When is the California, United States, presidential election 2024?

Polling day is 2024-11-05 (officially set).

When will the final result of the President race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2024-12-12T07:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Each state certifies its presidential result on its own deadline and sends a certificate of ascertainment of the appointment of electors to the Archivist. Under 3 U.S.C. § 5(a)(1), as amended by the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, the governor must issue it "not later than the date that is 6 days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors"; the electors met on Tuesday 17 Dec 2024 (3 U.S.C. § 7: the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December), so every state had to certify by Wednesday 11 Dec 2024; the window closes at the end of that day, local time. This state's own certification date is not recorded yet.

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California, United States, presidential election 2024

Name: California, United States, presidential election 2024
Start: 2024-11-05
Location: United States

Polling day Tue, 5 Nov 2024. Counted by California Secretary of State. Times are Los Angeles time; hover for UTC.

Kamala D. Harris: 58.5%

Final count recorded. Kamala D. Harris received 9,276,179 of 15,865,475 votes and won 54 electoral votes. Source: Federal Election Commission (Public Records Branch), from official results of the state elections offices, 16 Jan 2025, fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx.

Polls close: Tue 5 Nov, 20:00
Counted by: California Secretary of State
Results page: fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx

Result and count stages President, 54 electoral votes

Final count

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Kamala D. Harris	Democratic	9,276,179	58.5%	54
Donald J. Trump	Republican	6,081,697	38.3%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.	—	197,645	1.3%
Jill Stein	—	167,814	1.1%
Claudia De La Cruz	—	72,539	0.5%
Chase Oliver	—	66,662	0.4%
Peter Sonski	—	2,939	0.0%
Total votes		15,865,475		54

Final, certified count as compiled by the FEC. 54 electoral votes, all to the statewide winner. Published by Federal Election Commission (Public Records Branch), from official results of the state elections offices, 16 Jan 2025: fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx. Public domain (work of the US federal government).

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Final result

by 11 DecFinal result: by Wed 11 Dec, 23:59, announced.

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Each state certifies its presidential result on its own deadline and sends a certificate of ascertainment of the appointment of electors to the Archivist. Under 3 U.S.C. § 5(a)(1), as amended by the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, the governor must issue it "not later than the date that is 6 days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors"; the electors met on Tuesday 17 Dec 2024 (3 U.S.C. § 7: the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December), so every state had to certify by Wednesday 11 Dec 2024; the window closes at the end of that day, local time. This state's own certification date is not recorded yet.

Results sources 4 pages, 1 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx	results-final	feed	yes	not checked yet
fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/election-results-and-voting-information/	see-also	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results	results-index	results index	no (results section without an election code)	OK 2026-09-29
sos.ca.gov	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	OK 2026-09-29

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Election Index, “California, United States, presidential election 2024”, https://electionindex.org/election/us-presidential-2024-ca, dataset 2026-09-29.e560cf70. CC BY 4.0.

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Provenance: FEC, Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results (16 Jan 2025): state popular vote and electoral votes; polls-close time carried from this state's 2026 midterm record (same statutory closing hour, both dates after the end of daylight saving time) (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts public domain (FEC)). Last verified 2026-09-29.

Questions and answers

When is the California, United States, presidential election 2024?: Polling day is 2024-11-05 (officially set).
When will the final result of the President race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2024-12-12T07:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Each state certifies its presidential result on its own deadline and sends a certificate of ascertainment of the appointment of electors to the Archivist. Under 3 U.S.C. § 5(a)(1), as amended by the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, the governor must issue it "not later than the date that is 6 days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors"; the electors met on Tuesday 17 Dec 2024 (3 U.S.C. § 7: the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December), so every state had to certify by Wednesday 11 Dec 2024; the window closes at the end of that day, local time. This state's own certification date is not recorded yet.
Where are the official President results?: https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx