The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY - Though votes cast Tuesday point to primary wins in Missouri for Democrats Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, vote totals are likely to change at least slightly in coming days as local election clerks determine whether to count provisional ballots and accept absentee ballots from overseas voters.

With all precincts reporting results, former Secretary of State Clinton led Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 1,531 votes. Trump, the billionaire businessman, led Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by 1,726 votes. That amounts to a 0.2 percentage point lead for both Clinton and Trump — the closest races in any of Tuesday’s five primary states.

Under Missouri law, candidates can request a recount if they lose by less than one-half of a percentage point.

It could take up to a month before the results are officially certified by the secretary of state’s office. Losing candidates then have another week to request a recount.

Because of the way Missouri’s delegates are allotted, the Republican winner of the statewide vote stands to gain more than the Democratic victor.

Missouri’s 71 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be awarded proportionally based on the votes candidates received statewide and in each of the state’s eight congressional districts. As of Wednesday afternoon, Sanders had won 32 Missouri delegates, and Clinton 31, with eight delegates remaining to be allocated.

Of Missouri’s 52 Republican delegates, 12 will go to the top statewide vote-getter. The rest will be awarded in chunks of five to the winners in each of the state’s congressional districts. As of Wednesday afternoon, Trump had won 25 district delegates and Cruz had won five, with two districts yet to be determined. In both of those districts, Cruz appeared to have slightly more votes.

Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple said he doesn’t expect there to be a recount of Missouri’s Democratic votes. That’s because Missouri’s proportional allocation would divide its delegates fairly evenly, regardless of the outcome of a recount. Ultimately, it would not make much of a difference in Clinton’s national delegate lead.

“The highest conceivable gain is, like, four delegates, which I guess if you thought it was going to be that close, you’d fight over,” Temple said. “But that’s kind of unimaginable to me that this thing would play out that close” nationally, he said.

Nearly 1.6 million votes were cast in Missouri — a 39 percent voter turnout that broke the previous high mark for a presidential primary of 36 percent, which was set in 2008.