Knoxville – A total of 5,284 early votes were cast during the early voting period, with an additional 606 votes cast by absentee ballot and in nursing homes.

There are 82,833 voters eligible to vote in the 2025 City of Knoxville Primary Election as of August 14, 2025.

Approximately 7.1% of eligible voters have cast a ballot thus far.

TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST COMPARED TO OTHER CITY PRIMARY ELECTIONS

• August 2025 – 5,284 (total votes cast – TBD)
• August 2023 – 7,988 (total votes cast – 16,648 – Mayor was on this ballot)
• August 2021 – 5,577 (total votes cast – 10,043)
• August 2019 – 9,329 (total votes cast – 19,304 – Mayor was on this ballot)
• August 2017 – 3,369 (total votes cast – 7,141)

TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT (Totals include absentee ballots)

• District 1 • 1,001   (out of 12,009 registered voters in District 1)
• District 2 • 1,219   (out of 20,050 registered voters in District 2)
• District 3 • 1,102   (out of 17,576 registered voters in District 3)
• District 4 • 1,597   (out of 19,598 registered voters in District 4)
• District 6 • 971   (out of 13,600 registered voters in District 6)

TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST BY AGE (Totals include absentee ballots)

• Age 18 – 34                   444
• Age 35 – 54                1,188
• Age 55 +                     4,258

TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST BY GENDER (Totals include absentee ballots)

• Male                            1,927
• Female                        2,442
• Unknown **                 1,521

** (Gender is not a required field on the national voter registration form)