1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 46 seats
After the electionD 43 · R 3
Races16
Changed party0
Unopposed50%8 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 43 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Herbert D. Morgan · Harris P. Smith · T. Garrison · M. E. McDonald (D) | 21.1 | |
| SD-2 | J. Verne Smith · Charles G. Garrett · Harry A. Chapman · Carroll Campbell · David S. Taylor (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| SD-3 | John W. Drummond (D) | 55.1 | |
| SD-4 | Horace Smith · James B. Stephen · David Turnipseed (D) | 4.9 | |
| SD-5 | Robert C. Lake Jr. · John D. Long III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Donald H. Holland · Samuel B. Mendenhall · Frank L. Roddey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Heyward McDonald · Hyman Rubin · Alex Sanders · Isadore Lourie · John Martin (D) | 3.8 | |
| SD-8 | Tom Turnipseed · William E. Knotts Jr. · Gilbert E. McMillan · Nikki Setzler (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-9 | John C. Lindsay · C. Anthony Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Edward E. Saleeby (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Ralph H. Ellis · John H. Waller Jr. · Frank H. McGill · Thomas E. Smith Jr. (D) | 13.7 | |
| SD-12 | John E. Miles · John C. Land III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | L. Marion Gressette · Marshall Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Rembert C. Dennis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | James Waddell Jr. · William T. Howell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | William W. Doar Jr. · Allen Carter · Thomas Dewey Wise · Arnold S. Goodstein · Thomas F. Hartnett (DEM) | 1.4 |
South Carolina State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner