NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1978 › Representation elections, results by union affiliation and state
Representation elections, results by union affiliation and state
| Total elections | Number of elections in which representative was won by unions | Number of elections in which representative was won by unions | Number of elections in which representative was won by unions | Number of elections in which representative was won by unions | Number of elections in which representative was won by unions | Number of elections in which no representative was chosen | Number employees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast for union | Valid votes cast for union | Valid votes cast for union | Valid votes cast for union | Valid votes cast for union | Eligible employees in elections in which no representative chosen | |
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| Total elections | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Number of elections in which no representative was chosen | Number employees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Eligible employees in elections in which no representative chosen | |
| South Atlantic (division total) | 812 | 325 | 200 | 97 | 15 | 7 | 487 | 60,936 | 54,074 | 23,587 | 17,273 | 5,079 | 1,393 | 802 | 29,510 |
| East South Central (division total) | 430 | 203 | 127 | 49 | 20 | 4 | 227 | 41,482 | 37,489 | 17,701 | 12,720 | 3,260 | 1,358 | 388 | 20,148 |
| West South Central (division total) | 466 | 219 | 143 | 53 | 12 | 11 | 247 | 41,397 | 36,889 | 17,044 | 10,996 | 2,905 | 1,811 | 1,332 | 19,845 |
| Mountain (division total) | 405 | 199 | 124 | 52 | 9 | 14 | 206 | 18,227 | 16,002 | 7,481 | 5,299 | 1,575 | 234 | 370 | 8,521 |
| Pacific (division total) | 1,557 | 721 | 415 | 237 | 33 | 36 | 836 | 63,196 | 55,042 | 26,052 | 16,129 | 7,156 | 2,143 | 2,065 | 29,425 |
| Outlying Areas (division total) | 114 | 68 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 8,318 | 7,694 | 4,200 | 2,067 | 1,171 | 619 | 1,723 | 4,249 |
| All States and areas (grand total) | 8,240 | 3,791 | 2,178 | 1,105 | 256 | 252 | 4,449 | 471,859 | 417,563 | 199,283 | 118,811 | 38,710 | 22,062 | 19,700 | 208,243 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.