NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2003 › Analysis of elections conducted in representation cases closed
| Type of election | All R elections — Elections conducted — Total elections | All R elections — Elections conducted — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | All R elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | All R elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in certification | RC elections — Elections conducted — Total elections | RC elections — Elections conducted — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RC elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RC elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in certification | RM elections — Elections conducted — Total elections | RM elections — Elections conducted — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RM elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RM elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in certification | RD elections — Elections conducted — Total elections | RD elections — Elections conducted — Withdrawn or dismissed before certification | RD elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in a rerun or runoff | RD elections — Elections conducted — Resulting in certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All representation elections | 3,077 | 91 | 74 | 2,912 | 2,583 | 86 | 65 | 2,432 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 434 | 4 | 9 | 421 |
| Rerun required | 68 | 59 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Runoff required | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Consent elections | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stipulated elections | 2,562 | 59 | 48 | 2,455 | 2,150 | 57 | 42 | 2,051 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 363 | 1 | 6 | 356 |
| Stipulated elections — Rerun required | 46 | 40 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Stipulated elections — Runoff required | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Regional Director-directed | 509 | 32 | 26 | 451 | 429 | 29 | 23 | 377 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 65 |
| Board-directed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Expedited Sec. 8(b)(7)(C) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.