When will we know? · Maine
When will we know Maine’s 2026 election results?
In 2024, less than 1% of Maine’s vote was counted by 9 PM ET, 18% by 11 PM and 52% by 1 AM.
It had not passed 95% by 2:37 AM ET, the last overnight copy in the archive (68%); the archive has no later copy for Maine.
Cumberland, York and Penobscot were still under 90% at 2:37 AM ET and came in last. Androscoggin came in first.
Polls in Maine close at 8 PM ET.
- These are 2024 counts. 2024 was a presidential year, and 2026 timing can differ. Nothing on this page predicts when any 2026 race will be known.
- Percentages are of each unit’s final 2024 count, not of the votes cast in 2026. A county’s share is of that county’s own final count.
- This page shows no results and no live data. Call the Map does not run an election-night results page.
The count by the hour, election night 2024
The biggest counties, and when each was in
| County | Of the state’s vote | By 9 PM | By 11 PM | By 1 AM | Past 90% by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 23% | none | 21% | 60% | not by 2:37 AM |
| York | 16% | none | 12% | 47% | not by 2:37 AM |
| Penobscot | 10% | 1% | 18% | 36% | not by 2:37 AM |
| Kennebec | 9% | none | 9% | 49% | not by 2:37 AM |
| Androscoggin | 7% | none | 10% | 82% | 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. Maine reports by town; each county here is the sum of its towns.
What comes late, and why
Slow. AP: about 56% of the 2020 vote was reported by midnight ET; results are reported by town. MIT names Maine among the slower states in 2024, with a sizeable share of its vote still outstanding later in the count.
Sources: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maine on Election Day (AP, syndicated by iNFOnews); MIT Election Data + Science Lab: How long did it take to count the vote in 2024? (Baltz). 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
- SenateJackson (D) vs. Collins (R)
- House ME-02Dunlap (D) vs. LePage (R)
See every race in Maine, 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 840,916), 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
- 8 PM · 0% of the state’s final count in · taken 19:59 ET 11/05
- 9 PM · under 1% of the state’s final count in · taken 21:00 ET 11/05
- 10 PM · 2% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:00 ET 11/05
- 11 PM · 18% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:59 ET 11/05
- midnight · 30% of the state’s final count in · taken 23:51 ET 11/05
- 1 AM · 52% of the state’s final count in · taken 01:00 ET 11/06
- 2 AM · 63% of the state’s final count in · taken 01:57 ET 11/06
- 2:37 AM · 68% of the state’s final count in · taken 02:37 ET 11/06