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See South Dakota primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
South Dakota lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Republican State. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State. Partially Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Closed: Republican State. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State. Partially Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
South Dakota’s 2026 Republican primary required Republican registration. Democratic and Libertarian ballots, when available, were also open to Independent/No Party Affiliation voters. Non-political ballots may include local contests and measures.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic party will send a total of 19 Delegate Votes (14 Pledged, 5 unpledged) and 2 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 29 Delegate Votes (3 district-level, 23 at-large, 3 RNC) and 26 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. There is no formal system to relate the presidential preference of the Convention participants...
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South Dakota is listed with the following primary type classification: Closed, Open to Unaffiliated, Partially Closed.
South Dakota lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Republican State. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State. Partially Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
South Dakota can list different classifications for presidential, state, congressional, Democratic, Republican, or nonpartisan contests. The page lists the model breakdown as: Closed: Republican State. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State. Partially Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential.
The model lists 19 Democratic delegate votes and 29 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for South Dakota are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Official 2026 primary guidance and TheGreenPapers - 2024 Presidential Primary Delegates.