1983Final results
1983 runoff for Louisiana Senate District 11
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Gerry E. Hinton (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Roy K. Burns (D) by 6.7 points.
Gerry E. HintonDemocrat · winner
53.4%15,210
Roy K. BurnsDemocrat
46.6%13,299
28,509 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 1983
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)