Louisiana — 1972 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1972 presidential electionLouisiana · PresidentNixonR+37.0
How it voted
Share of the 1972 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 65.3% | 686,852 |
|---|---|---|
| George McGovernDemocratic | 28.4% | 298,142 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 6.3% | 66,497 |
1972presidential margin
D+60R+60
64 counties, each filled by 1972 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 | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Allen Parish, LA | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Ascension Parish, LA | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Assumption Parish, LA | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Beauregard Parish, LA | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Bienville Parish, LA | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Bossier Parish, LA | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Caddo Parish, LA | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Calcasieu Parish, LA | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Caldwell Parish, LA | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Cameron Parish, LA | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Catahoula Parish, LA | Republican | R+50.7 |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Concordia Parish, LA | Republican | R+33.9 |
| De Soto Parish, LA | Republican | R+19.9 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Republican | R+36.0 |
| East Carroll Parish, LA | Republican | R+2.1 |
| East Feliciana Parish, LA | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Evangeline Parish, LA | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Franklin Parish, LA | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Grant Parish, LA | Republican | R+58.4 |
| Iberia Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Iberville Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Jackson Parish, LA | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | Republican | R+53.4 |
| Lafayette Parish, LA | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Lafourche Parish, LA | Republican | R+39.7 |
| LaSalle Parish, LA | Republican | R+67.8 |
| Lincoln Parish, LA | Republican | R+42.6 |
| Livingston Parish, LA | Republican | R+54.5 |
| Madison Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Morehouse Parish, LA | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Ouachita Parish, LA | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | Republican | R+70.6 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Rapides Parish, LA | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Red River Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Richland Parish, LA | Republican | R+48.8 |
| Sabine Parish, LA | Republican | R+53.9 |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | Republican | R+61.4 |
| St. Charles Parish, LA | Republican | R+29.6 |
| St. Helena Parish, LA | Republican | R+18.1 |
| St. James Parish, LA | Republican | R+7.6 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | Republican | R+10.0 |
| St. Landry Parish, LA | Republican | R+23.2 |
| St. Martin Parish, LA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| St. Mary Parish, LA | Republican | R+41.1 |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | Republican | R+55.2 |
| Tangipahoa Parish, LA | Republican | R+34.6 |
| Tensas Parish, LA | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Terrebonne Parish, LA | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Union Parish, LA | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Vernon Parish, LA | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Washington Parish, LA | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Webster Parish, LA | Republican | R+48.3 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Republican | R+15.7 |
| West Carroll Parish, LA | Republican | R+62.5 |
| West Feliciana Parish, LA | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Winn Parish, LA | Republican | R+45.6 |
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 | Richard Nixon+5,292 | 9,69863.8% | 4,40629.0% | 1,0907.2% | 15,194 |
| Allen Parish | Richard Nixon+1,552 | 3,58159.4% | 2,02933.7% | 4186.9% | 6,028 |
| Ascension Parish | Richard Nixon+1,863 | 5,18754.5% | 3,32434.9% | 1,01010.6% | 9,521 |
| Assumption Parish | Richard Nixon+1,686 | 3,75158.9% | 2,06532.4% | 5498.6% | 6,365 |
| Avoyelles Parish | Richard Nixon+2,830 | 6,22557.8% | 3,39531.5% | 1,15810.7% | 10,778 |
| Beauregard Parish | Richard Nixon+3,227 | 4,95569.4% | 1,72824.2% | 4566.4% | 7,139 |
| Bienville Parish | Richard Nixon+1,494 | 3,38459.0% | 1,89032.9% | 4638.1% | 5,737 |
| Bossier Parish | Richard Nixon+9,942 | 12,85678.6% | 2,91417.8% | 5803.5% | 16,350 |
| Caddo Parish | Richard Nixon+31,566 | 47,21571.7% | 15,64923.8% | 3,0034.6% | 65,867 |
| Calcasieu Parish | Richard Nixon+9,448 | 24,77857.7% | 15,33035.7% | 2,8176.6% | 42,925 |
| Caldwell Parish | Richard Nixon+1,798 | 2,30677.0% | 50817.0% | 1816.0% | 2,995 |
| Cameron Parish | Richard Nixon+652 | 1,39160.9% | 73932.4% | 1546.7% | 2,284 |
| Catahoula Parish | Richard Nixon+1,860 | 2,68373.1% | 82322.4% | 1624.4% | 3,668 |
| Claiborne Parish | Richard Nixon+1,881 | 3,43264.1% | 1,55129.0% | 3737.0% | 5,356 |
| Concordia Parish | Richard Nixon+2,379 | 4,52164.4% | 2,14230.5% | 3605.1% | 7,023 |
| De Soto Parish | Richard Nixon+1,421 | 4,01756.2% | 2,59636.3% | 5407.5% | 7,153 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | Richard Nixon+29,031 | 52,64865.4% | 23,61729.3% | 4,2775.3% | 80,542 |
| East Carroll Parish | Richard Nixon+75 | 1,73648.4% | 1,66146.3% | 1905.3% | 3,587 |
| East Feliciana Parish | Richard Nixon+389 | 1,99249.0% | 1,60339.4% | 47211.6% | 4,067 |
| Evangeline Parish | Richard Nixon+2,604 | 5,52360.0% | 2,91931.7% | 7598.2% | 9,201 |
| Franklin Parish | Richard Nixon+3,695 | 4,96773.8% | 1,27218.9% | 4957.4% | 6,734 |
| Grant Parish | Richard Nixon+2,767 | 3,62676.5% | 85918.1% | 2545.4% | 4,739 |
| Iberia Parish | Richard Nixon+6,669 | 11,81265.8% | 5,14328.7% | 9855.5% | 17,940 |
| Iberville Parish | Richard Nixon+322 | 3,97246.9% | 3,65043.1% | 84410.0% | 8,466 |
| Jackson Parish | Richard Nixon+2,675 | 4,15270.0% | 1,47724.9% | 3065.2% | 5,935 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | Richard Nixon+3,352 | 5,90366.0% | 2,55128.5% | 4955.5% | 8,949 |
| Jefferson Parish | Richard Nixon+54,367 | 75,34874.0% | 20,98120.6% | 5,5125.4% | 101,841 |
| Lafayette Parish | Richard Nixon+14,199 | 22,93969.1% | 8,74026.3% | 1,5194.6% | 33,198 |
| Lafourche Parish | Richard Nixon+8,223 | 13,93667.2% | 5,71327.5% | 1,0885.2% | 20,737 |
| LaSalle Parish | Richard Nixon+3,207 | 3,85881.5% | 65113.8% | 2244.7% | 4,733 |
| Lincoln Parish | Richard Nixon+4,147 | 6,73669.2% | 2,58926.6% | 4164.3% | 9,741 |
| Livingston Parish | Richard Nixon+5,583 | 7,48173.0% | 1,89818.5% | 8748.5% | 10,253 |
| Madison Parish | Richard Nixon+171 | 2,42049.2% | 2,24945.7% | 2485.0% | 4,917 |
| Morehouse Parish | Richard Nixon+3,415 | 5,77066.9% | 2,35527.3% | 4955.7% | 8,620 |
| Natchitoches Parish | Richard Nixon+3,814 | 6,99464.7% | 3,18029.4% | 6295.8% | 10,803 |
| Orleans Parish | Richard Nixon+27,285 | 88,07554.6% | 60,79037.7% | 12,5817.8% | 161,446 |
| Ouachita Parish | Richard Nixon+17,940 | 24,86074.7% | 6,92020.8% | 1,4834.5% | 33,263 |
| Plaquemines Parish | Richard Nixon+5,605 | 6,59583.0% | 99012.5% | 3564.5% | 7,941 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | Richard Nixon+59 | 3,19246.6% | 3,13345.7% | 5287.7% | 6,853 |
| Rapides Parish | Richard Nixon+13,884 | 22,30669.7% | 8,42226.3% | 1,2834.0% | 32,011 |
| Red River Parish | Richard Nixon+1,288 | 2,24566.0% | 95728.1% | 2025.9% | 3,404 |
| Richland Parish | Richard Nixon+2,969 | 4,30470.8% | 1,33522.0% | 4407.2% | 6,079 |
| Sabine Parish | Richard Nixon+3,603 | 4,93573.9% | 1,33219.9% | 4136.2% | 6,680 |
| St. Bernard Parish | Richard Nixon+12,009 | 15,19877.7% | 3,18916.3% | 1,1766.0% | 19,563 |
| St. Charles Parish | Richard Nixon+2,681 | 5,46960.4% | 2,78830.8% | 7958.8% | 9,052 |
| St. Helena Parish | Richard Nixon+503 | 1,44652.0% | 94333.9% | 39214.1% | 2,781 |
| St. James Parish | Richard Nixon+479 | 3,11249.5% | 2,63341.9% | 5468.7% | 6,291 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | Richard Nixon+710 | 3,52549.7% | 2,81539.7% | 74610.5% | 7,086 |
| St. Landry Parish | Richard Nixon+5,089 | 12,51057.0% | 7,42133.8% | 2,0149.2% | 21,945 |
| St. Martin Parish | Richard Nixon+3,135 | 6,33762.0% | 3,20231.3% | 6826.7% | 10,221 |
| St. Mary Parish | Richard Nixon+6,682 | 11,11768.4% | 4,43527.3% | 6914.3% | 16,243 |
| St. Tammany Parish | Richard Nixon+11,489 | 15,43874.1% | 3,94919.0% | 1,4386.9% | 20,825 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | Richard Nixon+6,380 | 11,60762.9% | 5,22728.3% | 1,6238.8% | 18,457 |
| Tensas Parish | Richard Nixon+161 | 1,72950.5% | 1,56845.8% | 1293.8% | 3,426 |
| Terrebonne Parish | Richard Nixon+9,338 | 13,75371.7% | 4,41523.0% | 1,0145.3% | 19,182 |
| Union Parish | Richard Nixon+2,857 | 4,32270.2% | 1,46523.8% | 3706.0% | 6,157 |
| Vermilion Parish | Richard Nixon+5,033 | 8,90966.4% | 3,87628.9% | 6354.7% | 13,420 |
| Vernon Parish | Richard Nixon+4,880 | 6,22577.6% | 1,34516.8% | 4505.6% | 8,020 |
| Washington Parish | Richard Nixon+5,215 | 8,16266.9% | 2,94724.2% | 1,0878.9% | 12,196 |
| Webster Parish | Richard Nixon+5,970 | 8,82971.5% | 2,85923.2% | 6615.4% | 12,349 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | Richard Nixon+777 | 2,62653.1% | 1,84937.4% | 4679.4% | 4,942 |
| West Carroll Parish | Richard Nixon+2,426 | 2,99777.2% | 57114.7% | 3128.0% | 3,880 |
| West Feliciana Parish | George McGovern+78 | 1,00142.1% | 1,07945.4% | 29612.5% | 2,376 |
| Winn Parish | Richard Nixon+2,745 | 4,23570.4% | 1,49024.8% | 2914.8% | 6,016 |
Nominees: George McGovern (D) · Richard Nixon (R)
Louisiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1972 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 — 1972 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.