Guide to New York’s delegate rules

Published April 19, 2016 4:10am ET



New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday to have their say in the presidential primary process. Here’s a breakdown of how the delegates will be distributed once the votes are counted.

All polls close at 9 p.m. ET. The delegates are not awarded in a simple winner-take-all vote: In both party primaries, most of the delegates will be decided based on the votes in New York’s 27 congressional districts. Including the delegates awarded by the statewide vote, it’s almost like 28 small, separate primaries instead of one big state prize.

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