NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1988 › Representation elections in which objections and/or determinative challenges were ruled on
| All representation elections | 4,259 | 323 | 7.6 | 148 | 3.5 | 92 | 2.2 | 415 | 97 | 240 | 5.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By type of case. | |||||||||||
| In RC cases | 3,483 | 287 | 8.2 | 124 | 3.6 | 85 | 2.4 | 372 | 10.7 | 209 | 6 |
| In RM cases . | 132 | 10 | 7.6 | 9 | 6.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 11 | 8.3 | 10 | 7.6 |
| In RD cases | 644 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| By type of election. | |||||||||||
| Consent elections | 65 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.6 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Stipulated elections | 3,517 | 211 | 6 | 118 | 34 | 85 | 2.4 | 296 | 8.4 | 203 | 5.8 |
| Expedited elections | 10 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 200 | 2 | 20 |
| Regional Director-directed elections | 654 | 103 | 15.7 | 27 | 41 | 6 | 0.9 | 109 | 16.7 | 33 | 5 |
| Board-directed elections. | 13 | 5 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.