The 2026 Election: Where Did Arkansas Voters Turnout the Most?

by Kristin Higgins and Axton Tackett - November 5, 2026

The 2026 midterm election in Arkansas attracted the fewest voters in a more than a decade of elections. We look at Arkansas' Top 10 and Bottom 10 counties in regards to turnout.

Below, you will find counties with the highest and lowest turnout as well as a comparison of turnout in past election years.

These numbers are unofficial and will change by the time county results are officially certified.

  • Pulaski County, Arkansas' largest county, cracked the Top 10 List and took the #1 spot. The county did not make our 2024, 2022, or 2020 lists. 

  • Two counties - Crittenden and Miller - tied for the lowest voter turnout this year. Crittenden County, home to West Memphis, keeps making the Bottom 10 List.

  • Calhoun County, home to Hampton in the state's south central area, had the lowest number of ballots cast in Arkansas. Voters cast 1,398 ballots (a 47% turnout).

As of Thursday, Nov. 5, the Secretary of State's Office reports 48.12% of Arkansas' 1,856,044 registered voters turned out for early voting and Election Day voting. That represents 893,335 ballots cast. This is slightly below Secretary of State Cole Jester's prediction that at least 50% of the state’s voters would cast a ballot, and represents 39.76% of the state's estimated citizen voting age population.

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2026 Election - Top 10 Arkansas Counties for Voter Turnout

County Registered Voters Votes Cast Turnout %
Pulaski 238,929 131,131 54.88%
Chicot 5,644 3,046 53.97%
Scott 4,848 2,558 52.76%
Cleburne 18,491 9,643 52.15%
Monroe 4,032 2,098 52.03%
Cleveland 4,548 2,357 51.82%
Saline 84,642 43,802 51.75%
Ashley 10,254 5,281 51.50%
Drew 9,922 5,107 51.47%
Phillips 8,309 4,275 51.45%

 

2026 Election - Bottom 10 Arkansas Counties for Voter Turnout

County Registered Voters Votes Cast Turnout %
Crittenden 30,084 11,130 37.00%
Miller 29,074 10,798 37.14%
Searcy 6,612 2,566 38.81%
Mississippi 19,482 7,903 40.57%
Dallas 4,290 1,742 40.61%
White 55,278 22,486 40.68%
Sevier 7,611 3,133 41.16%
Randolph 10,674 4,483 42.00%
Woodruff 4,311 1,832 42.50%
Logan 13,311 5,711 42.90%

 

Comparison to Previous Years

Election Year Registered Voters Votes Cast Turnout %
2026 1,856,404 *893,335 48.12%
2024 1,828,129 1,190,172 65.10%
2022 1,799,136 914,227 50.81%
2020 1,828,811 1,223,777 66.92%
2018 1,784,015 898,793 50.38%
2016 1,759,974 1,137,772 64.65%
2014 1,690,577 852,642 50.43%
2012 1,618,320 1,078,548 66.65%
2010 1,638,135 779,957 47.61%
2008 1,684,240 1,086,617 64.52%

*Unofficial number, Nov. 3, 2026

Find historical election results at the Arkansas Secretary of State website