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

Expected between 2026-12-21T18:00:00Z and 2026-12-30T05:59:59Z (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" (R.S. 18:574(E)). The fourteenth day is Saturday 26 Dec; with the weekend and Christmas Day (R.S. 1:55) rules of R.S. 18:574(F) it falls on Monday 28 Dec, and the window closes at the end of Tuesday 29 Dec, Central time, a one-day margin to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. The candidate with the most votes is elected (R.S. 18:512(A)). An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 21 Dec (R.S. 18:1405(B)). Only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted (SoS After an Election FAQ; R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 10 Dec 2022 general election 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/).

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Louisiana, United States, runoff 2026

Name: Louisiana, United States, runoff 2026
Start: 2026-12-12
Location: United States

Polling day Sat, 12 Dec 2026. Counted by Louisiana Secretary of State. Times are Chicago time; hover for UTC.

Held only in a congressional district where no U.S. House candidate won a majority of the votes cast in the 3 Nov 2026 open primary (R.S. 18:511(A)); the top two then meet in the open general election (R.S. 18:481-482). The U.S. Senate race is decided by plurality on 3 Nov (R.S. 18:512(A)) and has no runoff.

21–29 Dec 2026

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Tue 29 Dec, 23:59 Chicago time.

Polls close: Sat 12 Dec, 20:00
First count by: Sun 13 Dec, 06:00
Counted by: Louisiana Secretary of State
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: sos.la.gov

Count stages U.S. House, 6 seats

12 Dec19 Dec26 Dec

Election-night count

12–13 DecElection-night count: Sat 12 Dec, 20:00 → Sun 13 Dec, 06:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

15–21 DecIntermediate count: Tue 15 Dec, 00:00 → Mon 21 Dec, 12:00, announced.

Final result

21–29 DecFinal result: Mon 21 Dec, 12:00 → Tue 29 Dec, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateChicago time. Polls close in 79 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sat 12 Dec, 20:00 → Sun 13 Dec, 06:00
estimate

Polls are open 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. (R.S. 18:541(A); SoS Election Dates page for 12 Dec 2026). Louisiana is entirely on Central time: 8:00 PM CST on Saturday 12 Dec = 02:00 UTC on 13 Dec. 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 13 Dec: an estimate, not a published time.
Intermediate count
Tue 15 Dec, 00:00 → Mon 21 Dec, 12:00
announced

Parish canvass. Voting machines are opened and results verified on the third day after the election, Tuesday 15 Dec (SoS After an Election FAQ). The parish board of election supervisors files its compiled statement "no later than 4:00 p.m. on the fifth day after the election" (Thursday 17 Dec), returns reach the Secretary of State by noon on the sixth day (Friday 18 Dec), and the SoS announces tentative results on its website "not later than noon on the seventh day after the election" (R.S. 18:574(A)(3), (D)); the seventh day is Saturday 19 Dec, so it moves to Monday 21 Dec (R.S. 18:574(F)). The window closes at noon CST on 21 Dec.
Final result
Mon 21 Dec, 12:00 → Tue 29 Dec, 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" (R.S. 18:574(E)). The fourteenth day is Saturday 26 Dec; with the weekend and Christmas Day (R.S. 1:55) rules of R.S. 18:574(F) it falls on Monday 28 Dec, and the window closes at the end of Tuesday 29 Dec, Central time, a one-day margin to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. The candidate with the most votes is elected (R.S. 18:512(A)). An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 21 Dec (R.S. 18:1405(B)). Only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted (SoS After an Election FAQ; R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 10 Dec 2022 general election 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/types-of-elections	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; La. R.S. 18:481-482, 18:511, 18:512, 18:541, 18:574, 18:1405, 18:1451, 1:55 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Louisiana, United States, runoff 2026?: Polling day is 2026-12-12 (officially set). Held only in a congressional district where no U.S. House candidate won a majority of the votes cast in the 3 Nov 2026 open primary (R.S. 18:511(A)); the top two then meet in the open general election (R.S. 18:481-482). The U.S. Senate race is decided by plurality on 3 Nov (R.S. 18:512(A)) and has no runoff.
When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?: Expected between 2026-12-21T18:00:00Z and 2026-12-30T05:59:59Z (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" (R.S. 18:574(E)). The fourteenth day is Saturday 26 Dec; with the weekend and Christmas Day (R.S. 1:55) rules of R.S. 18:574(F) it falls on Monday 28 Dec, and the window closes at the end of Tuesday 29 Dec, Central time, a one-day margin to err late. A timely contest delays promulgation. The candidate with the most votes is elected (R.S. 18:512(A)). An action contesting the election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on the ninth day after the election, 21 Dec (R.S. 18:1405(B)). Only absentee-by-mail and early-voting ballots may be recounted (SoS After an Election FAQ; R.S. 18:1451). Precedent: the date of the SoS promulgation of the 10 Dec 2022 general election 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/).