1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Indiana House District 53
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Donald Boys (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Sterling M. Haltom (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Donald BoysRepublican · winner
52.5%10,531
Sterling M. HaltomDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%9,543
20,074 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET