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

Expected between polls close and 2024-12-12T05:59:59Z (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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South Dakota, United States, presidential election 2024

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

Polling day Tue, 5 Nov 2024. Counted by South Dakota Secretary of State. Times are Chicago time; hover for UTC.

Donald J. Trump: 63.4%

Final count recorded. Donald J. Trump received 272,081 of 428,922 votes and won 3 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: South Dakota Secretary of State
Results page: fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.xlsx

Result and count stages President, 3 electoral votes

Final count

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Donald J. Trump	Republican	272,081	63.4%	3
Kamala D. Harris	Democratic	146,859	34.2%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.	—	7,204	1.7%
Chase Oliver	—	2,778	0.7%
Total votes		428,922		3

Final, certified count as compiled by the FEC. 3 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 5 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
github.com/openelections/openelections-data-sd/tree/master/2024	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	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
electionresults.sd.gov	results-index	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	OK 2026-09-29
sdsos.gov	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	OK 2026-09-29

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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 South Dakota, 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 2024-12-12T05:59:59Z (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