1956 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary

1956 New Jersey Democratic presidential primaries
April 17, 1956
Presidential delegate primary
72 Democratic National Convention delegates
(36 delegate votes)
 
Candidate Uncommitted
(favored Adlai Stevenson II)		 Estes Kefauver
Delegate count 71 1
Popular vote 2,989,282 1,232,435
Percentage 70.8% 29.2%
Presidential preference primary (non-binding)
No Democratic National Convention delegates
 
Candidate Estes Kefauver Adlai Stevenson II
(write-in)
Home state Tennessee Illinois
Popular vote 117,056 4,043
Percentage 95.7% 3.3%

The 1956 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on April 21, 1956, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1956 United States presidential election.

In the binding delegate primary, uncommitted delegates selected by party leaders and favoring Adlai Stevenson II were challenged by delegates backing Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. However, only one Kefauver delegate, Irwin Le Wine of Caldwell, was elected.

In the preference primary held at the same time, Kefauver was the only candidate to file to run before the March 8 deadline, and he received an overwhelming majority of the Democratic vote, though significant write-in votes were cast for Adlai Stevenson II and Robert Meyner.

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