When is the Louisiana, United States, midterm elections 2026?

Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).

When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?

Expected between 2026-11-12T18:00:00Z and 2026-11-20T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. This is an open primary: a candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast is elected (R.S. 18:511(A)); in a district where no one does, the top two advance to the open general election on 12 Dec 2026 (R.S. 18:481-482; SoS Types of Elections), and the result promulgated here settles only who advances. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.

When will the final result of the U.S. Senate race be official?

Expected between 2026-11-12T18:00:00Z and 2026-11-20T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). The U.S. Senate general election is decided by plurality: "The candidate who receives the most votes cast for an office in a general election is elected" (R.S. 18:512(A)), so there is no December runoff for it. Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.

Where are the official U.S. House results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Louisiana Secretary of State (https://www.sos.la.gov/).

Where are the official U.S. Senate results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Louisiana Secretary of State (https://www.sos.la.gov/).

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Louisiana, United States, midterm elections 2026

Name: Louisiana, United States, midterm elections 2026
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: United States

Polling day Tue, 3 Nov 2026. 2 races. Counted by Louisiana Secretary of State. Times are Chicago time; hover for UTC.

U.S. House, U.S. Senate Scheduled

12–19 Nov 2026

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Thu 19 Nov, 23:59 Chicago time.

Polls close: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00
First count by: Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
Counted by: Louisiana Secretary of State
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: sos.la.gov

U.S. House 6 seats

4 Nov11 Nov18 Nov

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

6–12 NovIntermediate count: Fri 6 Nov, 00:00 → Thu 12 Nov, 12:00, announced.

Final result

12–19 NovFinal result: Thu 12 Nov, 12:00 → Thu 19 Nov, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateChicago time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
estimate

Polls close at 8:00 PM (R.S. 18:541(B): in regularly scheduled congressional primary elections and elections held at the same time the polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.; SoS Election Dates page: "polls are open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m."). Louisiana is entirely on Central time: 8:00 PM CST = 02:00 UTC on 4 Nov. Voting machine cartridges are read at the clerk of court's office and results are posted to the SoS site in real time on election night (SoS After an Election FAQ). The window closes at 6:00 AM CST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time; no 2022 timing data point was found.
Intermediate count
Fri 6 Nov, 00:00 → Thu 12 Nov, 12:00
announced

Parish canvass. Voting machines are opened and results verified by the clerk of court on the third day after the election, Friday 6 Nov (SoS After an Election FAQ); a candidate may request a recount of absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots (held 10 a.m. on the fifth day, i.e. the next working day). The parish board of election supervisors must "complete the compilation of the election returns and file one copy of the compiled statement with the clerk of court no later than 4:00 p.m. on the fifth day after the election" and the returns go to the Secretary of State by noon on the sixth day; the SoS then verifies and compiles them and the results "shall be announced on the secretary of state's website not later than noon on the seventh day after the election" as tentative, not official, results (R.S. 18:574(A)(3), (D)). Deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday move to the next working day and later duties are delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)): the fifth day, Sunday 8 Nov, moves to Monday 9 Nov, so the seventh-day announcement falls on Wednesday 11 Nov, Veterans' Day (a legal holiday, R.S. 1:55), and moves to Thursday 12 Nov. The window closes at noon CST on 12 Nov.
Final result
Thu 12 Nov, 12:00 → Thu 19 Nov, 23:59
announced

Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. This is an open primary: a candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast is elected (R.S. 18:511(A)); in a district where no one does, the top two advance to the open general election on 12 Dec 2026 (R.S. 18:481-482; SoS Types of Elections), and the result promulgated here settles only who advances. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.

Results sources 7 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical	results-live	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-results-statistics	results-final	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/media/p31j4zkc/elections-calendar-2026.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/elections-voting/types-of-elections	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
voterportal.sos.la.gov/ElectionResults/ElectionResults/Data	open-data	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

U.S. Senate 1 seats

4 Nov11 Nov18 Nov

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

6–12 NovIntermediate count: Fri 6 Nov, 00:00 → Thu 12 Nov, 12:00, announced.

Final result

12–19 NovFinal result: Thu 12 Nov, 12:00 → Thu 19 Nov, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateChicago time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 20:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
estimate

Polls close at 8:00 PM (R.S. 18:541(B): in regularly scheduled congressional primary elections and elections held at the same time the polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.; SoS Election Dates page: "polls are open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m."). Louisiana is entirely on Central time: 8:00 PM CST = 02:00 UTC on 4 Nov. Voting machine cartridges are read at the clerk of court's office and results are posted to the SoS site in real time on election night (SoS After an Election FAQ). The window closes at 6:00 AM CST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time; no 2022 timing data point was found.
Intermediate count
Fri 6 Nov, 00:00 → Thu 12 Nov, 12:00
announced

Parish canvass. Voting machines are opened and results verified by the clerk of court on the third day after the election, Friday 6 Nov (SoS After an Election FAQ); a candidate may request a recount of absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots (held 10 a.m. on the fifth day, i.e. the next working day). The parish board of election supervisors must "complete the compilation of the election returns and file one copy of the compiled statement with the clerk of court no later than 4:00 p.m. on the fifth day after the election" and the returns go to the Secretary of State by noon on the sixth day; the SoS then verifies and compiles them and the results "shall be announced on the secretary of state's website not later than noon on the seventh day after the election" as tentative, not official, results (R.S. 18:574(A)(3), (D)). Deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday move to the next working day and later duties are delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)): the fifth day, Sunday 8 Nov, moves to Monday 9 Nov, so the seventh-day announcement falls on Wednesday 11 Nov, Veterans' Day (a legal holiday, R.S. 1:55), and moves to Thursday 12 Nov. The window closes at noon CST on 12 Nov.
Final result
Thu 12 Nov, 12:00 → Thu 19 Nov, 23:59
announced

Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). The U.S. Senate general election is decided by plurality: "The candidate who receives the most votes cast for an office in a general election is elected" (R.S. 18:512(A)), so there is no December runoff for it. Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical	results-live	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-results-statistics	results-final	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/media/p31j4zkc/elections-calendar-2026.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
voterportal.sos.la.gov/ElectionResults/ElectionResults/Data	open-data	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
sos.la.gov	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: Louisiana SoS Schedule of 2026 Elections (rev. 07/2026), Election Dates and Types of Elections pages, news release of 14 May 2026 on the fall U.S. House races (Act 7 of the 2026 Regular Session), SoS live results election list; La. R.S. 18:402, 18:481, 18:511, 18:512, 18:541, 18:574, 18:1405, 18:1451, 1:55; Act 2 of the 2026 Regular Session (SB 121, congressional districts) (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Louisiana, United States, midterm elections 2026?: Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).
When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?: Expected between 2026-11-12T18:00:00Z and 2026-11-20T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. This is an open primary: a candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast is elected (R.S. 18:511(A)); in a district where no one does, the top two advance to the open general election on 12 Dec 2026 (R.S. 18:481-482; SoS Types of Elections), and the result promulgated here settles only who advances. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.
When will the final result of the U.S. Senate race be official?: Expected between 2026-11-12T18:00:00Z and 2026-11-20T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Promulgation: "On or before the fourteenth day after the primary or general election, if no action has been timely filed contesting the election", the Secretary of State promulgates the returns, for state candidates by publishing them in the official journal of the state and for other candidates by a notice on the SoS website (R.S. 18:574(E)); deadlines are rolled forward over weekends and holidays and delayed a like amount (R.S. 18:574(F)). The fourteenth day is Tuesday 17 Nov; after the one- or two-day delays above it falls on 18 or 19 Nov, and the window closes at the end of Thursday 19 Nov, Central time, to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 12 Nov (R.S. 18:1405(B)). There is no automatic recount; only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted, on a candidate's request (SoS After an Election FAQ) or on motion in a contest (R.S. 18:1451). The U.S. Senate general election is decided by plurality: "The candidate who receives the most votes cast for an office in a general election is elected" (R.S. 18:512(A)), so there is no December runoff for it. Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 8 Nov 2022 results was not found.
Where are the official U.S. House results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Louisiana Secretary of State (https://www.sos.la.gov/).
Where are the official U.S. Senate results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Louisiana Secretary of State (https://www.sos.la.gov/).