NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1997 › Representation elections in which objections and/or determinative challenges were ruled on in cases closed
| All representation elections | 3,687 | 134 | 3.6 | 58 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.8 | 164 | 4.4 | 88 | 2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By type of case: ' • | |||||||||||
| In RC cases | 3,214 | 121 | 3.8 | , 55 | 1.7 | 29 | 0.9 | 150 | 4.7 | 84 | 2.6 |
| In RMcases | 52 | 4 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.7 | 0 | |||
| _ In RD cases • | 421 | 9 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 2.4 | 4 | 1 |
| By type of election: | |||||||||||
| Consent elections | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3.1 | 39 | 1.3 | 19 | 0.6 | 114 | 3.8 | 58 | 1.9 | |||
| Expedited elections | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Regional Director-directed elections | 627 | 39 | 6.2 | 18 | . 2.9 | 11 | 1.8 | 50 | 8 | 29 | 4.6 |
| _ Board-directed elections | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.