Presumptive nominee and former vice president Joe Biden won nearly 80% of the vote and all delegates, while senator Bernie Sanders only took little more than 7% and 12 other mainly withdrawn candidates that had formally remained on the ballot made up the rest.

Louisiana was initially planned to be one of four states holding primaries on Saturday, April 4, 2020, the other three being Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming.

In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable.

The 54 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.

[7][8] Following the primary, district-level delegates were elected through post-primary congressional district caucuses featuring mail-in balloting.