Participation in Arkansas's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats.

Tuesday 22 May 2012: 47 of 55 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Arkansas Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

• 31 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 4 congressional districts.
• CD 1: 8
• CD 2: 8
• CD 3: 7
• CD 4: 8
• In addition, 16 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
  • 11 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 5 Pledged PLEOs

17 May 2012 update: Arkansas Democratic Party spokesman Candace Martin indicated that Mr. Wolfe is non-compliant with Arkansas's Delegate Selection Plan and will not be awarded delegates. We have changed our soft count to reflect 47 pledged delegates for Obama. However, we will retain the hard count as the delegates were mathematically allocated by the primary.

Saturday 16 June 2012: Special State Convention in Little Rock.

District, Pledged PLEO, and At-Large National Convention delegates are elected at the Convention according to the Presidential Preferences expressed at the Primary.

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

• 8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 5 Democratic National Committee members.
• 2 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 1 Representative).
• 1 Governor.
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".