NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1971 › Analysis of elections conducted in representation cases closed
Analysis of elections conducted in representation cases closed
| Type of election | All R elections — Total elections | All R — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | All R — Resulting in rerun or runoff | All R — Resulting in certification | RC elections — Total | RC — Withdrawn before cert | RC — Resulting in rerun or runoff | RC — Resulting in cert | RM elections — Total | RM — Withdrawn | RM — Rerun or runoff | RM — Cert | RD elections — Total | RD — Withdrawn | RD — Rerun or runoff | RD — Cert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All types | 8,611 | 18 | 231 | 8,362 | 7,778 | 13 | 222 | 7,543 | 427 | 3 | 6 | 418 | 406 | 2 | 3 | 401 |
| Consent elections | 1,969 | 3 | 38 | 1,928 | 1,746 | 3 | 34 | 1,709 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
| Stipulated elections | 4,911 | 4 | 135 | 4,784 | 4,357 | 4 | 119 | 4,242 | 269 | 3 | 7 | 259 | 232 | 0 | 9 | 223 |
| Regional director-directed | 1,594 | 9 | 66 | 1,519 | 1,472 | 9 | 65 | 1,400 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| Board-directed | 104 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Expedited — Sec. 8(b)(7)(C) | 33 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.