2012 United States presidential primary election results

This page lists the results of the primaries of the Republican Party for the presidential election of 2012 in the United States to (Republican Party presidential primaries).

Primaries were also held in the Democratic Party . In individual states, John Wolfe was able to win over 41% of the votes. In West Virginia, one inmate even won 40% of the vote. Nevertheless, the nomination of President Barack Obama was considered certain. This occurred in many states without a challenger.

Delegates

The allocation of delegates was based on the results of the pre-election in the states . Due to the complicated pre-election guidelines, in addition to the proportion of votes of the primaries and caucuses (conventions), other factors determined the proportion of delegates committed to a candidate. These guidelines vary from state to state.

In addition, there were unrestricted delegates ( super delegates for Democrats or RNC MPs for Republicans), usually incumbents and party officials - the assignment was based on endorsements (non-binding statements of support). It is also possible to vote for uncommitted - which results in a lot of delegates who were obliged to be undecided.

In the case of the Democrats, obligated delegates were entitled to the election result after at least three candidates. Since some of these did not name their delegates before the election, these delegates were not awarded by the election officers, against which the candidates complained. The lawsuits were dismissed because the parties can determine the electoral rules themselves.

Overall result

Democrats
States colored blue were won by Barack Obama.
candidate		Committed delegates	Non-obligated delegates	total	Won elections
	Barack Obama is the presidential nominee- elect for President of the United States	3,331	6th	3,337	57
Retired candidates:
	John Wolfe Attorney	23 not recognized	0	0	0
	Randall Terry Pro-Life Activist	7 not recognized	0	0	0
	Jim Rogers College Professor (Retired)	0	0	0	0
	Keith Judd inmate	1 not recognized	0	0	0
	Darcy Richardson writer, political activist	0	0	0	0
	John D. Haywood only stood in New Hampshire as a lawyer	0	0	0	0
	Vermin Supreme only competed in New Hampshire as a performance artist	0	0	0	0
Total delegates: 5,553 (2,778 to victory) Obliged delegates : 4,827 Uncommitted delegates (super delegates): 726

republican
States colored green were won by Mitt Romney . States colored blue were won by Rick Santorum . States colored yellow were won by Newt Gingrich . States colored purple were won by Ron Paul .
candidate		Committed delegates	Non-obligated delegates	total	Won elections
	Mitt Romney nominee presidential nominee former Massachusetts governor	1367	57	1424	51
Retired candidates:
	Ron Paul campaign ended May 15 MP from Texas	122	1	123	1
	Newt Gingrich retired May 1, 2012 Former Speaker of the House of Representatives	166	0	166	2
	Michele Bachmann withdrew an MP from Minnesota on January 3, 2012	1	0	1	0
	Jon Huntsman retired January 16, 2012 Former Ambassador to China	2	0	2	0
	Rick Perry retired from Texas Governor January 16, 2012	0	0	0	0
	Rick Santorum retired on April 10, 2012, former Senator from Pennsylvania	302	0	302	13
Total delegates: 2,286 (1,144 to victory) Obliged delegates : 1,871 Uncommitted delegates (RNC delegates): 415

Total Republican result based on votes

candidate	position	Home state	Total votes	Winner:	Runner-up in:	Third place in:
Mitt Romney	Former Massachusetts Governor	Massachusetts	9,947,433	37 Alaska , Arizona , Arkansas , California , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Hawaii , Idaho , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Michigan , Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota , Texas , Utah , Vermont , Virginia , Washington , West Virginia , Wisconsin , Wyoming Territories: American Samoa , Guam , Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , District of Columbia	9 Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee Territories: US Virgin Islands	4 Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota
Rick Santorum	Former Senator	Pennsylvania	3,816,110	11 Alabama , Colorado , Iowa , Kansas , Louisiana , Minnesota , Mississippi , Missouri , North Dakota , Oklahoma , Tennessee	15 Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Nebraska, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Territories: Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico	17 Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington Territories: US Virgin Islands
Newt Gingrich	Former Speaker of the House of Representatives	Georgia	2,689,771	2 Georgia , South Carolina	5 Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada	11 Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee Territories: District of Columbia
Ron Paul	Member of the House of Representatives	Texas	2,017,957	0 Territories: US Virgin Islands	21 Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington Territories: District of Columbia	16 Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Hawaii, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Territories: Northern Mariana Islands
Jon Huntsman	Former Utah Governor	Utah	83.173	0	0	1 New Hampshire
Rick Perry	Texas Governor	Texas	42,251	0	0	0
Michele Bachmann	Member of the House of Representatives	Minnesota	35,089	0	0	0
Buddy Roemer	Former Louisiana Governor	Louisiana	33,212	0	0	0
Herman Cain	Businessman	Georgia	13,538	0	0	0
Gary E. Johnson	Former Governor of New Mexico	New Mexico	4,286	0	0	0