Elections in Indiana

Elections in Indiana are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.

In a 2020 study, Indiana was ranked as the 10th hardest state for citizens to vote in.^[1]

Elections by year

2024

2024 Indiana elections

2022

2022 Indiana elections

2020

2020 Indiana elections

2019

2018

2018 Indiana elections

2016

2015

2014

2014 Indiana elections

2012

2011

2010

2010 Indiana elections

2008

March 11:

2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election

May 6:

November 4:

Election dates

United States presidential election results for Indiana^[2]
Year	Republican / Whig		Democratic		Third party(ies)
Year	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	1,729,863	56.91%	1,242,505	40.87%	67,413	2.22%
2016	1,557,286	56.42%	1,033,126	37.43%	169,963	6.16%
2012	1,422,872	54.04%	1,154,275	43.84%	55,996	2.13%
2008	1,345,648	48.81%	1,374,039	49.84%	36,971	1.34%
2004	1,479,438	59.94%	969,011	39.26%	19,553	0.79%
2000	1,245,836	56.65%	901,980	41.01%	51,486	2.34%
1996	1,006,693	47.13%	887,424	41.55%	241,725	11.32%
1992	989,375	42.91%	848,420	36.79%	468,076	20.30%
1988	1,297,763	59.84%	860,643	39.69%	10,215	0.47%
1984	1,377,230	61.67%	841,481	37.68%	14,358	0.64%
1980	1,255,656	56.01%	844,197	37.65%	142,180	6.34%
1976	1,183,958	53.32%	1,014,714	45.70%	21,690	0.98%
1972	1,405,154	66.11%	708,568	33.34%	11,807	0.56%
1968	1,067,885	50.29%	806,659	37.99%	249,053	11.73%
1964	911,118	43.56%	1,170,848	55.98%	9,640	0.46%
1960	1,175,120	55.03%	952,358	44.60%	7,882	0.37%
1956	1,182,811	59.90%	783,908	39.70%	7,888	0.40%
1952	1,136,259	58.11%	801,530	40.99%	17,536	0.90%
1948	821,079	49.58%	807,833	48.78%	27,302	1.65%
1944	875,891	52.38%	781,403	46.73%	14,797	0.88%
1940	899,466	50.45%	874,063	49.03%	9,218	0.52%
1936	691,570	41.89%	934,974	56.63%	24,353	1.48%
1932	677,184	42.94%	862,054	54.67%	37,689	2.39%
1928	848,290	59.68%	562,691	39.59%	10,333	0.73%
1924	703,042	55.25%	492,245	38.69%	77,103	6.06%
1920	696,370	55.14%	511,364	40.49%	55,230	4.37%
1916	341,005	47.44%	334,063	46.47%	43,780	6.09%
1912	151,267	23.11%	281,890	43.07%	221,317	33.82%
1908	348,993	48.40%	338,262	46.91%	33,871	4.70%
1904	368,289	53.99%	274,345	40.22%	39,551	5.80%
1900	336,063	50.60%	309,584	46.62%	18,447	2.78%
1896	323,754	50.82%	305,573	47.96%	7,792	1.22%
1892	255,615	46.17%	262,740	47.46%	35,258	6.37%
1888	263,361	49.05%	261,013	48.61%	12,575	2.34%
1884	238,489	48.15%	245,005	49.46%	11,838	2.39%
1880	232,164	49.33%	225,522	47.91%	12,986	2.76%
1876	208,011	47.39%	213,526	48.65%	17,374	3.96%
1872	186,147	53.00%	163,632	46.59%	1,417	0.40%
1868	176,552	51.39%	166,980	48.61%	0	0.00%
1864	150,422	53.60%	130,233	46.40%	0	0.00%
1860	139,033	51.09%	115,509	42.44%	17,601	6.47%
1856	94,375	40.09%	118,670	50.41%	22,386	9.51%
1852	80,901	44.17%	95,340	52.05%	6,929	3.78%
1848	69,907	45.77%	74,745	48.93%	8,100	5.30%
1844	67,867	48.42%	70,181	50.07%	2,106	1.50%
1840	65,302	55.86%	51,604	44.14%	0	0.00%
1836	41,281	55.97%	32,478	44.03%	0	0.00%

Except in special circumstances, all of Indiana's federal, state, and municipal elections occur on Election Day, being the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November. Except for members of the Indiana House of Representatives, all other elected state and municipal officials serve terms of four years.

The state's first elections were held on August 10, 1816. Thereafter, elections occurred on the first Monday of October, until 1852, when elections began to be held on Election Day.