NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Analysis of elections conducted in representation cases closed
| Type of election | All R elections — Total elections | All R elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | All R elections — Resulting in rerun or runoff | All R elections — Resulting in certification | RC elections — Total elections | RC elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RC elections — Resulting in rerun or runoff | RC elections — Resulting in certification | RM elections — Total elections | RM elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RM elections — Resulting in rerun or runoff | RM elections — Resulting in certification | RD elections — Total elections | RD elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RD elections — Resulting in rerun or runoff | RD elections — Resulting in certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All types | 9,660 | 70 | 221 | 9,369 | 8,800 | 64 | 210 | 8,526 | 401 | 3 | 8 | 390 | 459 | 3 | 3 | 453 |
| Rerun required (All types) | 164 | 155 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Runoff required (All types) | 57 | 55 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Consent elections | 1,553 | 9 | 23 | 1,521 | 1,380 | 9 | 20 | 1,351 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Stipulated elections | 6,247 | 38 | 141 | 6,068 | 5,733 | 34 | 135 | 5,564 | 238 | 3 | 5 | 231 | 275 | 1 | 0 | 273 |
| Regional director-directed | 1,765 | 23 | 55 | 1,687 | 1,627 | 21 | 53 | 1,553 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 82 |
| Board-directed | 57 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Expedited — See 8(b)(7)(C) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.