Louisiana — 1952 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1952 presidential electionLouisiana · PresidentStevensonD+5.8
How it voted
Share of the 1952 vote
| Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic | 52.9% | 345,027 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican | 47.1% | 306,925 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1952presidential margin
D+60R+60
64 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (64 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish, LA | Democratic | D+16.9 |
| Allen Parish, LA | Democratic | D+44.0 |
| Ascension Parish, LA | Democratic | D+33.6 |
| Assumption Parish, LA | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | Democratic | D+28.0 |
| Beauregard Parish, LA | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Bienville Parish, LA | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Bossier Parish, LA | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Caddo Parish, LA | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Calcasieu Parish, LA | Democratic | D+17.5 |
| Caldwell Parish, LA | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Cameron Parish, LA | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| Catahoula Parish, LA | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Concordia Parish, LA | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| De Soto Parish, LA | Republican | R+15.7 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| East Carroll Parish, LA | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| East Feliciana Parish, LA | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Evangeline Parish, LA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Franklin Parish, LA | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Grant Parish, LA | Democratic | D+29.4 |
| Iberia Parish, LA | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Iberville Parish, LA | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| Jackson Parish, LA | Democratic | D+27.1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Lafayette Parish, LA | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Lafourche Parish, LA | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| LaSalle Parish, LA | Democratic | D+8.4 |
| Lincoln Parish, LA | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Livingston Parish, LA | Democratic | D+42.7 |
| Madison Parish, LA | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Morehouse Parish, LA | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Ouachita Parish, LA | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | Republican | R+85.9 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | Democratic | D+8.2 |
| Rapides Parish, LA | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Red River Parish, LA | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Richland Parish, LA | Democratic | D+20.6 |
| Sabine Parish, LA | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.4 |
| St. Charles Parish, LA | Democratic | D+42.3 |
| St. Helena Parish, LA | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| St. James Parish, LA | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | Democratic | D+53.1 |
| St. Landry Parish, LA | Republican | R+5.4 |
| St. Martin Parish, LA | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| St. Mary Parish, LA | Republican | R+1.9 |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Tangipahoa Parish, LA | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Tensas Parish, LA | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Terrebonne Parish, LA | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Union Parish, LA | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| Vernon Parish, LA | Democratic | D+28.5 |
| Washington Parish, LA | Democratic | D+50.6 |
| Webster Parish, LA | Democratic | D+13.8 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| West Carroll Parish, LA | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| West Feliciana Parish, LA | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Winn Parish, LA | Democratic | D+7.1 |
Louisiana results by county
64 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,696 | 5,86358.5% | 4,16741.5% | 00.0% | 10,030 |
| Allen Parish | Adlai Stevenson+2,293 | 3,75472.0% | 1,46128.0% | 00.0% | 5,215 |
| Ascension Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,806 | 3,59366.8% | 1,78733.2% | 00.0% | 5,380 |
| Assumption Parish | Adlai Stevenson+437 | 1,64757.6% | 1,21042.4% | 00.0% | 2,857 |
| Avoyelles Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,926 | 4,40564.0% | 2,47936.0% | 00.0% | 6,884 |
| Beauregard Parish | Adlai Stevenson+207 | 99655.8% | 78944.2% | 00.0% | 1,785 |
| Bienville Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+232 | 1,75446.9% | 1,98653.1% | 00.0% | 3,740 |
| Bossier Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+994 | 2,68342.2% | 3,67757.8% | 00.0% | 6,360 |
| Caddo Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+13,296 | 14,55434.3% | 27,85065.7% | 00.0% | 42,404 |
| Calcasieu Parish | Adlai Stevenson+4,712 | 15,81458.8% | 11,10241.2% | 00.0% | 26,916 |
| Caldwell Parish | Adlai Stevenson+201 | 1,16254.7% | 96145.3% | 00.0% | 2,123 |
| Cameron Parish | Adlai Stevenson+321 | 1,00559.5% | 68440.5% | 00.0% | 1,689 |
| Catahoula Parish | Adlai Stevenson+452 | 1,33660.2% | 88439.8% | 00.0% | 2,220 |
| Claiborne Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,266 | 1,53035.4% | 2,79664.6% | 00.0% | 4,326 |
| Concordia Parish | Adlai Stevenson+142 | 1,25253.0% | 1,11047.0% | 00.0% | 2,362 |
| De Soto Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+625 | 1,67842.2% | 2,30357.8% | 00.0% | 3,981 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | Adlai Stevenson+3,412 | 23,10554.0% | 19,69346.0% | 00.0% | 42,798 |
| East Carroll Parish | Adlai Stevenson+161 | 91854.8% | 75745.2% | 00.0% | 1,675 |
| East Feliciana Parish | Adlai Stevenson+143 | 1,01953.8% | 87646.2% | 00.0% | 1,895 |
| Evangeline Parish | Adlai Stevenson+953 | 3,39858.2% | 2,44541.8% | 00.0% | 5,843 |
| Franklin Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,219 | 2,83363.7% | 1,61436.3% | 00.0% | 4,447 |
| Grant Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,203 | 2,64664.7% | 1,44335.3% | 00.0% | 4,089 |
| Iberia Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,629 | 4,04041.6% | 5,66958.4% | 00.0% | 9,709 |
| Iberville Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,787 | 3,49767.2% | 1,71032.8% | 00.0% | 5,207 |
| Jackson Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,203 | 2,81763.6% | 1,61436.4% | 00.0% | 4,431 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | Adlai Stevenson+137 | 3,58451.0% | 3,44749.0% | 00.0% | 7,031 |
| Jefferson Parish | Adlai Stevenson+2,275 | 19,36553.1% | 17,09046.9% | 00.0% | 36,455 |
| Lafayette Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+27 | 6,44349.9% | 6,47050.1% | 00.0% | 12,913 |
| Lafourche Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,657 | 5,39659.1% | 3,73940.9% | 00.0% | 9,135 |
| LaSalle Parish | Adlai Stevenson+309 | 2,00154.2% | 1,69245.8% | 00.0% | 3,693 |
| Lincoln Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,065 | 2,00939.5% | 3,07460.5% | 00.0% | 5,083 |
| Livingston Parish | Adlai Stevenson+2,142 | 3,57871.4% | 1,43628.6% | 00.0% | 5,014 |
| Madison Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+558 | 69535.7% | 1,25364.3% | 00.0% | 1,948 |
| Morehouse Parish | Adlai Stevenson+439 | 3,00653.9% | 2,56746.1% | 00.0% | 5,573 |
| Natchitoches Parish | Adlai Stevenson+772 | 3,87655.5% | 3,10444.5% | 00.0% | 6,980 |
| Orleans Parish | Adlai Stevenson+4,427 | 89,99951.3% | 85,57248.7% | 00.0% | 175,571 |
| Ouachita Parish | Adlai Stevenson+933 | 9,77552.5% | 8,84247.5% | 00.0% | 18,617 |
| Plaquemines Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,115 | 2557.0% | 3,37093.0% | 00.0% | 3,625 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | Adlai Stevenson+211 | 1,38554.1% | 1,17445.9% | 00.0% | 2,559 |
| Rapides Parish | Adlai Stevenson+3,827 | 13,57658.2% | 9,74941.8% | 00.0% | 23,325 |
| Red River Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,048 | 1,82270.2% | 77429.8% | 00.0% | 2,596 |
| Richland Parish | Adlai Stevenson+854 | 2,49960.3% | 1,64539.7% | 00.0% | 4,144 |
| Sabine Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,243 | 3,28261.7% | 2,03938.3% | 00.0% | 5,321 |
| St. Bernard Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+150 | 2,11748.3% | 2,26751.7% | 00.0% | 4,384 |
| St. Charles Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,593 | 2,67971.2% | 1,08628.8% | 00.0% | 3,765 |
| St. Helena Parish | Adlai Stevenson+309 | 89560.4% | 58639.6% | 00.0% | 1,481 |
| St. James Parish | Adlai Stevenson+812 | 2,16561.5% | 1,35338.5% | 00.0% | 3,518 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,478 | 2,13276.5% | 65423.5% | 00.0% | 2,786 |
| St. Landry Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+542 | 4,76147.3% | 5,30352.7% | 00.0% | 10,064 |
| St. Martin Parish | Adlai Stevenson+458 | 2,01256.4% | 1,55443.6% | 00.0% | 3,566 |
| St. Mary Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+168 | 4,24949.0% | 4,41751.0% | 00.0% | 8,666 |
| St. Tammany Parish | Adlai Stevenson+867 | 4,46555.4% | 3,59844.6% | 00.0% | 8,063 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | Adlai Stevenson+684 | 5,85053.1% | 5,16646.9% | 00.0% | 11,016 |
| Tensas Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+15 | 68849.5% | 70350.5% | 00.0% | 1,391 |
| Terrebonne Parish | Adlai Stevenson+404 | 4,25252.5% | 3,84847.5% | 00.0% | 8,100 |
| Union Parish | Adlai Stevenson+161 | 2,05552.0% | 1,89448.0% | 00.0% | 3,949 |
| Vermilion Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,393 | 5,26157.6% | 3,86842.4% | 00.0% | 9,129 |
| Vernon Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,702 | 3,83264.3% | 2,13035.7% | 00.0% | 5,962 |
| Washington Parish | Adlai Stevenson+4,988 | 7,42075.3% | 2,43224.7% | 00.0% | 9,852 |
| Webster Parish | Adlai Stevenson+1,102 | 4,54456.9% | 3,44243.1% | 00.0% | 7,986 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | Adlai Stevenson+576 | 1,28064.5% | 70435.5% | 00.0% | 1,984 |
| West Carroll Parish | Adlai Stevenson+642 | 2,04059.3% | 1,39840.7% | 00.0% | 3,438 |
| West Feliciana Parish | Dwight D. Eisenhower+224 | 27935.7% | 50364.3% | 00.0% | 782 |
| Winn Parish | Adlai Stevenson+291 | 2,20653.5% | 1,91546.5% | 00.0% | 4,121 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Louisiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +53.1% |
| 1896 | +54.6% |
| 1900 | +58.1% |
| 1904 | +78.9% |
| 1908 | +72.7% |
| 1912 | +72.0% |
| 1916 | +78.9% |
| 1920 | +38.8% |
| 1924 | +56.2% |
| 1928 | +52.6% |
| 1932 | +85.8% |
| 1936 | +77.7% |
| 1940 | +71.8% |
| 1944 | +61.2% |
| 1948 | +15.3% |
| 1952 | +5.8% |
| 1956 | −13.8% |
| 1960 | +21.8% |
| 1964 | −13.6% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −37.0% |
| 1976 | +5.8% |
| 1980 | −5.5% |
| 1984 | −22.6% |
| 1988 | −10.2% |
| 1992 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | +12.1% |
| 2000 | −7.7% |
| 2004 | −14.5% |
| 2008 | −18.6% |
| 2012 | −17.2% |
| 2016 | −19.6% |
| 2020 | −18.6% |
| 2024 | −22.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1952 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.