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Representation elections in which objections and/or determinative challenges were ruled on in cases closed

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Type of case or election	Total elections	Objections only — Number	Objections only — Percent	Challenges only — Number	Challenges only — Percent	Objections and challenges — Number	Objections and challenges — Percent	Total objections — Number	Total objections — Percent	Total challenges — Number	Total challenges — Percent
All representation elections	8,611	739	8.6	235	2.7	160	1.9	899	10.4	395	4.6
By type of case — In RC cases	7,778	690	8.9	221	2.8	150	1.9	840	10.8	371	4.7
By type of case — In RM cases	427	24	5.6	12	2.8	9	2.1	33	7.7	21	4.9
By type of case — In RD cases	406	25	6.2	2	0.5	1	0.2	26	6.4	3	0.7
By type of election — Consent elections	1,969	91	4.6	31	1.6	20	1	111	5.6	51	2.6
By type of election — Stipulated elections	4,911	418	8.5	130	2.6	90	1.8	508	10.3	220	4.5
By type of election — Expedited elections	33	6	18.2	0	0	0	0	6	18.2	0	0
By type of election — Regional director-directed elections	1,594	212	13.3	71	4.5	43	2.7	255	16	114	7.2
By type of election — Board-directed elections	104	12	11.5	3	2.9	7	6.7	19	18.3	10	9.6

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Source page 180 of NLRB FY1971 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1971, p. 180.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.