Tuesday 5 February 2008: 170 of 173 of California's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's California Presidential Primary.

• 159 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 53 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.
• 11 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 1 bonus delegate) are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the California's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

Each delegate to the Republican National Convention shall use his or her best efforts at the convention for the party's presidential nominee candidate from California to whom the delegate has pledged support until the person is nominated for the office of President of the United States by the convention, receives less than 10 percent of the votes for nomination by the convention, releases the delegate from his or her obligation, or until two convention nominating ballots have been taken. Thereafter, each delegate shall be free to vote as he or she chooses.... [California Elections Code Section 6461.(c)]

Here's how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

1. The candidate receiving the most votes in each CD is awarded 3 delegates.
2. The candidate receiving the most votes statewide is awarded 11 delegates.