The Bayou State has chosen it's victor. With 100% of precincts in, as predicted, former senator Rick Santorum has won the Louisiana primary. Though Santorum won a majority of the eighteen delegates at stake, (the rest will be awarded the GOP Convention) it wasn't a complete victory. Louisiana State Constitution states that any candidate who gets 25% or more of the popular vote will be awarded delegates. Gov. Mitt Romney also did--barely--get 25% of the vote, meaning that he will also take home a share of the delegates at stake. So while these results are good for the Santorum campaign, it shows that even in a deep south "bible belt" state with a "blowout" victory, far from winning all the delegates, he could not even win the 75% of the delegates that he needed to average for the nomination. He only got 13 delegates (65%). So while this is a big victory for Santorum, he's getting farther and farther away from a chance at 1,144 needed for nomination.
*Will receive a share of delegates at stake
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Candidate delegates # of votes % of vote
| Sen. Rick Santorum* | 13 delegates 91,305 | 49% |  |
| Gov. Mitt Romney* | 7 delgates 49,749 | 26.7% | |
| Con. Newt Gingrich | 0 delegates 29,655 | 15.9% | |
| Con. Ron Paul | 0 delegates 11,460 | 6.1% | |
| Other | 0 delegates 4,208 | 2.3% | |
Original official results image source: Google (modified to current form)
Cover Image Source: Yahoo! News
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