Chickasaw Nation elections collects the results of all elections in the domestic dependent Chickasaw Nation of southern Oklahoma, United States. Almost all elections in the Chickasaw nation at present are officially nonpartisan.
Process If unopposed then elected by one vote margin as filing for office counts as a vote
Public response The elections have been criticized for having such low turnout.
1971 In 1971 Governor Overton James was the first elected leader for the Chickasaw Nation since 1904.
1983
Governor
Judicial
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pontotoc District Seat 6
Panola District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 2
Runoff
Pickens District Seat 3
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Runoff
Constitutional referendum Shall the office of Governor be limited to two two-year terms in any six-year period. +Question 1ChoiceVotes%No12,58Yes1,138Total Votes100% Shall the office of Lt Governor be abolished. +Question 2ChoiceVotes%No1,640Yes748Total Votes100% Shall the minimum blood quantum of 1/4 for position of Governor be abolished +Question 3ChoiceVotes%No1,590Yes741Total Votes100% Shall the council, the legislative branch, fix all salaries of all employees? +Question 4ChoiceVotes%No1,218Yes1,162Total Votes100% Shall the seat of government be moved to Tishomingo +Question 5ChoiceVotes%No1,732Yes654Total Votes100% Shall tribal judges be elected? +Question 6ChoiceVotes%Yes1,443No934Total Votes100% Shall vacancies in elective office be filled by special election instead of appointment by governor with legislative approval? +Question 7ChoiceVotes%Yes1,498No848Total Votes100% A. Shall the Tribal Council consist of only members who have been residents of the Chickasaw nation for one year preceding the election as provided in the 1867 Constitution. or B. Shal some members of the Tribal Council be non-residents of the Chickasaw nation as provided in the 1979 constitution? +Question 8ChoiceVotes%A1,743B639Total Votes100% A. In order to be eligible to run for office of governor shall a person be required to have been a resident within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation for one year prior to his or her election as provided in the 1867 constitution, or B. in order to be eligible to run for the office of governor shall a person be required to have been a resident of the state of Oklahoma for two or more years prior to his or her election as provided in the 1979 constitution. +Question 9ChoiceVotes%A1,686B701Total Votes100% Shall the boundaries of the legislative district for the Tribal Council be described by the metes and bounds description as set out in the 1867 constitution or B. Shall the eleven counties which describe the Chickasaw Nation as set out in the 1979 constitution constitute the boundaries of the legislative districts for the Tribal Council +ChoiceVotes%A1,583B762Total Votes100%
1984
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Judicial seat 2
1987
Governor
1988
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 1
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
1991
Governor
1995
Governor
1999
Governor
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Runoff
Pontotoc District 4
Runoff
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Pickens District Seat 3
Runoff
2000
2001
2002
2003 Congressman Tom Cole questioned the missing ballets in the election
Governor
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Judicial
2004
Legislature
Panola District Seat 1
Runoff
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 3
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial Seat 1
2005
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Runoff
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pickens District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Supreme Court Seat 3
2006
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 3 Special Election
Runoff
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Runoff
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Supreme Court Seat 2
2007
Governor
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 3
Panola District Seat 1
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Judicial
2008
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pickens District Seat 2
Runoff
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Judicial
2009
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
2010
Legislature
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 1 Special Election Source:
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 3
Panola District Seat 1
Runoff
Judicial
2011
Governor
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pickens District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Judicial
2012
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
2013
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 3
Panola District Seat 1
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Judicial
2014
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Pickens District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Judicial
2015
Governor
Legislature
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
2016
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 3
Panola District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Judicial
2017
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Judicial
2018
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
2019
Governor
Legislature
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Runoff
Pickens District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Panola District Seat 1
Judicial
2020
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Tishomingo District Seat 1
Judicial
2021
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 1
Pickens District Seat 4
Pontotoc District Seat 2
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Judicial
2022
Legislature
Pickens District Seat 3
Panola District Seat 1
Pontotoc District Seat 5
Tishomingo District Seat 2
Judicial
2023
Governor
Legislature
Tishomingo District Seat 3
Runoff
Pontotoc District Seat 3
Pontotoc District Seat 4
Pickens District Seat 3
Judicial
References