NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1977 › Disposition of objections in representation cases closed
| Objections filed | Objections withdrawn | Objections ruled upon | Overruled | Overruled | Sustained | Sustained | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent of total ruled upon | Number | Percent of total ruled upon | ||||
| All representation elections | 1,310 | 178 | 1,132 | 925 | 81.7 | 207 | 18.3 |
| By type of case | |||||||
| RC cases | 1,197 | 166 | 1,031 | 833 | 80.8 | 198 | 19.2 |
| RM cases | 40 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 88.6 | 4 | 11.4 |
| RD cases | 73 | 7 | 66 | 61 | 92.4 | 5 | 7.6 |
| By type of election | |||||||
| Consent elections | 58 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 76.6 | 11 | 23.4 |
| Stipulated elections | 884 | 129 | 755 | 619 | 82 | 136 | 18 |
| Expedited elections | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 0 | |
| Regional director-directed elections | 346 | 35 | 311 | 253 | 81.4 | 58 | 18.6 |
| Board-directed elections | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 2 | 14.3 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.