1976Final results
1976 election for Massachusetts Senate District D12
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Chester Atkins (D) won with 69.6% of the vote, defeating Louis F. Leblanc (R) by 39.3 points.
Chester AtkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.6%45,083
Louis F. LeblancRepublican
30.4%19,657
64,750 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