Charleston, W.Va. – The official turnout in the 2012 General Election was 55 percent, West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant announced today.
The total number of ballots cast is 685,099. There were 1,246,559 West Virginians registered to vote in the election.
That total includes the 150,666 ballots cast during the early voting period.
There were 664,347 ballots cast in the race for Governor, 643,582 cast in the race for Attorney General, 638,440 cast in the race for Secretary of State, 628,483 cast in the race for Treasurer, 619,468 cast in the race for Auditor, and 613,583 cast in the race for Commissioner of Agriculture.
Pocahontas County had the highest turnout in the state at nearly 72 percent. Barbour, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marshall, Mineral, Morgan, Putnam, Tucker, and Wood Counties all had voter turnout of over 60 percent.
|
County
|
Ballots Cast
|
Official VR
|
Turnout
|
|
Barbour
|
5938
|
9645
|
61.57%
|
|
Berkeley
|
37769
|
67805
|
55.70%
|
|
Boone
|
8925
|
18965
|
47.06%
|
|
Braxton
|
4999
|
8737
|
57.22%
|
|
Brooke
|
9542
|
17846
|
53.47%
|
|
Cabell
|
33343
|
61636
|
54.10%
|
|
Calhoun
|
2271
|
5655
|
40.16%
|
|
Clay
|
3086
|
6577
|
46.92%
|
|
Doddridge
|
2837
|
4856
|
58.42%
|
|
Fayette
|
14357
|
26868
|
53.44%
|
|
Gilmer
|
2599
|
4790
|
54.26%
|
|
Grant
|
4670
|
8108
|
57.60%
|
|
Greenbrier
|
13268
|
25605
|
51.82%
|
|
Hampshire
|
8124
|
14420
|
56.34%
|
|
Hancock
|
12368
|
23604
|
52.40%
|
|
Hardy
|
5275
|
8793
|
59.99%
|
|
Harrison
|
26579
|
44288
|
60.01%
|
|
Jackson
|
11911
|
21640
|
55.04%
|
|
Jefferson
|
22355
|
35574
|
62.84%
|
|
Kanawha
|
75553
|
134691
|
56.09%
|
|
Lewis
|
6445
|
9170
|
70.28%
|
|
Lincoln
|
7161
|
18490
|
38.73%
|
|
Logan
|
12420
|
25509
|
48.69%
|
|
Marion
|
22122
|
42066
|
52.59%
|
|
Marshall
|
13250
|
22065
|
60.05%
|
|
Mason
|
10083
|
18965
|
53.17%
|
|
McDowell
|
6380
|
15985
|
39.91%
|
|
Mercer
|
21670
|
39561
|
54.78%
|
|
Mineral
|
11187
|
17497
|
63.94%
|
|
Mingo
|
9154
|
21638
|
42.31%
|
|
Monongalia
|
31932
|
57708
|
55.33%
|
|
Monroe
|
5378
|
9977
|
53.90%
|
|
Morgan
|
7195
|
11802
|
60.96%
|
|
Nicholas
|
9009
|
16599
|
54.27%
|
|
Ohio
|
18251
|
33267
|
54.86%
|
|
Pendleton
|
3349
|
5592
|
59.89%
|
|
Pleasants
|
2908
|
5218
|
55.73%
|
|
Pocahontas
|
3693
|
5146
|
71.76%
|
|
Preston
|
11417
|
19594
|
58.27%
|
|
Putnam
|
24137
|
36706
|
65.76%
|
|
Raleigh
|
29389
|
55654
|
52.81%
|
|
Randolph
|
9956
|
18415
|
54.06%
|
|
Ritchie
|
3899
|
7121
|
54.75%
|
|
Roane
|
5215
|
10013
|
52.08%
|
|
Summers
|
4892
|
9245
|
52.92%
|
|
Taylor
|
6019
|
10509
|
57.27%
|
|
Tucker
|
3242
|
5289
|
61.30%
|
|
Tyler
|
3350
|
6165
|
54.34%
|
|
Upshur
|
8423
|
14163
|
59.47%
|
|
Wayne
|
14572
|
30333
|
48.04%
|
|
Webster
|
2860
|
6251
|
45.75%
|
|
Wetzel
|
6040
|
12760
|
47.34%
|
|
Wirt
|
2246
|
4350
|
51.63%
|
|
Wood
|
34563
|
55062
|
62.77%
|
|
Wyoming
|
7523
|
18571
|
40.51%
|
|
Total
|
685099
|
1246559
|
54.96%
|