November 1, 1975 1979 → 292,220 146,368 24.29% 12.17% | 750,107 292,220 62.35% 24.29% | |
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The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1975 resulted in the re-election of Edwin Edwards to his second term as governor of Louisiana.
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Background
Elections in Louisiana—with the exception of U.S. presidential elections—follow a variation of the open primary system. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party.[2] In this election – the first gubernatorial election held under the state's new open primary law – the first round of voting was held on November 1, 1975. Although no runoff was needed, because of the way the new election law was written, an unopposed runoff was held on December 13. Edwards received 430,095 votes in it, according to figures recorded by the Louisiana Secretary of State's office. The republicans did not field a candidate for the Govneors election.
Results
First voting round, November 1