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This page includes:
- A list of regular election dates in Louisiana
- A list of upcoming elections in Louisiana
- Information about past elections in Louisiana
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Regular elections in Louisiana
The election dates below reflect regular election dates. Special elections may occur at different times than those listed and in years without regular elections.
Latest election dates2024March 23, 2024: Presidential preference primary 2023October 14, 2023: Majority-vote system, first round |
Next election dates2025March 29, 2025: Statewide ballot measure election 2026May 16, 2026: Party primary |
Upcoming elections
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2026
Below is a list of all election dates that will occur later this year.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 100 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 100 special primary | February 7, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 37 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 37 special primary | February 7, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 60 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 60 special primary | February 7, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 special primary | February 7, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Senate District 3 | Special primary election for Louisiana State Senate District 3 | February 7, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 100 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 100 special general election | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 37 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 37 special general election | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 60 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 60 special general election | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 69 | Special primary election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 69 | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 special general election | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Senate District 3 | Special general election for Louisiana State Senate District 3 | March 14, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 69 | Special general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 69 | April 18, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge special primary | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Caddo Parish School Board District 8 | Special primary for Caddo Parish School Board District 8 | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana statewide party primary | Louisiana statewide party primary | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 1 | Special election primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 1 | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Supreme Court District 1 | Louisiana Supreme Court special primary | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | Orleans Parish Civil and Criminal District Court special primary | May 16, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge special election | June 27, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Caddo Parish School Board District 8 | Special general election for Caddo Parish School Board District 8 | June 27, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana statewide party primary runoff | June 27, 2026 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | Orleans Parish Civil and Criminal District Court special general election | June 27, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana statewide majority-vote system primary election | Louisiana statewide majority-vote system primary election | November 3, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana statewide party general election | November 3, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 1 | Special election for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 1 | November 3, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Supreme Court District 1 | Louisiana Supreme Court special general | November 3, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana statewide majority-vote system general election | December 12, 2026 |
Below is a list of all election dates that have occurred earlier this year.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
Past elections
Below is a list of all election dates that occurred in 2024.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District 8 | Special primary election for East Baton Rouge Parish School System school board District 8 | March 23, 2024 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana presidential preference primary | Louisiana presidential preference primary | March 23, 2024 |
| Louisiana | East Baton Rouge County | Special election | April 27, 2024 |
| Louisiana | Elton | Recall in Elton | April 27, 2024 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana statewide primary | Louisiana statewide primary | November 5, 2024 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana statewide general election | December 7, 2024 |
Below is a list of all election dates that occurred in 2023.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 special election | February 18, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge city primary | March 25, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 | Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 special election | March 25, 2023 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | New Orleans city primary | March 25, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Orleans Parish School Board | Orleans Parish School Board special primary election | March 25, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge city general election | April 29, 2023 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | New Orleans city general election | April 29, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Orleans Parish School Board | Orleans Parish School Board special general election | April 29, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Sabine County | Recall election for Sabine Parish Police Jury District 5 | April 29, 2023 |
| Louisiana | East Baton Rouge County | Special primary in East Baton Rouge Parish | October 14, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Primary election | October 14, 2023 | |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | Special election | October 14, 2023 |
| Louisiana | East Baton Rouge County | Special general election in East Baton Rouge Parish | November 18, 2023 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | General election | November 18, 2023 |
Below is a list of all election dates that occurred in 2022.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Special primary for Baton Rouge | March 26, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Franklinton | Recall election in Franklinton, Louisiana | March 26, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Appellate Court Circuit 2, District 3 | Special primary election for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal District 3 | March 26, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 | Special election primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 | March 26, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Orleans Parish 2nd City Court | Special primary for New Orleans | March 26, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | Special election for Baton Rouge | April 30, 2022 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | General election | April 30, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana statewide primary election | Louisiana statewide primary election | November 8, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Senate District 17 | Special primary election for Louisiana State Senate District 17 | November 8, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Senate District 5 | Special primary election for Louisiana State Senate District 5 | November 8, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana general election | December 10, 2022 |
Below is a list of all election dates that occurred in 2021.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | Louisiana Appellate Court Circuit 2, District 1 | Special primary for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal District 1 | March 20, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 4 | Special primary election to replace Tony Davis | March 20, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana District 2 | Special general election for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District | March 20, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana District 5 | Special general election for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District | March 20, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 82 | Special primary election for District 82 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. | March 20, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Appellate Court Circuit 2, District 1 | Special general for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal District 1 | April 24, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 4 | Special general election to replace Tony Davis | April 24, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana District 2 | Special general election for LA-02 (if needed) | April 24, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 82 | Special election for District 82 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. | April 24, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Senate District 7 | Special primary election for Louisiana State Senate District 7 | June 12, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Primary election | November 13, 2021 | |
| Louisiana | East Baton Rouge County | General election | December 11, 2021 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | New Orleans municipal general election | December 11, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Orleans County | General election | December 11, 2021 |
| Louisiana | Richwood | Gerald Brown recall | December 11, 2021 |
Below is a list of all election dates that occurred in 2020.
'Note: An election date on this list may have been scheduled initially but later canceled due to a lack of candidates or a lack of races advancing to a runoff, if applicable.
| State | District | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's on your ballot? Enter your address into Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup tool to find out! | |||
| Louisiana | Presidential primary | Presidential primary | July 11, 2020 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana House of Representatives District 54 | Special election | July 11, 2020 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | General election | August 15, 2020 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana statewide primary | Louisiana statewide primary | November 3, 2020 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana general election | December 5, 2020 |
Below is a list of other election pages in Louisiana:
Election calendars in other states
elections calendar:
See also
- United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
- Louisiana state executive offices
- Louisiana State Legislature
- Courts in Louisiana
- List of Louisiana ballot measures
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