NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Elections conducted in representation cases closed
Elections conducted in representation cases closed
| Type of election | All R elections — Total elections | All R elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before runoff | All R elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | All R elections — Resulting in certification | RC elections — Total elections | RC elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before runoff | RC elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RC elections — Resulting in certification | RM elections — Total elections | RM elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before runoff | RM elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RM elections — Resulting in certification | RD elections — Total elections | RD elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before runoff | RD elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RD elections — Resulting in certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All types | 4,642 | 33 | 89 | 4,520 | 3,600 | 30 | 75 | 3,495 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 168 | 871 | 1 | 13 | 857 |
| All types — Rerun required | 67 | 57 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| All types — Runoff required | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Consent elections | 123 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Stipulated elections | 3,707 | 21 | 61 | 3,625 | 2,885 | 20 | 53 | 2,812 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 693 | 1 | 8 | 684 |
| Regional director-directed | 780 | 9 | 21 | 750 | 621 | 8 | 17 | 596 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 121 |
| Board-directed | 25 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Expedited — Sec 8(b)(7)(C) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.