diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1979-proposal-result-in-storage.md b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1979-proposal-result-in-storage.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eb15aa889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1979-proposal-result-in-storage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Persist the results of governance proposals in storage to allow recovering old
+  results. ([\#1979](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/1979))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/src/lib/client/rpc.rs b/apps/src/lib/client/rpc.rs
index d750ccc759..22fb627860 100644
--- a/apps/src/lib/client/rpc.rs
+++ b/apps/src/lib/client/rpc.rs
@@ -1045,23 +1045,39 @@ pub async fn query_proposal_result<
             return;
         };
 
-        let is_author_steward = query_pgf_stewards(client)
-            .await
-            .iter()
-            .any(|steward| steward.address.eq(&proposal.author));
-        let tally_type = proposal.get_tally_type(is_author_steward);
-        let total_voting_power =
-            get_total_staked_tokens(client, proposal.voting_end_epoch).await;
+        let proposal_result_key =
+            governance_storage::get_proposal_result_key(proposal_id);
+        let proposal_result =
+        // Try to directly query the result in storage first
+            match query_storage_value(client, &proposal_result_key).await {
+                Ok(result) => result,
+                Err(_) => {
+                    // If failure, run the tally
+                    let is_author_steward = query_pgf_stewards(client)
+                        .await
+                        .iter()
+                        .any(|steward| steward.address.eq(&proposal.author));
+                    let tally_type = proposal.get_tally_type(is_author_steward);
+                    let total_voting_power = get_total_staked_tokens(
+                        client,
+                        proposal.voting_end_epoch,
+                    )
+                    .await;
 
-        let votes = compute_proposal_votes(
-            client,
-            proposal_id,
-            proposal.voting_end_epoch,
-        )
-        .await;
+                    let votes = compute_proposal_votes(
+                        client,
+                        proposal_id,
+                        proposal.voting_end_epoch,
+                    )
+                    .await;
 
-        let proposal_result =
-            compute_proposal_result(votes, total_voting_power, tally_type);
+                    compute_proposal_result(
+                        votes,
+                        total_voting_power,
+                        tally_type,
+                    )
+                }
+            };
 
         display_line!(IO, "Proposal Id: {} ", proposal_id);
         display_line!(IO, "{:4}{}", "", proposal_result);
diff --git a/apps/src/lib/node/ledger/shell/governance.rs b/apps/src/lib/node/ledger/shell/governance.rs
index cc79c9a9f0..712a1a6944 100644
--- a/apps/src/lib/node/ledger/shell/governance.rs
+++ b/apps/src/lib/node/ledger/shell/governance.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ where
         )?;
         let proposal_result =
             compute_proposal_result(votes, total_voting_power, tally_type);
+        let proposal_result_key = gov_storage::get_proposal_result_key(id);
+        shell
+            .wl_storage
+            .write(&proposal_result_key, proposal_result)?;
 
         let transfer_address = match proposal_result.result {
             TallyResult::Passed => {
diff --git a/core/src/ledger/governance/storage/keys.rs b/core/src/ledger/governance/storage/keys.rs
index a975b6541f..92beb9da36 100644
--- a/core/src/ledger/governance/storage/keys.rs
+++ b/core/src/ledger/governance/storage/keys.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct Keys {
     min_grace_epoch: &'static str,
     counter: &'static str,
     pending: &'static str,
+    result: &'static str,
 }
 
 /// Check if key is inside governance address space
@@ -459,6 +460,15 @@ pub fn get_proposal_execution_key(id: u64) -> Key {
         .expect("Cannot obtain a storage key")
 }
 
+/// Get the proposal result key
+pub fn get_proposal_result_key(id: u64) -> Key {
+    proposal_prefix()
+        .push(&id.to_string())
+        .expect("Cannot obtain a storage key")
+        .push(&Keys::VALUES.result.to_owned())
+        .expect("Cannot obtain a storage key")
+}
+
 /// Get proposal id from key
 pub fn get_proposal_id(key: &Key) -> Option<u64> {
     match key.get_at(2) {
diff --git a/core/src/ledger/governance/utils.rs b/core/src/ledger/governance/utils.rs
index 1a4bf0fc7c..33f032def1 100644
--- a/core/src/ledger/governance/utils.rs
+++ b/core/src/ledger/governance/utils.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ impl TallyType {
 }
 
 /// The result of a proposal
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize)]
 pub enum TallyResult {
     /// Proposal was accepted with the associated value
     Passed,
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ impl TallyResult {
 }
 
 /// The result with votes of a proposal
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize)]
 pub struct ProposalResult {
     /// The result of a proposal
     pub result: TallyResult,