took place on February 24, 2015, to elect the mayor of Chicago. The election was non-partisan and no candidate received a majority. A runoff election was held between the top two finishers (both Democrats) on April 7, 2015, and resulted in the reelection of incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel. The elections were concurrent with the 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections.
Emanuel ran for reelection, seeking a second term in office. In the first round, Emanuel received 46% of the vote and Democratic Cook County Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García received 34%. Because no candidate received a majority, a runoff was held. In the runoff, Emanuel received 56.23% of the vote, winning the election. Garcia received 43.77% of the vote. 2015 was the first time the election advanced to a runoff since mayoral elections became non-partisan in 1999.

## Candidates
### Ran

* Rahm Emanuel, incumbent mayor
* Bob Fioretti, Chicago City Alderman
* Jesús "Chuy" García, Cook County Commissioner and former state senator
* William "Dock" Walls, community activist, businessman, former aide to Mayor Harold Washington and perennial candidate
* Willie Wilson, medical supply company executive

#### Write-in candidates

* William H. Calloway
* Christopher Ware
* Mary Vann

### Withdrew

* Frederick Collins, Chicago police officer
* Amara Enyia, urban affairs consultant and community activist
* William J. Kelly, political activist, columnist and Republican candidate for Illinois Comptroller in 2010 and 2014
* Gerald Sconyers
* Robert Shaw, former Chicago City Alderman and former commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review

### Removed

* Fenton Patterson, perennial candidate

### Declined

* Leslie Hairston, Chicago City Alderman
* Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union
* Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
* Kwame Raoul, state senator
* Scott Waguespack, Chicago city alderman

## General election
### Endorsements

Officeholders
* Gery Chico, Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education and former president of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, candidate for mayor in 2011
* Richard M. Daley, former mayor of Chicago
* Barack Obama, President of the United States
Media
* The Chicago Defender
* Chicago Sun-Times
* Chicago Tribune
* Crain's Chicago Business
Organizations
* Planned Parenthood Illinois Action
Individuals
* Mike Ditka, former coach of the Chicago Bears
* Amara Enyia, previously a candidate for mayor
Organizations
* Chicago Police Sergeants Association
* Green Party of Chicago
* Progressive Caucus of the Chicago City Council
Officeholders
* Miguel del Valle, former City Clerk of Chicago, former Illinois state senator, 2011 mayoral candidate
* David Orr, Cook County Clerk and former acting mayor of Chicago
* Bobbie L. Steele, former president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Individuals
* Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union
Media
* The Gazette
Organizations
* Chicago Teachers Union
* Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization
* Progressive Action Project
* United Working Families
Media
* Illinois Herald
Politicians
* Danny K. Davis, US congressman and candidate for mayor of Chicago in 1999 and 2011
* Robert Shaw, former Chicago City Alderman and former commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review, previously a candidate for mayor

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Robert Fioretti | Jesús García | William Walls | Willie Wilson | Other | Undecided |
| Ogden & Fry | February 22, 2015 | 737 | ± 3.68% | 48.3% | 6.8% | 26.5% | 3.3% | 15.2% | — | — |
| APC Research | February ? 2015 | 709 | ± 3.7% | 45% | 7% | 20% | 2% | 7% | — | 18% |
| Ogden & Fry | February 14, 2015 | 736 | ± 3.69% | 49.2% | 8.6% | 23.0% | 4.9% | 14.4% | — | — |
| Ogden & Fry | January 31, 2015 | 884 | ± 3.36% | 41.7% | 6.7% | 16.6% | 1.7% | 9.7% | — | 23.5% |
| APC Research | January 22–27, 2015 | 708 | ± 3.7% | 42% | 10% | 18% | 2% | 7% | — | 20% |
| Ogden & Fry | January 24, 2015 | 950 | ± 3.24% | 39.5% | 7.5% | 18% | 1.8% | 11.1% | — | 22.2% |
| Lake Research Partners | January 15–19, 2015 | 600 | ± 4% | 38% | 8% | 16% | 1% | 5% | — | 30% |
| Ogden & Fry | January 17, 2015 | 1,010 | ± 3.15% | 38% | 6.7% | 16.4% | 1.5% | 10.6% | — | 26.7% |
| GQR* | January 3–6, 2015 | 600 | ± 4% | 50% | 10% | 22% | 2% | 7% | — | 9% |
| GQR* | December 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 48% | 13% | 21% | — | — | 18% | 18% |
| David Binder Research | November 23–25, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 15% | 16% | — | — | 7% | 18% |
| Lake Research Partners | November 2014 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 33% | 13% | 18% | — | — | — | 36% |
* * Internal poll for the Rahm Emanuel campaign
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Robert Fioretti | Karen Lewis | Toni Preckwinkle | Robert Shaw | Undecided |
| McKeon | May 7, 2014 | 511 | ± 4.2% | 29% | 5% | 10% | 26% | 3% | 27% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Karen Lewis | "Qualified Republican" | Undecided |
| Ogden & Fry | August 9, 2014 | 1,152 | ±2.9% | 33.9% | 20.6% | 14.3% | 31.3% |

### Results

Chicago mayoral election, 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Rahm Emanuel (incumbent) | 218,217 | 45.63% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jesús "Chuy" García | 160,414 | 33.55% |
| | Nonpartisan | Willie Wilson | 50,960 | 10.66% |
| | Nonpartisan | Robert W. "Bob" Fioretti | 35,363 | 7.39% |
| | Nonpartisan | William "Dock" Walls, III | 13,250 | 2.77% |
| | Write-in | Christopher Ware | 40 | 0.01% |
| | Write-in | William H. Calloway | 9 | 0.00% |
| | Write-in | Mary Vann | 3 | 0.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 478,256 | 100.00% |

#### Results by ward

* Support for Wilson by ward: >30% 25–30% 20–25% 15–20% 10–15% 5–10% 0–5%
* Support for Fioretti by ward: >15% 12–15% 9–12% 6–9% 3–6% 0–3%
* Support for Walls by ward: >7% 6–7% 5–6% 4–5% 3–4% 2–3% 1–2% 0–1%
| Ward | Emanuel votes | Emanuel % | Wilson votes | Wilson % | Fioretti votes | Fioretti % | García votes | García % | Walls votes | Walls % | Total votes | Turnout |
| 1st | 3,349 | 39.60% | 260 | 3.07% | 618 | 7.31% | 4,128 | 48.81% | 103 | 1.22% | 8,458 | 28.93% |
| 2nd | 6,727 | 64.47% | 331 | 3.17% | 863 | 8.27% | 2,428 | 23.27% | 85 | 0.81% | 10,434 | 32.17% |
| 3rd | 5,223 | 49.07% | 1,768 | 16.61% | 954 | 8.96% | 2,211 | 20.77% | 489 | 4.59% | 10,645 | 33.12% |
| 4th | 5,329 | 44.56% | 1,703 | 14.24% | 942 | 7.88% | 3,396 | 28.40% | 588 | 4.92% | 11,958 | 39.01% |
| 5th | 5,088 | 44.00% | 1,494 | 12.92% | 533 | 4.61% | 3,890 | 33.64% | 588 | 4.83% | 11,563 | 39.44% |
| 6th | 4,703 | 42.63% | 2,569 | 23.28% | 519 | 4.70% | 2,525 | 22.89% | 717 | 6.50% | 11,033 | 32.78% |
| 7th | 4,690 | 43.76% | 2,294 | 21.40% | 439 | 4.10% | 2,595 | 24.21% | 700 | 6.53% | 10,718 | 33.07% |
| 8th | 5,938 | 43.39% | 2,987 | 21.83% | 569 | 4.16% | 3,289 | 24.03% | 903 | 6.60% | 13,686 | 36.50% |
| 9th | 5,186 | 43.30% | 2,873 | 23.99% | 517 | 4.32% | 2,625 | 21.92% | 777 | 6.49% | 11,978 | 32.86% |
| 10th | 3,586 | 37.74% | 482 | 5.07% | 816 | 8.59% | 4,501 | 47.37% | 116 | 1.22% | 9,501 | 37.15% |
| 11th | 4,711 | 48.93% | 253 | 2.63% | 1,440 | 14.95% | 3,140 | 32.61% | 85 | 0.88% | 9,629 | 37.81% |
| 12th | 1,284 | 25.70% | 96 | 1.92% | 241 | 4.82% | 3,335 | 66.74% | 41 | 0.82% | 4,997 | 27.87% |
| 13th | 5,822 | 52.04% | 210 | 1.88% | 1,021 | 9.13% | 4,067 | 36.35% | 67 | 0.60% | 11,187 | 46.75% |
| 14th | 2,293 | 37.99% | 107 | 1.77% | 448 | 7.42% | 3,151 | 52.20% | 37 | 0.61% | 6,036 | 33.87% |
| 15th | 1,403 | 30.02% | 599 | 12.82% | 156 | 3.34% | 2,394 | 51.23% | 121 | 2.59% | 4,673 | 25.63% |
| 16th | 2,451 | 39.88% | 1,641 | 26.70% | 211 | 3.43% | 1,552 | 25.25% | 291 | 4.73% | 6,146 | 23.57% |
| 17th | 3,499 | 40.08% | 2,313 | 26.50% | 323 | 3.70% | 2,092 | 23.97% | 502 | 5.75% | 8,729 | 28.53% |
| 18th | 4,794 | 38.99% | 2,043 | 16.62% | 800 | 6.51% | 3,988 | 32.44% | 669 | 5.44% | 12,294 | 38.68% |
| 19th | 7,613 | 41.95% | 1,139 | 6.28% | 2,503 | 13.79% | 6,509 | 35.87% | 383 | 2.11% | 18,147 | 51.83% |
| 20th | 2,808 | 40.59% | 1,693 | 24.47% | 231 | 3.34% | 1,798 | 25.99% | 388 | 5.61% | 6,918 | 26.96% |
| 21st | 5,698 | 42.56% | 3,249 | 24.27% | 533 | 3.98% | 2,973 | 22.20% | 936 | 6.99% | 13,389 | 35.01% |
| 22nd | 1,127 | 21.18% | 279 | 5.24% | 137 | 2.57% | 3,711 | 69.73% | 68 | 1.28% | 5,322 | 28.15% |
| 23rd | 3,868 | 40.19% | 232 | 2.41% | 1308 | 13.59% | 4,165 | 43.27% | 52 | 0.54% | 9,625 | 42.97% |
| 24th | 2,653 | 36.50% | 2,209 | 30.39% | 324 | 4.46% | 1,701 | 23.40% | 381 | 5.24% | 7,268 | 27.07% |
| 25th | 2,586 | 33.40% | 263 | 3.40% | 497 | 6.42% | 4,331 | 55.94% | 65 | 0.84% | 7,742 | 30.73% |
| 26th | 2,331 | 34.33% | 359 | 5.29% | 348 | 5.13% | 3,665 | 53.98% | 87 | 1.28% | 6,790 | 27.48% |
| 27th | 4,291 | 48.61% | 1,640 | 18.58% | 695 | 7.87% | 1,911 | 21.65% | 290 | 3.29% | 8,827 | 27.51% |
| 28th | 3,084 | 39.92% | 2,043 | 26.45% | 596 | 7.72% | 1,682 | 21.77% | 320 | 4.14% | 7,725 | 23.84% |
| 29th | 4,662 | 41.99% | 2,460 | 22.16% | 723 | 6.51% | 2,748 | 24.75% | 510 | 4.59% | 11,103 | 32.17% |
| 30th | 2,018 | 39.60% | 149 | 2.92% | 391 | 7.67% | 2,489 | 48.84% | 49 | 0.96% | 5,096 | 23.88% |
| 31st | 2,381 | 40.61% | 141 | 2.40% | 291 | 4.96% | 2,996 | 51.10% | 54 | 0.92% | 5,863 | 27.36% |
| 32nd | 4,111 | 47.61% | 188 | 2.18% | 712 | 8.25% | 3,559 | 41.22% | 64 | 0.74% | 8,634 | 28.34% |
| 33rd | 3,332 | 40.02% | 272 | 3.27% | 532 | 6.39% | 4,084 | 49.06% | 105 | 1.26% | 8,325 | 36.34% |
| 34th | 5,722 | 45.46% | 3,127 | 24.85% | 413 | 3.28% | 2,581 | 20.51% | 743 | 5.90% | 12,586 | 32.72% |
| 35th | 2,110 | 40.02% | 188 | 3.00% | 336 | 5.36% | 3,580 | 57.06% | 60 | 0.96% | 6,274 | 28.72% |
| 36th | 2,380 | 39.31% | 281 | 4.64% | 611 | 10.09% | 2,731 | 45.10% | 52 | 0.86% | 6,055 | 28.44% |
| 37th | 3,465 | 41.38% | 2,372 | 28.33% | 373 | 4.45% | 1,754 | 20.95% | 409 | 4.88% | 12,586 | 40.16% |
| 38th | 5,408 | 48.09% | 315 | 2.80% | 1,705 | 15.16% | 3,723 | 33.11% | 95 | 0.84% | 11,246 | 38.00% |
| 39th | 5,499 | 48.48% | 355 | 3.13% | 1,187 | 10.47% | 4,202 | 37.05% | 99 | 0.87% | 11,342 | 38.93% |
| 40th | 4,634 | 47.26% | 300 | 3.06% | 636 | 6.49% | 4136 | 42.18% | 99 | 1.01% | 9,805 | 35.27% |
| 41st | 7,153 | 47.80% | 451 | 3.01% | 2,644 | 17.67% | 4,605 | 30.77% | 112 | 0.75% | 14,965 | 43.58% |
| 42nd | 6,558 | 73.52% | 262 | 2.94% | 548 | 6.14% | 1,476 | 16.55% | 76 | 0.85% | 8,920 | 28.49% |
| 43rd | 7,608 | 71.97% | 283 | 2.68% | 665 | 6.29% | 1,938 | 18.33% | 77 | 0.73% | 10,571 | 34.94% |
| 44th | 6,055 | 64.25% | 211 | 2.24% | 554 | 554% | 2,543 | 26.98% | 61 | 0.65% | 9,424 | 31.62% |
| 45th | 6,243 | 48.06% | 406 | 3.13% | 1,682 | 12.95% | 4,545 | 34.99% | 115 | 0.89% | 12,991 | 41.65% |
| 46th | 6,079 | 57.55% | 520 | 4.92% | 518 | 4.90% | 3,316 | 31.39% | 130 | 1.23% | 10,563 | 36.84% |
| 47th | 6,427 | 51.47% | 267 | 2.14 | 721 | 5.77% | 4,985 | 39.92% | 88 | 0.70% | 12,488 | 37.59% |
| 48th | 5,906 | 52.33% | 450 | 3.99% | 560 | 4.96% | 4,220 | 37.39% | 150 | 1.33% | 11,286 | 37.89% |
| 49th | 3,941 | 44.10% | 492 | 5.51% | 431 | 4.82% | 3,893 | 43.57% | 179 | 2.00% | 8,936 | 35.60% |
| 50th | 4,390 | 55.29% | 341 | 4.29% | 548 | 6.90% | 2,557 | 32.20% | 104 | 1.31% | 7,940 | 31.87% |

## Runoff
### Endorsements

Officeholders
* Gery Chico, Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education and former president of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, candidate for mayor in 2011
* Richard M. Daley, former mayor of Chicago
* Dick Durbin, U.S. senator
* James Meeks, state senator and candidate for mayor in 2011
* Barack Obama, President of the United States
* Bobby Rush, U.S. representative
* Luis Gutierrez, U.S. reperesentative
Organizations
* Planned Parenthood Illinois Action
* Sierra Club
Media
* The Chicago Defender
* Chicago Sun-Times
* Chicago Tribune
* Crain's Chicago Business
Officeholders
* Bernie Sanders, United States senator from Vermont
* Luis Arroyo Jr., Cook County commissioner
* Richard Boykin, Cook County Commissioner
* Danny K. Davis, U.S. representative, candidate for mayor in 1991 and 2011
* Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and candidate for President in 2004
* Miguel del Valle, former City Clerk of Chicago, former Illinois state senator, 2011 mayoral candidate
* Jesse Jackson, former shadow senator from the District of Columbia, minister, and civil rights activist
* Emil Jones, former president of the Illinois Senate
* Stanley Moore, Cook County commissioner
* Ricardo Muñoz, Chicago city alderman
* David Orr, Cook County clerk and former acting mayor of Chicago
* Bobbie L. Steele, former president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
* Robert Steele, Cook County commissioner
* Scott Waguespack, Chicago city alderman
Individuals
* Troy LaRaviere, educator
* Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union
* David Moore, Chicago City Alderman-elect
* Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Chicago City Alderman-elect
* Diane Ravitch, education historian, educational policy analyst, and former Assistant United States Secretary of Education
* Willie Wilson, businessman, philanthropist, 2015 candidate for Mayor of Chicago.
Media
* Chicago Jewish Star
* The Gazette
Organizations
* Chicago Teachers Union
* Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization
* Progressive Action Project
* SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
* SEIU Local 1
* Teamsters Local 743
* United Working Families
Individuals
* Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Organizations
* SEIU Local 73

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Jesús García | Undecided |
| Ogden & Fry | March 21, 2015 | 951 | ± 3.24% | 48.5% | 32.1% | 18.4% |
| We Ask America | March 16, 2015 | 1,374 | ± 3% | 51% | 36% | 12% |
| Ogden & Fry | March 15, 2015 | 920 | ± 3.3% | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| APC Research Inc. | March 13, 2015 | 712 | ± 3.7% | 51% | 37% | 11% |
| Ogden & Fry | March 7, 2015 | 1,020 | ± 3.13% | 43.5% | 38% | 18% |
| We Ask America | February 28, 2015 | 1,138 | ± 2.9% | 49% | 38% | 14% |
| Ogden & Fry | February 28, 2015 | 979 | ± 3.2% | 42.9% | 38.5% | 18.6% |
| Ogden & Fry | February 25, 2015 | 1,058 | ± 3.07% | 42.7% | 38.7% | 18.6% |
| GSG | February 25, 2015 | 2,659 | ± 1.9% | 50.4% | 39.8% | 9.8% |
| Ogden & Fry | January 24, 2015 | 950 | ± 3.24% | 54.9% | 45.1% | — |
| Lake Research Partners | January 15–19, 2015 | 600 | ± 4% | 44% | 28% | 27% |
| David Binder Research | November 23–25, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 49% | 37% | 14% |
| Lake Research Partners | November 2014 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 36% | 31% | 23% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Karen Lewis | Undecided |
| APC Research | August 6–12, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 39% | 43% | 14% |
| David Binder Research | July 24–27, 2014 | 600 | ± ? | 45% | 33% | 22% |
| We Ask America | July 9, 2014 | 1,037 | ± 3.04% | 36.44% | 45.35% | 18.21% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Toni Preckwinkle | Undecided |
| We Ask America | July 9, 2014 | 1,037 | ± 3.04% | 30.98% | 55.23% | 13.79% |
| Strive Strategies | March 25–26, 2014 | 724 | ± 3.49% | 32% | 40% | 28% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Robert Shaw | Undecided |
| We Ask America | July 9, 2014 | 1,037 | ± 3.04% | 47.66% | 29.55% | 22.79% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rahm Emanuel | Robert Fioretti | Undecided |
| David Binder Research | July 24–27, 2014 | 600 | ± ? | 46% | 27% | 27% |
| We Ask America | July 9, 2014 | 1,037 | ± 3.04% | 45.08% | 30.63% | 24.29% |
* * Internal poll for the Rahm Emanuel campaign

### Results

Chicago mayoral election, 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Rahm Emanuel (incumbent) | 332,171 | 56.23% |
| | Nonpartisan | Jesús "Chuy" García | 258,562 | 43.77% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 590,733 | 100.00% |

#### Results by ward

| Ward | Emanuel votes | Emanuel % | García votes | García % | Total votes | Turnout |
| 1st | 4,748 | 44.26% | 5,979 | 55.74% | 10,727 | 35.87% |
| 2nd | 10,931 | 77.17% | 3,233 | 22.83% | 14,164 | 42.84% |
| 3rd | 8,557 | 66.24% | 4,362 | 33.76% | 12,919 | 39.53% |
| 4th | 8,244% | 58.90% | 5,753 | 41.10% | 13,997 | 44.93% |
| 5th | 7,322% | 55.15% | 5,954 | 44.85% | 13,276 | 44.58% |
| 6th | 7,000% | 56.84% | 5,315 | 43.16% | 12,315 | 36.23% |
| 7th | 6,948% | 56.46% | 5,357 | 43.54% | 12,305 | 37.54% |
| 8th | 9,143% | 58.51% | 6,483 | 41.49% | 15,626 | 41.38% |
| 9th | 7,728% | 58.21% | 5,548 | 41.79% | 13,276 | 36.14% |
| 10th | 4,672 | 40.20% | 6,951 | 59.80% | 11,623 | 44.82% |
| 11th | 7,679 | 61.39% | 4,829 | 38.61% | 12,508 | 48.04% |
| 12th | 1,757 | 25.24% | 5,204 | 74.76% | 6,961 | 38.28% |
| 13th | 7,887 | 55.61% | 6,295 | 44.39% | 14,182 | 58.37% |
| 14th | 2,962 | 35.61% | 5,355 | 64.39% | 8,317 | 45.98% |
| 15th | 2,014 | 31.73% | 4,333 | 68.27% | 6,347 | 34.35% |
| 16th | 4,023 | 51.61% | 3,772 | 48.39% | 7,795 | 29.57% |
| 17th | 5,484 | 55.15% | 4,459 | 44.85% | 9,943 | 32.30% |
| 18th | 7,571 | 51.60% | 7,101 | 48.40% | 14,672 | 45.76% |
| 19th | 11,972 | 59.43% | 8,172 | 40.57% | 20,144 | 56.99% |
| 20th | 4,355 | 53.85% | 3,733 | 46.15% | 8,088 | 31.10% |
| 21st | 8,864 | 58.81% | 6,208 | 41.19% | 15,072 | 39.17% |
| 22nd | 1,458 | 19.63% | 5,971 | 80.37% | 7,429 | 38.82% |
| 23rd | 4,905 | 43.36% | 6,407 | 56.64% | 11,312 | 49.67% |
| 24th | 4,253 | 52.34% | 3,873 | 47.66% | 8,126 | 29.90% |
| 25th | 3,839 | 38.49% | 6,135 | 61.51% | 9,974 | 38.76% |
| 26th | 2,962 | 34.81% | 5,548 | 65.19% | 8,510 | 33.80% |
| 27th | 6,705 | 63.90% | 3,788 | 36.10% | 10,493 | 32.18% |
| 28th | 5,416 | 57.55% | 3,995 | 42.45% | 9,411 | 28.67% |
| 29th | 7,546 | 57.27% | 5,630 | 42.73% | 13,176 | 37.77% |
| 30th | 3,067 | 40.95% | 4,423 | 59.05% | 7,490 | 34.67% |
| 31st | 3,192 | 37.74% | 5,265 | 62.26% | 8,457 | 38.81% |
| 32nd | 7,808 | 62.32% | 4,721 | 37.68% | 12,529 | 40.31% |
| 33rd | 4,412 | 44.40% | 5,525 | 55.60% | 9,937 | 42.60% |
| 34th | 8,616 | 61.38% | 5,421 | 38.62% | 14,037 | 36.26% |
| 35th | 2,769 | 34.31% | 5,302 | 65.69% | 8,071 | 36.29% |
| 36th | 3,551 | 42.28% | 4,847 | 57.72% | 8,398 | 38.89% |
| 37th | 5,943 | 58.49% | 4,217 | 41.51% | 10,160 | 32.14% |
| 38th | 7,648 | 60.04% | 5,090 | 39.96% | 12,738 | 42.60% |
| 39th | 7,671 | 58.41% | 5,462 | 41.59% | 13,133 | 44.51% |
| 40th | 6,528 | 53.44% | 5,688 | 46.56% | 12,216 | 43.28% |
| 41st | 12,007 | 63.96% | 6,766 | 36.04% | 18,773 | 53.95% |
| 42nd | 11,504 | 84.93% | 2,041 | 15.07% | 13,545 | 42.43% |
| 43rd | 12,335 | 83.41% | 2,454 | 16.59% | 14,789 | 47.90% |
| 44th | 10,063 | 76.33% | 3,120 | 23.67% | 13,183 | 43.40% |
| 45th | 9,341 | 59.24% | 6,427 | 40.76% | 15,768 | 49.82% |
| 46th | 8,723 | 64.68% | 4,764 | 35.32% | 13,487 | 45.95% |
| 47th | 10,169 | 62.97% | 5,980 | 37.03% | 16,149 | 47.77% |
| 48th | 8,503 | 59.35% | 5,823 | 40.65% | 14,326 | 47.31% |
| 49th | 5,127 | 48.38% | 5,471 | 51.62% | 10,598 | 41.48% |
| 50th | 6,249 | 60.90% | 4,012 | 39.10% | 10,261 | 40.69% |