UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 3, 2010


TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its charter)


        Virginia                 001-01361         22-1318955
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)        File Number)     Identification No.)


7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois  60629
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)


(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 773-838-3400

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

             At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (the "Company")
held on May 3, 2010, the proposals listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders.
The proposals are described in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each of the proposals was
approved by the shareholders pursuant to the voting results set forth below.

Proposal 1- Election of Directors
              The five nominees for the Board of Directors were elected to hold office until the next
annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and duly qualified.  The
tabulation of votes was:

Nominee                          Votes For            Votes Withheld         Broker Non-Vote
                                                                      
Ellen R. Gordon			218,463,994	    	7,017,463 		4,488,072
Melvin J. Gordon		218,641,893		6,839,564		4,488,072
Lana Jane Lewis-Brent		219,790,810		5,690,647		4,488,072
Barre A. Seibert		219,812,567		5,668,890		4,488,072
Richard P. Bergeman		219,532,640		5,948,817		4,488,072

Proposal 2- Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
             The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's independent registered
public accounting firm for 2010 was ratified by a vote of 227,294,729 for and 2,206,262 against.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.

May 6, 2010                     By:  /s/ G. Howard Ember
                              Name:  G. Howard Ember
                             Title:  V.P. Finance and Chief
                                     Financial Officer