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Desha County, Arkansas · voter turnout

Who shows up to vote

Every budget, bond, and tax on this site was decided by people elected — or a measure passed — by whoever voted. These are the official counts: registered voters, ballots cast, and the share that voted. Nothing here is about candidates or how anyone voted.

Desha County — share of registered voters who voted

Mar 31, 2026 2026 Primary Runoff
15 of 5,965 registered voters · 75 of 75 counties		 0.3%
statewide 5.1%
Mar 3, 2026 Preferential Primary Election
1,884 of 5,954 registered voters · 23 of 75 counties		 31.6%
statewide 24.3%
Nov 5, 2024 General Election
3,518 of 6,974 registered voters · 75 of 75 counties		 50.4%
statewide 65.1%
Mar 5, 2024 Primary Election
813 of 7,001 registered voters · 75 of 75 counties		 11.6%
statewide 20.6%
Nov 8, 2022 General Election
3,149 of 7,100 registered voters · 72 of 75 counties		 44.4%
statewide 50.8%
May 24, 2022 Primary Election
2,175 of 7,084 registered voters · 36 of 75 counties		 30.7%
statewide 26.0%
Nov 3, 2020 General Election
4,193 of 7,114 registered voters · 68 of 75 counties		 58.9%
statewide 66.9%
Mar 3, 2020 Preferential Primary Election
2,273 of 7,022 registered voters · 16 of 75 counties		 32.4%
statewide 28.0%
Nov 6, 2018 General Election
3,552 of 6,986 registered voters · 36 of 75 counties		 50.8%
statewide 50.4%
Mar 1, 2016 Preferential Primary Election
2,800 of 7,755 registered voters · 52 of 75 counties		 36.1%
statewide 38.4%
Nov 4, 2014 General Election
3,492 of 7,685 registered voters · 69 of 75 counties		 45.4%
statewide 50.4%
May 20, 2014 Preferential Primary Election
1,645 of 7,438 registered voters · 41 of 75 counties		 22.1%
statewide 21.3%
Nov 6, 2012 General Election
4,469 of 7,232 registered voters · 66 of 75 counties		 61.8%
statewide 66.7%
May 22, 2012 Preferential Primary Election (unofficial results)
2,632 of 7,107 registered voters · 10 of 75 counties		 37.0%
statewide 21.8%

In Desha County, 3,518 people voted in the Nov 5, 2024 General Election — and 813 in the Mar 5, 2024 Primary Election: about 23 primary voters for every 100 general-election voters.

Across Arkansas in the Nov 5, 2024 General Election: highest turnout — Saline 71.7%, Calhoun 71.3%, Grant 71.0%. Lowest — Desha 50.4%, Nevada 51.0%, Crittenden 52.2%.

Source: https://arkansas.tally-enr.com/ — retrieved 2026-10-06. Turnout is ballots cast divided by registered voters; people who aren’t registered aren’t counted at all.

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