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2011Final results

2011 election for Louisiana House District 72

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

John Bel Edwards (D) won with 83.1% of the vote, defeating Johnny Duncan (Ind) by 66.1 points.

John Bel EdwardsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.1%9,968
Johnny DuncanIndependent
16.9%2,032
12,000 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 2011

Races before and after

EvenD+43.71972D+73.81991D+75.11995D+63.62003

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET