NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1988 › Elections conducted in representation cases closed
| Type of election | All R elections — Total elections conducted | All R elections — Elections conducted — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | All R elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | All R elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in certification¹ | RC elections — Total elections conducted | RC elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RC elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RC elections — Resulting in certification | RM elections — Total elections conducted | RM elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RM elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RM elections — Resulting in certification | RD elections — Total elections conducted | RD elections — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RD elections — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RD elections — Resulting in certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All types | 4,259 | 16 | 90 | 4,153 | 3,483 | 16 | 90 | 3,377 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 644 |
| Rerun required | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Runoff required | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Consent elections | 65 | 0 | 19 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Stipulated elections | 3,517 | 16 | 90 | 3,411 | 2,872 | 16 | 90 | 2,766 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 538 | 0 | 0 | 538 |
| Regional Director-directed | 654 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 550 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Board-directed | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Expedited—Sec. 8(b)(7)(C) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.