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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

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Cities

City government

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City Parish
Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish
New Orleans Orleans Parish

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 60 counties, 304 cities, towns, and villages, and 101 special districts.[1]

Four parishes—Orleans, Terrebonne, East Baton Rouge, and Lafayette—operate as a consolidated government with municipalities.

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

Past elections

Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Louisiana
  • The power and process of petitioning for the amendment of charters is mandated by state law for all 23 home-rule counties and all 31 home-rule cities, towns, and villages.
  • Approximately 15 of the chartered counties had explicit provisions for initiative and referendum for ordinances in their charters.
  • Approximately 15 of the chartered cities, towns, and villages had explicit provisions for initiative and referendum for ordinances in their charters.[2]

See also

Louisiana Municipal government Other local coverage

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