 The primaries (held on March 16) and general eleciton coincided with those for federal offices (United States President and House) and those for other state offices.The election was part of the 1976 Illinois elections.Turnout in the primaries saw 38.79% in the gubernatorial primaries, with a total of 2,231,910 votes cast, and 33.89% in the lieutenant gubernatorial primary, with 1,949,469 votes cast.