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Analysis of Elections Conducted in Representation Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1978

printed as Table 11A · source page 274 · nlrb1978_p0274_t0

Type of election	All R elections				RC elections				RM elections				RD elections
Type of election	Elections conducted				Elections conducted				Elections conducted				Elections conducted
Type of election	Total elections	Withdrawn or dismissed before certification	Resulting in a rerun or runoff	Resulting in certification	Total elections	Withdrawn or dismissed before certification	Resulting in a rerun or runoff	Resulting in certification	Total elections	Withdrawn or dismissed before certification	Resulting in a rerun or runoff	Resulting in certification	Total elections	Withdrawn or dismissed before certification	Resulting in a rerun or runoff	Resulting in certification
All types	8,464	55	169	8,240	7,311	53	153	7,168	270	0	5	265	820	2	11	807
Rerun required			141				129				4				8
Runoff required			28				24				1				3
Consent elections	646	2	2	642	538	2	2	534	19	0	0	19	89	0	0	89
Rerun required			1				1				0				0
Runoff required			1				1				0				0
Stipulated elections	6,314	37	127	6,150	5,521	35	117	5,369	190	0	4	186	603	2	6	595
Rerun required			105				98				3				4
Runoff required			22				19				1				2
Regional director-directed	1,439	15	37	1,387	1,207	15	31	1,224	43	0	1	42	126	0	5	121
Rerun required			32				27				1				4
Runoff required			5				4				0				1
Board-directed	46	0	3	43	42	0	3	39	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
Rerun required			3				3				0				0
Runoff required			0				0				0				0
Expedited—sec 8(b)(7)(C)	19	1	0	18	3	1	0	2	16	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Rerun required			0				0				0				0
Runoff required			0				0				0				0

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1 The total of representation elections resulting in certification excludes elections held in UD cases which are included in the totals in table 11.

52 of 103 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 274. Structure: 17 columns — stub plus four four-column panels (All R, RC, RM, RD elections), each headed "Elections conducted". The indented "Rerun required" / "Runoff required" lines carry a figure only in each panel's "Resulting in a rerun or runoff" column; all their other cells are printed as leader-dot rules and are transcribed as "". Suspected misprint (transcribed as printed): in the RC panel the row arithmetic does not close for "Regional director-directed" — 1,207 - 15 - 31 = 1,161, but 1,224 is printed under "Resulting in certification". The same 63-unit gap appears in the "All types" row (7,311 - 53 - 153 = 7,105 vs. 7,168 printed), and the All R total 8,464 exceeds RC 7,311 + RM 270 + RD 820 = 8,401 by the same 63. The RC "Total elections" column is internally consistent (538 + 5,521 + 1,207 + 42 + 3 = 7,311), so the error appears to originate in the single figure 1,207 (1,270 would reconcile every check). Every other row and column total in the table adds correctly. Minor legibility: in the "Rerun required" line under "Expedited—sec 8(b)(7)(C)", the RD "Resulting in a rerun or runoff" cell has an ink blemish on the glyph; read as 0, which is consistent with the column total of 8 for RD reruns.

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Source page 274 of NLRB FY1978 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1978, p. 274.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.