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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Congressional District Caucuses: Saturday 9 April 2016
State Committee Meeting: Wednesday 13 April 2016 (presumably)
Primary: Tuesday 3 May 2016 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John, Sr.57 100.00%57 100.00%
Total57 100.00%57 100.00%

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Source: Party Rules.

Source: The Official Guide to the 2016 Republican Nominating Process.


Indiana Election Division 2016 Candidate Lists.


Results from
Returns from the Indiana Election Division.
AP Statewide
Politico.


   

Saturday 9 April 2016: Indiana Congressional District Caucuses. District delegates are pre-slated for the primary.

 

Wednesday 13 April 2016 (presumably): State Committee Meeting. 27 delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 17 bonus delegates) are pre-slated for the primary.

 

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Tuesday 3 May 2016 (presumably): Indiana Primary. Hours 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary
Source: Indiana Election Division.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 21 August 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump, Sr.591,51453.26%
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz406,78336.63%
John Richard Kasich84,1117.57%
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr.8,9140.80%
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush6,5080.59%
Marco A. Rubio5,1750.47%
Randal H. "Rand" Paul4,3060.39%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie1,7380.16%
Carleton Sneed "Carly" Fiorina1,4940.13%
Total1,110,543100.00%
 

Tuesday 3 May 2016 (presumably): all 57 of Indiana's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Indiana Presidential Primary.

  • 27 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 9 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates.
  • 30 (10 base at-large delegates plus 17 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC delegates) statewide delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes statewide.

Primary
Status: Unofficial.

ContestTrumpCruz
 Pop
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
CD176,747348,70563.462%320,67926.944% 
CD2120,604360,64150.281%349,37940.943% 
CD3143,656365,59945.664%364,27344.741% 
CD4130,597367,84551.950%348,88537.432% 
CD5154,809372,21846.650%360,89739.337% 
CD6135,086377,22857.170%344,04932.608% 
CD769,670336,62852.574%326,53038.080% 
CD8125,165375,38460.228%339,11831.253% 
CD9129,407373,14656.524%344,04734.038% 
Statewide1,085,74130577,39453.180%30397,85736.644% 
Total
Delegates
 57  57   

The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Indiana's Republican Party, will attend the National Convention by virtue of their position, bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes statewide.

"A delegate ... shall on the first ballot at the national convention support the candidate who received the highest number of votes ... if the person is ... a candidate at the convention. If the presidential candidate ... is not on the ballot ... the ... delegates are no longer bound." [Rules of the Indiana Republican State Committee. Rule 10-2, 10-6, IC 3-8-3-11].

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
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Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
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Republican
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Media & others
  Decatur Daily Democrat
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  Greensburg Daily News
  Howey Political Report
  Indianapolis Business Journal
  InGroup Online - Noblesville
  Kendallville Publishing Company - Northeast Indiana
  Kokomo Tribune
  Lebanon Reporter
  NewsLink.org - Indiana
  Pharos-Tribune - Logansport
  Politics1.com - Indiana
  Post-Tribune - Merrillville
  The Courier-Times - New Castle
  The Evening News - Jefferson / The Tribune - New Albany
  The Herald Bulletin - Anderson
  The Herald-Press - Huntington County
  The News-Dispatch - Michigan City
  The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne
  The Shelbyville News
  The Times - Frankfort
  The Times - Munster
  The Times - Northwest Indiana / Southeast Chicago
  The Wabash PlainDealer
  Tri-State Media
  Tribune Star - Terre Haute
  WISH TV - CBS - Indianapolis
  WRTV - ABC - Indianapolis
  WTHR - NBC - Indianapolis
  Zionsville Times Sentinel
 


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