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When will we know? · Connecticut

When will we know Connecticut’s 2026 election results?

In 2024, about 5% of Connecticut’s vote was counted by 9 PM ET, 24% by 11 PM and 54% by 1 AM.

It had not passed 95% by 2:37 AM ET, the last overnight copy in the archive (75%); the archive has no later copy for Connecticut.

Capitol, Western Connecticut and South Central Connecticut were still under 90% at 2:37 AM ET and came in last. Naugatuck Valley came in first.

Polls in Connecticut close at 8 PM ET.

The count by the hour, election night 2024

Share of Connecticut’s final 2024 count that was in, by capture time from 8 PM to 2:37 AM ET0%50%100%8 PM9 PM10 PM11 PMmidnight1 AM2 AM5%24%54%
Share of Connecticut’s final 2024 count that was in, by capture time from 8 PM to 2:37 AM ET0%50%100%8 PM10 PMmidnight2 AM5%24%54%
Connecticut, statewide its biggest counties, each against its own final count

The biggest counties, and when each was in

Share of each county’s own final 2024 count that was in at 9 PM, 11 PM and 1 AM Eastern, and when it passed 90%.
CountyOf the state’s voteBy 9 PMBy 11 PMBy 1 AMPast 90% by
Capitol27%3%19%49%not by 2:37 AM
Western Connecticut17%10%22%60%not by 2:37 AM
South Central Connecticut15%6%30%43%not by 2:37 AM
Naugatuck Valley12%4%11%53%2 AM

Each percentage is of that county’s own final count, not of the state’s. “none” means the feed showed no votes yet; “not measured” means the feed did not carry the county’s count at that time, which is not the same as zero. A time after 2:37 AM is the first archived copy at that level; the archive has no copy between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM on Nov. 6, so the count may have passed it earlier. Connecticut's feed groups towns into the state's nine planning regions, so the units below are regions, not counties.

What comes late, and why

Slow. AP: only about 37% of the 2020 vote was reported by midnight ET. The fetched sources give no 2022 or 2024 timing and do not describe the order of vote types; New England states report by town.

Sources: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Connecticut on Election Day (AP, syndicated by iNFOnews). These describe the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections and the rules in force when they were read; they are not a statement about 2026.

The 2026 races here

No race in Connecticut is rated Toss-up, Tilt or Lean in our current forecast.

See every race in Connecticut, print the Election Night Guide to follow the count, or make your calls in the prediction game.

Sources and method

Counts
The New York Times presidential county results feed (Associated Press data), President only, as the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine kept it. Copies used: 7:59 PM ET Nov. 5 to 2:37 AM ET Nov. 6. The archive has no capture of this feed between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM ET on Nov 6 2024; a state still counting at 2:37 AM is not measured again until the afternoon (and only the 16 states with an 'after' point carry later captures).
Final count
NYT total_expected_vote per unit in the last archived capture of Nov 8 2024 (statewide 1,781,828), or the largest count seen where that was lower. It is the feed’s last archived value, not a certified canvass.
The 8 archived copies behind this page
  1. 8 PM · 0% of the state’s final count in · taken 19:59 ET 11/05
  2. 9 PM · 5% of the state’s final count in · taken 21:00 ET 11/05
  3. 10 PM · 14% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:00 ET 11/05
  4. 11 PM · 24% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:59 ET 11/05
  5. midnight · 42% of the state’s final count in · taken 23:51 ET 11/05
  6. 1 AM · 54% of the state’s final count in · taken 01:00 ET 11/06
  7. 2 AM · 67% of the state’s final count in · taken 01:57 ET 11/06
  8. 2:37 AM · 75% of the state’s final count in · taken 02:37 ET 11/06