List of close election results
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This is a list of close election results on the national level and within administrative divisions. It lists results that have been decided by a margin of less than 1 vote in 1,000 (a margin of less than 0.1 percentage points): single-winner elections where the winning candidate was less than 0.1% ahead of the second-placed candidate, as well as party-list elections where a party was less than 0.1% short of the electoral threshold or two lists that obtained seats are less than 0.1% apart. This list is limited to elections in which at least 1,000 votes were cast. To provide context, the section on "Distribution of elections" shows the distribution of winning margins in different areas. Depending on the area, from 1 in 40 to 1 in 500 election contests is decided by less than 1 vote in 1,000. According to a 2001 study of state and federal elections in the United States between 1898 and 1992, "one of every 100,000 votes cast in U.S. [House of Representatives] elections, and one of every 15,000 votes cast in state [legislative] elections, 'mattered' in the sense that they were cast for a candidate that officially tied or won by one vote." While not an election, a member of Congress once owed his seat to the drawing of lots. In 1902, after more than 7,000 votes at three conventions, the Democrats were unable to decide among three candidates for nomination to Texas's 12th congressional district. Two candidates put their names in a hat, drew one out and the loser agreed to withdraw and support the winner. Oscar W. Gillespie won the game of lots, the nomination and the following general election, serving in Congress for eight years. There are a variety of ways in which tied elections are settled. Some are decided by drawing lots or other games of chance. Others lead to a runoff or special election. Still others are decided by some third party such as the legislature or a high-ranking elected official. In one case in Waynetown, Indiana, in 1891, two candidates for town treasurer agreed to settle their 339–339 tie by a foot-race. However, despite some fictionalized accounts, the town board overruled the agreement and determined that then-incumbent William Simms would remain in office for another term, and the proposed race never occurred.
Tables
· Table of close national and state elections › Tied elections
1985
1985
Year
1985
Country /region
Election
Victorian Legislative Council
District/race
Nunawading
Total votescast for winner
54,821
Description
Bob Ives tied with Rosemary Varty, but won the seat with a vote cast by the returning officer, who drew Ives' name from a hat. Adding to the drama, the seat decided control of the Legislative Council. Before Ives could take his seat, the result was voided by a Court of Disputed Returns on the grounds that 44 votes had been incorrectly excluded from the count, and the court ordered a by-election. Varty then won the by-election.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Country /region
Election
Swiss federal
District/race
Ticino
Total votescast for winner
23,979
Description
Marco Romano and Monica Duca Widmer both had 23,979 votes. Initially, a computer program was used to draw lots and Widmer was declared the winner. Following complaints and appeals, the Federal Supreme Court ruled against the Canton's decision to use a computer program for the lottery and ordered a new manual lottery. This was conducted on November 25 and Marco Romano emerged as the winner. (There were 760,995 votes cast in total for 8 seats. The PPD won two seats. Romano and Widmer, both of the PPD, were tied for the PPD's second seat.)
1994
1994
Year
1994
Country /region
Election
National Assembly of Quebec
District/race
Saint-Jean
Total votescast for winner
16,536
Description
Incumbent Liberal Michel Charbonneau tied with Parti Québécois candidate Roger Paquin. Consequently, a new vote was held 42 days later, which Paquin won by 532 votes.
2003
2003
Year
2003
Country /region
Election
National Assembly of Quebec
District/race
Champlain
Total votescast for winner
11,852
Description
PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne tied with Liberal Pierre Brouillette. Consequently, a new vote was held 36 days later, which Champagne won by 642 votes.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Country /region
Election
Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary
District/race
Plymouth District
Total votescast for winner
4,543
Description
George F. Buckley and Michael Creedon tied, but Creedon secured the nomination and later the seat.
1978
1978
Year
1978
Country /region
Election
Rhode Island Senate
District/race
Senatorial District 29
Total votescast for winner
4,110
Description
Both Russell and Flynn had exactly 4,110 votes in the general election. On January 9, 1979, a special election was held where Flynn beat Russell 2,546–2,038.
1980
1980
Year
1980
Country /region
Election
New Hampshire Senate Republican primary
District/race
District 16
Total votescast for winner
2,438
Description
Incumbent Frank Wageman found himself in a tied election after a hospitalization left him unable to vote in the election. Two numbered balls were placed in a black leather bottle, and the first one to roll out was the winner. Wageman's ball came out first and challenger Eleanor P. Podles demanded a recount that did not change the outcome. Podles won a rematch in 1982.
1958
1958
Year
1958
Country /region
Election
Alaska Senate
District/race
District B
Total votescast for winner
1,953
Description
Republican candidate Boardman and Democrat "Bo" Smith both received 1,953 votes in Senate District B in Southeastern Alaska around Ketchikan. The Democratic-controlled Alaska Senate resolved the tie in favor of Smith.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Country /region
Election
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District/race
Vernon River-Stratford
Total votescast for winner
1,173
Description
On Declaration Day, Mary Ellen McInnis and Alan McIsaac had 1,172–1,174 votes. McInnis filed a petition for a judicial recount. Provincial Court Judge John Douglas discovered that a vote for Ms. McInnis was mistakenly put in the pile for Mr. McIsaac. The result of the recount was thus that they were tied 1,173–1,173. Pursuant to section 102 of the Election Act, the toss of a coin was completed by the Returning Officer. The results of the coin toss were in favour of Alan McIsaac.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Country /region
Election
Uruguayan municipal elections
District/race
San Bautista
Total votescast for winner
857
Description
Joaquín Farina (Colorado Party) tied with Roberto Siriani (National Party) in the race for mayor of the San Bautista Municipality in Canelones, Uruguay. Uruguayan law did not forestall how to break the tie and a second election could not be held as the election day is set by the Constitution. It was decided by the Uruguayan Electoral Court that the winner would be chosen by drawing a ballot from a ballot box containing only two closed envelopes. The event was broadcast on live TV, Joaquín Farina won the drawn and was proclaimed mayor.
| Year | Country /region | Election | District/race | Total votescast for winner | Description |
| 1985 | | Victorian Legislative Council | Nunawading | 54,821 | Bob Ives tied with Rosemary Varty, but won the seat with a vote cast by the returning officer, who drew Ives' name from a hat. Adding to the drama, the seat decided control of the Legislative Council. Before Ives could take his seat, the result was voided by a Court of Disputed Returns on the grounds that 44 votes had been incorrectly excluded from the count, and the court ordered a by-election. Varty then won the by-election. |
| 2011 | | Swiss federal | Ticino | 23,979 | Marco Romano and Monica Duca Widmer both had 23,979 votes. Initially, a computer program was used to draw lots and Widmer was declared the winner. Following complaints and appeals, the Federal Supreme Court ruled against the Canton's decision to use a computer program for the lottery and ordered a new manual lottery. This was conducted on November 25 and Marco Romano emerged as the winner. (There were 760,995 votes cast in total for 8 seats. The PPD won two seats. Romano and Widmer, both of the PPD, were tied for the PPD's second seat.) |
| 1994 | | National Assembly of Quebec | Saint-Jean | 16,536 | Incumbent Liberal Michel Charbonneau tied with Parti Québécois candidate Roger Paquin. Consequently, a new vote was held 42 days later, which Paquin won by 532 votes. |
| 1971 | | Virginia House of Delegates | District 19 | 16,410 | The initial vote count had Republican William Moss ahead of Democrat Jim Burch by 1 vote for the sixth at-large seat in what was then a six-member district. But then a three-judge circuit court ruled that one of the ballots was "defaced" because the names of two candidates were crossed out with the notation "Do not desire to vote for these two". They did this even though the person who cast this vote (which was known because it was a signed absentee ballot) testified that he intended to vote for Moss. Throwing out the ballot created a tied vote. The names of the two candidates were placed in sealed envelopes, and a blindfolded Elections Board chairman plucked one from a silver loving cup. Moss won. Two years later Moss would lose re-election by 0.03% of the vote. |
| 2003 | | National Assembly of Quebec | Champlain | 11,852 | PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne tied with Liberal Pierre Brouillette. Consequently, a new vote was held 36 days later, which Champagne won by 642 votes. |
| 2017 | | Virginia House of Delegates | District 94 | 11,608 | The initial vote count had incumbent Republican David Yancey ahead by 13 votes. After a canvas that included provisional ballots, Yancey's lead was cut to 10 votes. Following a recount, Yancey trailed Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds by one vote out of 23,215 cast. After review by a three-judge panel appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court, a disputed ballot that had been excluded as an overvote was instead counted for Yancey and the race was certified as a tie with the candidates to draw lots to determine a winner. The drawing of lots was later postponed after Simonds asked a state court to reconsider the disputed ballot. On January 4, 2018, the names of each candidate were placed inside a film canister, both canisters were placed in a bowl and one canister was drawn at random by State Board of Elections chairman James Alcorn. David Yancey won the draw and the seat, giving Republicans control of the House 51–49. Had Simonds won instead, a 50–50 split would have prompted a power sharing arrangement between the two major parties. In 2019, the two met in a rematch in a redrawn district and Simonds won. |
| 2010 | | Massachusetts House of Representatives | 6th Worcester district | 6,587 | After Peter J. Durant was initially declared the winner by 1 vote, judge Richard T. Tucker ruled that one absentee ballot that was initially discarded was to be counted for Geraldo Alicea creating an exact tie. Six months later, a special election was held where Durant beat Alicea by 56 votes. |
| 1963 | | House of Commons of Canada | Pontiac–Témiscamingue | 6,448 | Paul Martineau (Progressive Conservative) and Paul-Oliva Goulet (Liberal) each received 6,448 votes in the Québec electoral district of Pontiac–Témiscamingue. Because the vote was tied, the returning officer cast his vote for Martineau. |
| 1988 | | Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary | Plymouth District | 4,543 | George F. Buckley and Michael Creedon tied, but Creedon secured the nomination and later the seat. |
| 1996 | | South Dakota House of Representatives | District 12 | 4,191 | Four candidates, Democrats John R. McIntyre and Dick Casey; and Republicans Hal Wick and Judy Rost, were contesting two seats. In the initial tally, they had respectively 4195 (24.73%), 3889 (22.93%), 4191 (24.71%), and 4687 (27.63%) votes (16,962 total votes). McIntyre was initially declared to have been elected by a four-vote margin. Wick petitioned for a recount in accordance with SDCL 12-21-12. The recount was conducted in the presence of representatives for both candidates. The results were certified on December 4, 1996, and showed that Wick had been elected by one vote: 4191 (24.71%), 3891 (22.94%), 4192 (24.71%), 4689 (27.64%) (16,963 total votes). The South Dakota Supreme Court examined several ballots and invalidated one vote for Wick. The House then voted, mostly along party lines, 46–20 to seat Wick. Remarkably, two years later, McIntyre and Wick would again tie (at least on the initial count). |
| 1999 | | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | Shelburne | 3,206 | Progressive Conservative Cecil O'Donnell tied with Liberal Clifford Huskilson (3,206–3,206). The returning officer broke the tie by pulling Mr. O'Donnell's name from a box. |
| 1886 | | House of Commons of the United Kingdom | Ashton-under-Lyne | 3,049 | Conservative incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and Liberal challenger (and English cricketer) Alexander Butler Rowley were tied, 3,049–3,049. The Returning Officer (and also mayor) James Walker broke the tie by casting a vote for Addison. |
| 1978 | | Rhode Island Senate | Senatorial District 29 | 4,110 | Both Russell and Flynn had exactly 4,110 votes in the general election. On January 9, 1979, a special election was held where Flynn beat Russell 2,546–2,038. |
| 1980 | | New Hampshire Senate Republican primary | District 16 | 2,438 | Incumbent Frank Wageman found himself in a tied election after a hospitalization left him unable to vote in the election. Two numbered balls were placed in a black leather bottle, and the first one to roll out was the winner. Wageman's ball came out first and challenger Eleanor P. Podles demanded a recount that did not change the outcome. Podles won a rematch in 1982. |
| 1958 | | Alaska Senate | District B | 1,953 | Republican candidate Boardman and Democrat "Bo" Smith both received 1,953 votes in Senate District B in Southeastern Alaska around Ketchikan. The Democratic-controlled Alaska Senate resolved the tie in favor of Smith. |
| 1994 | | Wyoming House of Representatives | District 21 | 1,941 | Republican Randall Luthi and independent candidate Larry Call each received 1,941 votes in a state House race in northern Lincoln County. On live TV (NBC's Today Show) Secretary of State Kathy Karpan drew a ping pong ball with Luthi's name out of Governor Sullivan's rumpled cowboy hat. |
| 1826 | | United States House of Representatives | Pennsylvania's 2nd District | 1,597 | Adams Federalist John Sergeant and Jacksonian Henry Horn tied at 1,597, with a 3rd candidate getting 1,391 votes. The governor treated it as a vacancy, but did not call a new election until both Sergeant and Horn relinquished their claims. Sergeant defeated former Representative Joseph Hemphill in the special election a year later and was seated. Residents of the district contested the election, arguing that ballots were found that would have swung the regular election to Horn, but the House dismissed the contest because Horn had voluntarily relinquished his rights. |
| 2006 | | Alaska House of Representatives Democratic primary | District 37 | 1,534 | After a recount, a state Supreme Court challenge and wrangling over five disputed ballots the race was decided by a coin toss, using a special coin with a walrus on one side and the seal of Alaska on the other. Bryce Edgmon, the winner of the coin toss, went on to be Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives. |
| 2004 | | Montana House of Representatives | District 12 | 1,559 | The November 2, 2004 election resulted in the district 12 race being a 1,559–1,559 vote tie between Democratic candidate Jeanne Windham and Constitution candidate Rick Jore. On December 28, the Montana Supreme Court invalidated a small handful of ballots, which was enough to resolve the tie and give control of the state house to the Democratic Party. |
| 1887 | | House of Commons of Canada | Joliette | 1,532 | Conservative Édouard Guilbault tied Liberal F. Neveu, but won the seat after the deciding vote was cast by the returning officer. |
| 1896 | | House of Commons of Canada | Assiniboia West | 1,502 | Conservative Nicholas Flood Davin tied independent John K. McInnes. The deciding vote in Davin's favor was cast by the returning officer after the two candidates tied. |
| 2015 | | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | Vernon River-Stratford | 1,173 | On Declaration Day, Mary Ellen McInnis and Alan McIsaac had 1,172–1,174 votes. McInnis filed a petition for a judicial recount. Provincial Court Judge John Douglas discovered that a vote for Ms. McInnis was mistakenly put in the pile for Mr. McIsaac. The result of the recount was thus that they were tied 1,173–1,173. Pursuant to section 102 of the Election Act, the toss of a coin was completed by the Returning Officer. The results of the coin toss were in favour of Alan McIsaac. |
| 2022 | | New Hampshire House of Representatives | Strafford District 8 | 970 | The November 2022 election to this seat in the city of Rochester ended in a tie of 970–970 between Democrat Chuck Grassie and Republican David Walker. Despite rumors that the Republican-controlled state House would vote to seat Walker anyways, a special election was called for February 21. In the end, Chuck Grassie won with over 55% of the vote, a 4% over-performance for Democrats. |
| 2025 | | Uruguayan municipal elections | San Bautista | 857 | Joaquín Farina (Colorado Party) tied with Roberto Siriani (National Party) in the race for mayor of the San Bautista Municipality in Canelones, Uruguay. Uruguayan law did not forestall how to break the tie and a second election could not be held as the election day is set by the Constitution. It was decided by the Uruguayan Electoral Court that the winner would be chosen by drawing a ballot from a ballot box containing only two closed envelopes. The event was broadcast on live TV, Joaquín Farina won the drawn and was proclaimed mayor. |
· Table of close national and state elections › List of close election results in single-winner, majoritarian and STV races
(%)
(%)
Year
(%)
Countryregion
(votes)
1983
1983
Year
1983
Countryregion
Election
Senate of Zimbabwe
District/race
White roll
Margin
0
Margin
0
Total votes cast for winner
10
Description
Independent candidate Max Rosenfels was elected to fill a vacant seat in the Senate of Zimbabwe ahead of the Republican Front's Des van Jaarsveldt on a drawing of lots after two tied 10-10 votes of white members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
New Hampshire
Margin
0.000901%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
110,926
Description
On election day, Republican Louis Wyman won with a margin of just 355 votes out of more than 220,000. His opponent John A. Durkin then won the recount by 10 votes. After a second recount, Wyman won by just 2 votes. The Democratic-controlled Senate at first agreed to seat Wyman, who served the last 3 days of Norris Cotton's term, but began to deliberate again when the new Senate took office. When the Senate deadlocked for months, Durkin agreed to Wyman's proposal for a new election. The Senate declared the seat vacant and the governor appointed Cotton to hold the seat for six weeks until a special election on September 16. Durkin won the special by 27,000 votes.
1839
1839
Year
1839
Countryregion
Election
Massachusetts gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Massachusetts
Margin
0.00098%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
51,034
Description
Marcus Morton and the incumbent Whig Edward Everett received 51,034–50,725 votes respectively, with the remaining 307 votes went to scattering. The constitution of Massachusetts required a candidate to receive a majority of votes cast in order to win the office outright; otherwise, the legislature would have the authority to choose among the leading candidates. Morton exceeded this threshold by just 1 vote (50% of the 102,066 ballots cast), and had he not, the Whig controlled legislature would have been allowed to select the governor. The legislature could successfully deprive Morton of a majority if it disqualified the return from the town of Westfield. There was, moreover, an argument for doing so: the Westfield return was irregular and improper under the laws of the state because the attestation of its authenticity was not under seal. Instead, the return had been sealed first, and only afterward affixed with an attestation from the relevant local official. Despite pressure from partisans to contest this result, Everett refused. Historian and former Ohio Solicitor General Edward B. Foley notes: "In the annals of American history there is not an equivalent example of a candidate in a major statewide election willing to forgo a victory so tantalizingly within reach based on, first, such a narrow margin and, second, such a readily available legal argument for invalidating disputed ballots."
2025
2025
Year
2025
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Terrebonne
Margin
0.00164%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
23,352
Description
Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné by one vote after a judicial recount.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Countryregion
Election
Australian Senate
District/race
Western Australia
Margin
0.002125%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
23,532
Description
Before senate electoral reform in 2016, the Australian senate was elected by a series of complex preference deals. At one point the next party to be eliminated was between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the Australian Christians. The margin was effectively one vote at that point in the count, and depending on which party was ahead either the Labor Party and PUP or the Sports Party and the Greens would have been elected.
As the recount was taking place it became apparent that there were some missing ballots, which was greater than the margin, so the election was voided and a re-run was conducted in 2014.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Countryregion
Election
Caddo Parish sheriff
District/race
Sheriff of Caddo Parish
Margin
0.002312%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
21,624
Description
In the runoff election, Henry Whitehorn, a Democrat, defeated Republican John Nickelson by one vote. After a court challenge, the election was rerun; Whitehorn won again with a larger margin.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Countryregion
Election
German federal
District/race
Stuttgart I
Margin
0.00310%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
45,668
Description
Grüne's Simone Fischer defeated CDU's Elisabeth Schick-Ebert by 5 votes. The original count saw Fischer win with 16 votes.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Countryregion
Election
Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary
District/race
3rd District
Margin
0.00340%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
14,716
Description
Herbert L. Connolly lost to Robert B. Kennedy by one vote, and it was his own. Connolly arrived at his precinct a few minutes after the polls closed and was not able to vote. Kennedy won the following general.
2003
2003
Year
2003
Countryregion
Election
Russian legislative
District/race
Sverdlovsk Oblast District 163
Margin
0.00342%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
73,083
Description
Incumbent Georgy Leontyev held the seat by five votes, despite allegations of vote manipulation, later rejected by the Supreme Court.
1997
1997
Year
1997
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Winchester
Margin
0.00383%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
26,100
Description
In the General Election, Mark Oaten led Gerry Malone by 2 votes (26,100–26,098). A total of 55 ballot papers were excluded from the count for want of official mark, of which 18 were votes in favor of Oaten and 22 in favor of Malone. Therefore, Malone would have had a majority of 2 votes had they been included in the count. On hearing an Election Petition in the High Court on 6 October 1997 Lord Justice Brooke and Mr. Justice Gage ordered that there should be a fresh election. The petition also stated that four voters cast tendered ballots after claiming to have been impersonated, but the impersonators could not be found and the allegation was not pursued. In the subsequent by-election, Oaten easily beat Malone (37,006–15,450).
1992
1992
Year
1992
Countryregion
Election
Philippine Senate
District/race
At-large
Margin
0.00398%
Margin
966
Total votes cast for winner
3,964,966
Description
The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 24th placed candidate, Butz Aquino of LDP, edged out Alfredo Bengzon of Lakas to win out the last Senate seat.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
Washington gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Washington
Margin
0.004842%
Margin
133
Total votes cast for winner
1,373,361
Description
Democrat Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi, following two recounts, after the initial count and first recount showed Rossi as the winner.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
Indian general
District/race
Mumbai North West
Margin
0.00503%
Margin
48
Total votes cast for winner
452,644
Description
Ravindra Waikar (Shiv Sena) won with a 48-vote-lead against Amol Gajanan Kirtikar (Shiv Sena (UBT)).
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
Budapest local
District/race
Mayor of Budapest
Margin
0.00524%
Margin
41
Total votes cast for winner
371,578
Description
The candidate of the centre-left opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony defeated LMP candidate Dávid Vitézy who was backed by the Fidesz–KDNP alliance by 324 votes (0.0415%). Vitézy demanded a recount, asserting that a large portion of the ballots had been wrongfully deemed invalid. After recounting these ballots, the Hungarian National Election Office declared Karácsony the winner by a margin of 41 votes.
1931
1931
Year
1931
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Ilkeston
Margin
0.00569%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
17,587
Description
A.J. Flint (National Labour) gained the seat from George Oliver (Labour). After the polls closed it became clear that the Ilkeston election was very close. There were four recounts overnight, and the Returning Officer decided to call a halt in the early hours to return later in the day. At the end of the fifth recount, the Returning Officer declared Flint elected by a majority of two votes over the sitting Labour MP. This result remains the joint smallest majority in any individual constituency election since universal suffrage.
2002
2002
Year
2002
Countryregion
Election
Irish general
District/race
Limerick West
Margin
0.00584%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
8,564
Description
Going into the fourth (and final) count, sitting Fine Gael TD Dan Neville trailed his party colleague Michael Finucane, also an outgoing TD, 7,862 to 7,867 in the race for the third and final seat. He picked up 702 votes transferred from the eliminated candidates, six more than his opponent, to win by one vote. Finucane requested a recount, but when it became clear that the margin of his defeat would only increase, he requested the returning officer to terminate the recount, thus leaving the official margin of defeat at one vote. "I am happy enough with the findings and I accept it. Democracy has spoken and I am sure there are many people out there feeling sorry at this stage that they didn't vote for me to tip me over the line."
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
Alabama State Senate Republican primary
District/race
District 27
Margin
0.00597%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
8,373
Description
Jay Hovey defeated incumbent Tom Whatley.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
South Korean legislature
District/race
Gwangju
Margin
0.00614%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
16,675
Description
GNP Park Hyuk-kyu defeated MDP Moon Hak-jin by an official tally of a three-vote difference.
1966
1966
Year
1966
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Peterborough
Margin
0.00626%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
23,944
Description
Conservative Party incumbent Sir Harmar Nicholls defeated Labour Party challenger Michael Ward 23,944–23,941. Ward would again challenge and lose in 1970 and Feb 1974, but would win in Oct 1974.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
North East Fife
Margin
0.00728%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
13,743
Description
Stephen Gethins of the Scottish National Party saw off a challenge by Elizabeth Riches of the Liberal Democrats to retain the seat of former leader Menzies Campbell.
1962
1962
Year
1962
Countryregion
Election
Minnesota gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Minnesota
Margin
0.00734%
Margin
91
Total votes cast for winner
619,842
Description
The vote count after election day had Governor Elmer L. Andersen in the lead by 142 votes. Then-Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag went to court and won the right for a recount. After the recount, it was determined that Rolvaag of the DFL had defeated Andersen, Republican, by 91 votes out of over 1.2 million cast. Rolvaag collected 619,842 votes to Andersen's 619,751.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
North Carolina Judicial
District/race
Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Margin
0.00744%
Margin
401
Total votes cast for winner
2,695,951
Description
Following a count, recount and hand-to-eye recount in 1% of precincts, Incumbent Chief Justice Cheri Beasley was defeated by Justice Paul Newby. The result meant that Republicans won all 8 statewide judicial races in the 2020 general election.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
New York State Senate
District/race
District 50
Margin
0.00812%
Margin
10
Total votes cast for winner
61,579
Description
Incumbent Democrat John Mannion defeated Republican Rebecca Shiroff.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Countryregion
Election
North Carolina District Court
District/race
District 5
Margin
0.00813%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
30,746
Description
Lindsey McKee Luther defeated Kent Harrell for North Carolina District Court, District 5 by five votes: 30,746–30,741.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Carmarthen
Margin
0.00851%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
17,165
Description
Labour Party incumbent Gwynoro Jones defeated Plaid Cymru candidate Gwynfor Evans 17,165–17,162. Jones had also beaten Evans in 1970, but would lose to Evans in Oct 1974.
1912
1912
Year
1912
Countryregion
Election
Kansas gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Kansas
Margin
0.00866%
Margin
29
Total votes cast for winner
167,437
Description
George H. Hodges defeated the popular Republican Arthur Capper by a razor-thin margin of 29 votes out of 359,684 cast.
1948
1948
Year
1948
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate Democratic primary runoff
District/race
Texas
Margin
0.00880%
Margin
87
Total votes cast for winner
494,191
Description
Lyndon B. Johnson was declared the winner over Coke R. Stevenson despite suspicion about 202 votes reported six days after the election from Precinct 13 of Jim Wells County.
1996
1996
Year
1996
Countryregion
Election
Vermont Senate
District/race
Rutland County
Margin
0.00911%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
10,978
Description
There were six candidates for the three Rutland County Senate seats. On the night of the election, John H. Bloomer, Jr. and Cheryl M. Hooker received the first and second highest vote totals. Hull Maynard received the third highest total with 10,952 votes and Thomas Macaulay received the fourth highest total with 10,934 votes.
Macaulay petitioned for a recount, whereupon the Rutland Superior Court determined that Maynard still beat Macaulay by two votes: 10,978–10,976. Macaulay's petition for further relief was dismissed by the Senate.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Florida
Margin
0.00921%
Margin
537
Total votes cast for winner
2,912,790
Description
Republican George W. Bush was ahead of Democrat Al Gore after the initial count by 1,784 votes. After a mandatory statewide recount his lead was cut to 327. After military and overseas ballots were added in, his lead increased to 930. An additional hand recount was halted by the United States Supreme Court which resulted in the certified margin. Florida was the tipping point state for Bush's presidential victory.
1982
1982
Year
1982
Countryregion
Election
New Hampshire Senate
District/race
District 8
Margin
0.00934%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
5,352
Description
Incumbent Republican George Wiggins defeated Democrat Fred Belair by 1 vote.
2010
2010
Year
2010
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Margin
0.00939%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
21,304
Description
Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) defeated Independent Unionist Rodney Connor by 4 votes. Connor had the support of the Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party, the two main unionist parties in Northern Ireland. Connor lodged an election petition against Gildernew alleging irregularities in the counting of the votes, but the High Court found that there were only three ballot papers which could not be accounted for, and even if they were all votes for Connor, Gildernew would have had a plurality of one. The election was therefore upheld.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
California State Senate
District/race
District 16
Margin
0.009495%
Margin
13
Total votes cast for winner
68,461
Description
Democratic incumbent Melissa Hurtado defeated Republican David Shepard by 13 votes.
1832
1832
Year
1832
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Maryland
Margin
0.01044%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
19,160
Description
National Republican Henry Clay carried Maryland by four votes over Democratic President Andrew Jackson, but this is trivial since all of the electors were chosen based on the outcome in four districts. Had Jackson won the statewide vote, it would not have changed the electoral college vote.
1910
1910
Year
1910
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Exeter
Margin
0.0105%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
4,777
Description
Henry Duke (Conservative), the incumbent at the time of the general election, re-gained the seat from Harold St Maur (Liberal) on an election petition in 1911. The court changed the original result (under which the Liberal had won by four votes). The revised result was the smallest numerical majority in a UK Parliamentary election in the twentieth century.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
Arizona general
District/race
Arizona Attorney General
Margin
0.01116%
Margin
280
Total votes cast for winner
1,254,809
Description
Democrat Kris Mayes originally defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 511 votes, but after a recount, her lead narrowed to 280 votes.
2001
2001
Year
2001
Countryregion
Election
Cape Verdean presidential
District/race
President of Cape Verde
Margin
0.0112%
Margin
17
Total votes cast for winner
75,828
Description
Pedro Pires (African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde) defeated Carlos Veiga (Movement for Democracy) in the second round of the election after neither won more than 50% in the first round.
1924
1924
Year
1924
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Leeds, West
Margin
0.0114%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
13,057
Description
Labour Party candidate Thomas Stamford defeated Conservative Party candidate A.F.G. Renton 13,057–13,054. This was the lowest margin of victory in a Leeds parliamentary election.
1923
1923
Year
1923
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Devon, Tiverton
Margin
0.0122%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
12,303
Description
Liberal Party incumbent Francis Dyke Acland defeated Conservative Party candidate Gilbert John Acland-Troyte 12,303–12,300. Acland had also defeated Acland-Troyte in the by-election earlier that same year, but Acland-Troyte would defeat Acland in 1924.
1972
1972
Year
1972
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Ontario
Margin
0.0123%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
16,328
Description
Liberal incumbent Norman Cafik defeated Progressive Conservative Frank Charles McGee. A PC win in this district would have resulted in a 108–108 tie with the Liberals in the overall seat count.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Countryregion
Election
Hungarian general election
District/race
District 8 of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
Margin
0.01263%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
11,871
Description
Socialist candidate Nándor Gúr defeated incumbent, conservative, Fidesz-candidate Oszkár Molnár by 9 votes. At Molnár's request, the Court decided to recount the votes and Gúr finally won by three votes.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Italian Chamber of Deputies
District/race
Guidonia Montecelio
Margin
0.01269%
Margin
19
Total votes cast for winner
55,360
Description
M5S candidate Sebastiano Cubeddu [it] defeated CDX candidate Barbara Saltamartini.
2008
2008
Year
2008
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Minnesota
Margin
0.01287%
Margin
312
Total votes cast for winner
1,212,629
Description
After the first count, Norm Coleman edged out Al Franken by 215 votes, but following a state mandated recount, Al Franken defeated Norm Coleman by 225. Coleman contested the recount, after which Franken's lead grew to 312. After the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected Coleman's appeals, he conceded the race to Franken on June 30, 2009, 238 days after the election.
1929
1929
Year
1929
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Cheshire, Northwich
Margin
0.01292%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
15,477
Description
In this three-way race, Conservative Party incumbent Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart defeated Labour Party candidate Mrs Barbara Ayrton-Gould 15,477–15,473. Crichton-Stuart also defeated Mrs Gould in 1924 and 1931.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
North Carolina Supreme Court
District/race
Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Margin
0.0132%
Margin
734
Total votes cast for winner
5,540,090
Description
Following a count, recount and hand-to-eye recount in 1% of precincts, Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs defeated Court of Appeals judge Jefferson Griffin. Griffin filed hundreds of legal challenges to the vote, claiming that nearly 60,000 people voted illegally and on January 7, 2025 the Republican-controlled state Supreme Court blocked the certification of the election until Griffin's case could be heard by the court. The case worked its way through the state courts and then the federal courts until on May 5, 2025, Chief District Judge Richard E. Myers II ordered the North Carolina Board of Elections to certify the results and that the ballots challenged by Griffin should be counted. Griffin then conceded the election to Riggs on May 7, 2025.
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
District/race
Kepong
Margin
0.0134%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
7,487
Description
Tan Chee Khoon, president of the Labour Party of Selangor, defeated the incumbent Chan Keong Hon of the Malaysian Chinese Association by two votes. At the time Chan was a member of the state executive council.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Countryregion
Election
Vermont Senate Democratic primary
District/race
Washington County District
Margin
0.0135%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
3,709
Description
Superior Court Judge Timothy Tomasi determined that Francis K. Brooks defeated fourth-place finisher Ashley Hill by one vote in the Democratic primary for the three-member at-large Washington County district, 3,709 to 3,708. The victory hinged on a disputed ballot from Worcester that Tomasi determined contained a vote for Brooks, but not one for Hill. Brooks went on to finish third in the general election that fall, unseating longtime incumbent Republican Bill Doyle by 191 votes.
1930
1930
Year
1930
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Yamaska
Margin
0.0143%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
3,505
Description
Liberal incumbent Aimé Boucher defeated Conservative Paul-François Comtois. The riding result was later declared void, and Boucher won the by-election in 1933 by 84 votes (0.1%).
1968
1968
Year
1968
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Leeds
Margin
0.01478%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
13,536
Description
Progressive Conservative Desmond Code defeated Liberal incumbent John Matheson.
1945
1945
Year
1945
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Worcester
Margin
0.01479%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
13,523
Description
In this three-way race, Conservative Party candidate George Ward defeated Labour Party/Co-operative Party candidate J. Evans 13,523–13,519.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Queensland Legislative Assembly
District/race
Bundaberg
Margin
0.0148%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
30,287
Description
Australian Labor Party candidate Tom Smith won the seat, unseating Liberal National Party MP David Batt, by just 9 votes, after distribution of minor candidate preferences. The margin had been initially reported as 11 votes, but was reduced to 9 votes after a formal recount.
1946
1946
Year
1946
Countryregion
Election
Philippine Senate
District/race
At-large
Margin
0.0149%
Margin
384
Total votes cast for winner
557,156
Description
The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 8th placed candidate, Salipada Pendatun of the Liberal Party, edged out partymate Prospero Sanidad to win out the last Senate seat. Sanidad later won an election protest to enter the Senate.
1949
1949
Year
1949
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Annapolis—Kings
Margin
0.0152%
Margin
4
Total votes cast for winner
13,202
Description
Liberal Angus Alexander Elderkin defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent George Nowlan.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Florida State Senate
District/race
District 37
Margin
0.01529%
Margin
32
Total votes cast for winner
104,630
Description
After the initial tally, challenger Ileana Garcia led incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez by 21 votes. An automatic hand recount extended that lead to 32 votes. The race was marred by fraud as a 3rd party candidate, also with the last name Rodriquez, received more than 6000 votes after being funded by a mysterious donor who funded an ad campaign that seemed designed to confuse voters. A few months after the election the candidate, Alex Rodríguez, pleaded guilty to accepting illegal campaign donations and lying on campaign documents and agreed to testify against former Sen. Frank Artiles who had been charged with felony campaign fraud charges in March 2021.
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Brighton Kemptown
Margin
0.0157%
Margin
7
Total votes cast for winner
22,308
Description
Labour Party challenger Dennis Hobden defeated incumbent Conservative Party David James 22,308–22,301.
1950
1950
Year
1950
Countryregion
Election
Maryland Senate
District/race
Garrett County
Margin
0.0162%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
3,080
Description
Republican incumbent Neil C. Fraley defeated Democratic challenger Bernard I. Gonder by one vote: 3,080–3,079. Gonder contested the result but to no avail.
1983
1983
Year
1983
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Leicester South
Margin
0.0163%
Margin
7
Total votes cast for winner
21,424
Description
Conservative Party challenger Derek Spencer defeated Labour Party incumbent Jim Marshall 21,424–21,417.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
District/race
Kemuning
Margin
0.01646%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
6,078
Description
The Kemuning state constituency was shifted east in the 2004 redelineation, absorbing most of the abolished Banggol Judah constituency. Incumbent Banggol Judah assemblyman Zakaria Yaacob retained the seat for PAS by two votes against UMNO candidate Wan Mohamad Zin Mat Amin, 6,078–6,076. Crucially, this allowed PAS to maintain control of the Kelantan assembly throughout the term as it won 24 seats to UMNO's 22, and UMNO subsequently cut PAS' margin to one seat by winning the 2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
London—Middlesex
Margin
0.0165%
Margin
8
Total votes cast for winner
18,534
Description
Progressive Conservative MP Terry Clifford narrowly edged out Liberal Garnet Bloomfield.
2005
2005
Year
2005
Countryregion
Election
Virginia General
District/race
Virginia Attorney General
Margin
0.01663%
Margin
323
Total votes cast for winner
970,886
Description
Bob McDonnell was certified as the victor over Creigh Deeds following a recount.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Countryregion
Election
Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary
District/race
3rd District
Margin
0.0170%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
14,709
Description
In the recount, Robert B. Kennedy led Herbert Connolly by one vote: 14,716–14,715. (Connolly had actually failed to vote for himself.) In the recount, Kennedy again led by one vote: 14,691–14,690. Connolly contested the result. The Supreme Judicial Court considered 116 contested votes and decided ultimately that Kennedy won by five votes: 14,709–14,704.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Pakistani general
District/race
Mardan-II
Margin
0.0181%
Margin
35
Total votes cast for winner
78,911
Description
Awami National Party's Ameer Haider Hoti defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Atif Khan 78,911-78,876.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom by-election
District/race
Runcorn and Helsby
Margin
0.0184%
Margin
6
Total votes cast for winner
12,645
Description
Reform UK's Sarah Pochin defeated Labour's Karen Shore by 6 votes. Original count saw a lead of 4 votes.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Countryregion
Election
German federal
District/race
Dresden II – Bautzen II
Margin
0.0186%
Margin
35
Total votes cast for winner
35,014
Description
CDU's Lars Rohwer defeated AfD's Andreas Harlaß by 35 votes.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Margin
0.0189%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
17,285
Description
Conservative incumbent Bernard Généreux was initially declared the winner by 311 votes. Subsequently, the returning officer determined that approximately 300 votes for the New Democratic candidate, François Lapointe, had been allocated to the Green Party candidate in error. After the correction, Lapointe was declared elected by 5 votes, prompting an automatic judicial recount. As a result of this recount, Lapointe was confirmed as the victor over Généreux by 9 votes, 17,285-17,276.
2003
2003
Year
2003
Countryregion
Election
Somaliland presidential
District/race
President of Somaliland
Margin
0.0195%
Margin
80
Total votes cast for winner
205,595
Description
Dahir Riyale Kahin, of the For Unity, Democracy, and Independence party narrowly defeated the Peace, Unity, and Development Party's Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo in a three-way race.[unreliable source?]
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Bodmin
Margin
0.0196%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
20,283
Description
Liberal challenger Paul Tyler defeated Conservative Party incumbent Robert Hicks 20,283–20,274.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Countryregion
Election
1897 Dutch general election
District/race
Sneek
Margin
0.0204%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
2,452
Description
Jan Albert van Gilse defeated Theo Heemskerk in the Sneek district run-off by 1 vote.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
Commonwealth's Attorney Special Election
District/race
Radford District
Margin
0.0211%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
2,375
Description
Chris E. Rehak defeated Patrick Moore by 1 vote, and a recount did not change the margin.
1896
1896
Year
1896
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Ontario North
Margin
0.0215%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
2,328
Description
Liberal-Conservative John Alexander McGillivray defeated Patrons of Industry Duncan Graham.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
New York State Assembly
District/race
New York's 99th State Assembly district
Margin
0.021575%
Margin
8
Total votes cast for winner
18,539
Description
Democrat Chris Eachus defeated Republican Kathryn Luciani by eight votes following a hand recount.
1900
1900
Year
1900
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Selkirk
Margin
0.0230%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
2,172
Description
Liberal William Forsythe McCreary defeated Conservative John Herber Haslam. This was the second time in a row that a Liberal candidate defeated his Conservative rival in this riding by a single vote.
1904
1904
Year
1904
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Maryland
Margin
0.0233%
Margin
51
Total votes cast for winner
109,497
Description
Republican President Theodore Roosevelt barely carried Maryland over Democrat Alton Parker on his way to an electoral landslide.
1970
1970
Year
1970
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Ipswich
Margin
0.0234%
Margin
13
Total votes cast for winner
27,704
Description
Conservative Party challenger Ernle Money defeated Labour Party incumbent Dingle Foot 27,704–27,691.
1959
1959
Year
1959
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
South East Derbyshire
Margin
0.0236%
Margin
12
Total votes cast for winner
25,374
Description
Conservative Party challenger John Jackson defeated Labour Party incumbent Arthur Champion 25,374–25,362.
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Reading
Margin
0.02402%
Margin
10
Total votes cast for winner
20,815
Description
Conservative Party incumbent Peter Emery defeated Labour Party challenger John Lee 20,815–20,810. Lee would later defeat Emery in 1966.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Châteauguay—Lacolle
Margin
0.02412%
Margin
12
Total votes cast for winner
18,029
Description
Liberal incumbent Brenda Shanahan Defeats Bloc Québécois candidate Patrick O'Hara after a recount.
1900
1900
Year
1900
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Bruce North
Margin
0.02418%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
2,065
Description
Liberal-Conservative incumbent Alexander McNeill defeated Liberal J. E. Campbell. Later the election was voided.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
Italian Chamber of Deputies
District/race
Ravenna
Margin
0.02419%
Margin
44
Total votes cast for winner
75,596
Description
CDX candidate Alice Buonguerrieri defeated CSX candidate Ouidad Bakkali.
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Eton and Slough
Margin
0.024255%
Margin
11
Total votes cast for winner
22,681
Description
Conservative Party challenger Anthony Meyer defeated Labour Party incumbent Fenner Brockway 22,681–22,670.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
Brandenburg state election
District/race
Spree-Neiße I
Margin
0.025153%
Margin
7
Total votes cast for winner
11,562
Description
Incumbent minister president Dietmar Woidke barely loses his constituency.
1923
1923
Year
1923
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Durham, Sedgefield
Margin
0.0252%
Margin
6
Total votes cast for winner
11,093
Description
Conservative Party challenger Leonard Ropner defeated Labour Party incumbent John Herriotts 11,093–11,087.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Countryregion
Election
New York Senate
District/race
8th District
Margin
0.0256%
Margin
33
Total votes cast for winner
64,499
Description
John Brooks secured a spot in the State Senate by defeating incumbent Republican Michael Venditto.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Niigata 3rd
Margin
0.025692%
Margin
50
Total votes cast for winner
95,644
Description
Independent incumbent Takahiro Kuroiwa defeated LDP's challenger Hiroaki Saito by 50 votes.
1930
1930
Year
1930
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Norfolk—Elgin
Margin
0.0266%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
9,424
Description
Liberal William H. Taylor defeated Conservative John Lawrence Stansell.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
French legislative (2nd round)
District/race
Loiret's 4th constituency
Margin
0.0275%
Margin
8
Total votes cast for winner
14,561
Description
Four-term incumbent Jean-Pierre Door of The Republicans (LR) narrowly defeated Mélusine Harlé of La République En Marche! by eight votes in the second round. Harlé filed an appealed the result to the Constitutional Council, which annulled the election on 18 December 2017 due to the number of ballots not corresponding to the number of signatures in one commune and the improper dissemination of electoral materials which was considered sufficient to potentially have altered the result of the election. Door won the seat in a 2018 election.
2007
2007
Year
2007
Countryregion
Election
Australian federal
District/race
Division of McEwen
Margin
0.02794%
Margin
31
Total votes cast for winner
48,339
Description
Liberal Fran Bailey defeated Labor Rob Mitchell following a recount and court challenge.
1891
1891
Year
1891
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Wentworth South
Margin
0.02821%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,773
Description
Conservative Franklin Carpenter defeated Liberal James T. Russell.
1997
1997
Year
1997
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Torbay
Margin
0.0285%
Margin
12
Total votes cast for winner
21,094
Description
Liberal Democrat candidate Adrian Sanders gained the seat from the sitting Conservative MP Rupert Allason.
1887
1887
Year
1887
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Haldimand
Margin
0.02865%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,746
Description
Conservative Walter Humphries Montague defeated Liberal incumbent Charles Wesley Colter.
1896
1896
Year
1896
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Selkirk
Margin
0.02920%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,713
Description
Liberal John Alexander MacDonell defeated Conservative Hugh Armstrong.
1979
1979
Year
1979
Countryregion
Election
Virginia Senate
District/race
District 37
Margin
0.0293%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
15,379
Description
Madison Marye (D) defeated Edwin E. Stone (R) by 20 votes and a December 4, 1979 narrowed the margin to 9.
1935
1935
Year
1935
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Vancouver—Burrard
Margin
0.0294%
Margin
6
Total votes cast for winner
10,215
Description
Liberal Gerald Grattan McGeer defeated Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Arnold Alexander Webster by 6 votes.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Vanuatuan general election
District/race
Banks
Margin
0.0300%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,091
Description
Danny Silas defeated Jack Wona by 1 vote.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
Philippine Senate
District/race
At-large
Margin
0.0301%
Margin
10,685
Total votes cast for winner
10,635,270
Description
The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 12th placed candidate, Rodolfo Biazon of the Lakas, edged out partymate Robert Barbers to win out the last Senate seat.
1912
1912
Year
1912
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
California
Margin
0.0307%
Margin
174
Total votes cast for winner
283,610
Description
Former President Theodore Roosevelt, running on the Republican and Progressive ballot lines in California (Republican President William Howard Taft was not on the ballot in the state, although he did receive 3,914 write-in votes), narrowly edged out Democrat Woodrow Wilson in California, but Wilson won a landslide in the Electoral College due to divided Republican opposition.
1998
1998
Year
1998
Countryregion
Election
New Hampshire Senate
District/race
District 16
Margin
0.0318%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
7,867
Description
Patricia Krueger (R) defeated Stephen DeStefano (D) by 16 votes. Following a recount that was narrowed to 7. DeStefano appealed the recount but the count was only changed by 2 votes.
1945
1945
Year
1945
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Manchester, Rusholme
Margin
0.0324%
Margin
10
Total votes cast for winner
15,408
Description
Labour Party candidate (unofficial) Hugh Lester Hutchinson defeated Conservative Party incumbent Frederick William Cundiff 15,408–15,398.
1935
1935
Year
1935
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Souris
Margin
0.0333%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
4,504
Description
Liberal-Progressive George William McDonald defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Errick French Willis.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Countryregion
Election
New Zealand general
District/race
Waitakere
Margin
0.0334%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
13,465
Description
National incumbent Paula Bennett retained her seat over Labour challenger Carmel Sepuloni after a judicial recount was requested by Bennett. The original official result had Sepuloni winning with a margin of 11 votes.
1929
1929
Year
1929
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Birmingham Ladywood
Margin
0.0335%
Margin
11
Total votes cast for winner
16,447
Description
Labour Party candidate Wilfred Whiteley defeated Conservative Party candidate Geoffrey Lloyd 16,447–16,436.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Countryregion
Election
Scottish Parliament
District/race
Glasgow Anniesland
Margin
0.0339%
Margin
7
Total votes cast for winner
10,329
Description
Incumbent Labour MSP Bill Butler was defeated by Bill Kidd of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Preston North
Margin
0.0340%
Margin
14
Total votes cast for winner
20,566
Description
Conservative Party incumbent Julian Amery defeated Labour Party challenger Russell Kerr 20,566–20,552.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Countryregion
Election
Jamaican general
District/race
Saint Mary South Eastern
Margin
0.0341%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
7,324
Description
People's National Party incumbent Winston Green defeated Jamaica Labour Party challenger Norman Alexander Dunn 7,324–7,319.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Countryregion
Election
Córdoba Legislature
District/race
Pocho Department
Margin
0.03546%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,106
Description
Hugo Cuello (Union for Córdoba) won the seat for the Pocho Department by 1,106 votes against Raúl Recalde (Together for Córdoba) 1,105 votes.
1978
1978
Year
1978
Countryregion
Election
New Hampshire Senate Republican primary
District/race
District 14
Margin
0.03560%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
4,215
Description
Incumbent Thomas J. Claveau (D) defeated Phyllis Keeney (R).
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Nevada
Margin
0.03565%
Margin
48
Total votes cast for winner
67,336
Description
Democratic incumbent Howard Cannon defeated Republican Paul Laxalt.
1945
1945
Year
1945
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Colchester—Hants
Margin
0.0357%
Margin
8
Total votes cast for winner
11,141
Description
Progressive Conservative Frank Stanfield defeated Liberal incumbent Gordon Timlin Purdy.
1990
1990
Year
1990
Countryregion
Election
Ohio general
District/race
Ohio Attorney General
Margin
0.03672%
Margin
1,234
Total votes cast for winner
1,680,698
Description
Democratic candidate Lee Fisher defeated Republican Paul Pfeifer after a six-week recount, earning him the ironic nickname "Landslide Lee".
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Champlain
Margin
0.03674%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
20,423
Description
Bloc Québécois candidate Marcel Gagnon narrowly edged out Liberal Julie Boulet.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Manchester, Clayton
Margin
0.0372%
Margin
11
Total votes cast for winner
14,800
Description
Conservative Party candidate William Henry Flanagan defeated Labour Party candidate John Edward Sutton, 14,800–14,789. Sutton had beaten Flanagan in the by-election earlier that year.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Victoria Legislative Assembly
District/race
Electoral district of Ripon
Margin
0.03745%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
20,035
Description
Incumbent Louise Staley of the Liberal Party defeated Sarah de Santis of the Labor Party.
1951
1951
Year
1951
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Belfast West
Margin
0.03769%
Margin
25
Total votes cast for winner
33,174
Description
Irish Labour candidate Jack Beattie defeated UUP incumbent Thomas Teevan, 33,174–33,149.
1968
1968
Year
1968
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Comox—Alberni
Margin
0.03771%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
11,939
Description
Liberal Richard Durante defeated New Democratic incumbent Thomas Speakman Barnett. The result was later declared void and Durante lost the by-election to Barnett in 1969.
1935
1935
Year
1935
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Kingswinford
Margin
0.0382%
Margin
16
Total votes cast for winner
20,925
Description
Labour Party challenger Arthur Henderson defeated Conservative Party incumbent Alan Livesey Stuart Todd, 20,925–20,909.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Countryregion
Election
Virginia State Senate Republican primary
District/race
29
Margin
0.0384%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
2,605
Description
Democrat Nikki Baldwin defeated Maria Martin.
1896
1896
Year
1896
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
York East
Margin
0.03841%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
3,907
Description
Independent Conservative incumbent William F. McLean defeated Liberal Henry R. Frankland. F
2008
2008
Year
2008
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Kitchener—Waterloo
Margin
0.0390%
Margin
17
Total votes cast for winner
21,830
Description
Conservative Peter Braid defeated Liberal Andrew Telegdi after a recount.
1992
1992
Year
1992
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Vale of Glamorgan
Margin
0.03923%
Margin
19
Total votes cast for winner
24,220
Description
Conservative Party challenger Walter Sweeney defeated Labour Party incumbent John William Patrick Smith, 24,220–24,201. Smith would beat Sweeney in 1997.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Poole
Margin
0.04045%
Margin
18
Total votes cast for winner
14,168
Description
Labour's candidate Neil Duncan-Jordan narrowly defeated the Conservative candidate Robert Syms by only 18 votes. The result was declared after three recounts.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Countryregion
Election
Virginia General
District/race
Virginia Attorney General
Margin
0.0411%
Margin
907
Total votes cast for winner
1,105,045
Description
Democratic candidate Mark Herring defeated Republican candidate Mark Obenshain. The initial count was 1,103,777–1,103–612—a 165 or 0.01% margin. The recount was 1,105,045–1,104,138 — a 907 or 0.04% margin.
1994
1994
Year
1994
Countryregion
Election
Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary
District/race
4th District
Margin
0.0420%
Margin
26
Total votes cast for winner
30,989
Description
Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. defeated John J. Kerrigan. Iannella won the general unopposed.
1995
1995
Year
1995
Countryregion
Election
Queensland Legislative Assembly
District/race
Mundingburra
Margin
0.04301%
Margin
16
Total votes cast for winner
18,600
Description
General election saw return of Australian Labor Party MP Ken Davies over his Liberal Party rival, Frank Tanti, after distribution of preferences of minor candidates, by just 16 votes. However, due to the non-arrival of some overseas military ballots, a Court of Disputed Returns required a fresh election, at which Tanti won. As this seat was the difference between a Labor Party majority and a Liberal Party supported by an Independent MP, the overturning of the result was a rare example of the fate of an entire government resting on a challenge to an ultra-close constituency.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Countryregion
Election
Parliament of South Australia
District/race
Fisher state by-election
Margin
0.04371%
Margin
9
Total votes cast for winner
10,299
Description
A by-election was caused by the death of sitting independent MP Bob Such. The Australian Labor Party candidate Nat Cook beat the Liberal Party candidate, Heidi Harris, by nine votes.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Drummond
Margin
0.0447%
Margin
13
Total votes cast for winner
15,561
Description
Liberal Yvon Pinard defeated Social Credit incumbent Jean-Marie Boisvert.
1979
1979
Year
1979
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Halifax
Margin
0.0453%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
16,570
Description
Progressive Conservative George Cooper defeated Liberal Brian Flemming.
1996
1996
Year
1996
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Chiba 4th
Margin
0.045513%
Margin
105
Total votes cast for winner
73,792
Description
LDP's candidate Shoichi Tanaka defeated NFP's candidate Yoshihiko Noda by 105 votes (new seat).
2006
2006
Year
2006
Countryregion
Election
Vermont Auditor of Accounts
District/race
Vermont Auditor of Accounts
Margin
0.0456%
Margin
102
Total votes cast for winner
111,770
Description
The initial count gave the victory to Randy Brock (R) by 137 votes, but after a recount, Thomas M. Salmon (D) was declared the winner by just 102 votes. The final tally gave Salmon 111,770 votes and Republican Brock 111,668.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Portsmouth, Central
Margin
0.0457%
Margin
7
Total votes cast for winner
7,666
Description
In this four-way race, Conservative Party candidate Frank Privett defeated National Liberal candidate T. Fisher 7,666–7,659.
2005
2005
Year
2005
Countryregion
Election
British Columbia general
District/race
Vancouver-Burrard
Margin
0.0458%
Margin
11
Total votes cast for winner
12,009
Description
On election night, Tim Stevenson of the British Columbia New Democratic Party had the lead over Lorne Mayencourt of the British Columbia Liberal Party, but Mayencourt had a 17-vote lead after a recount. When the absentee ballots were counted later, Maynecourt widened his lead by one vote. Following an additional recount ordered by the courts, Maynecourt retained an 11-vote lead and was declared the winner. Stevenson sued, arguing that 71 absentee ballots had improperly certified and thus uncounted and that a new election was needed, but then dropped the suit to run for a seat on the city council.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
British Columbia general
District/race
Surrey-Guildford
Margin
0.00116%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
8,938
Description
On election night, BC Conservative Candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa was ahead, but this flipped to a 27-vote victory for NDP incumbent Garry Begg after all mail-in ballots were counted. A recount reduced this margin down to 22 votes. Garry Begg was certified as the winner.
However, Randhawa contested this election with a petition after 22 mail-in ballots were sent to a mental health facility without ensuring that an election official was present, as required by the Election Act. Elections BC would reject this claim, stating that a petition can only be made on the basis of alleged contraventions of sections 255-258 of the Election Act, and the petition was rejected. Further appeals would also be rejected.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Basildon and Billericay
Margin
0.0464%
Margin
20
Total votes cast for winner
12,905
Description
Before the election, Richard Holden, who was serving as the Chairman of the Conservative Party parachute to this constincuency but end up winning by mere 20 votes.
1965
1965
Year
1965
Countryregion
Election
Philippine Senate
District/race
At-large
Margin
0.0469%
Margin
3,567
Total votes cast for winner
2,972,525
Description
The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 8th placed candidate, Wenceslao Lagumbay of the Nacionalista Party, edged out Cesar Climaco of the Liberal Party to win out the last Senate seat.
1993
1993
Year
1993
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Edmonton Northwest
Margin
0.0476%
Margin
12
Total votes cast for winner
12,599
Description
Liberal candidate Anne McLellan narrowly edged out Reform candidate Richard Kayler.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Perth and North Perthshire
Margin
0.0482%
Margin
21
Total votes cast for winner
21,804
Description
The incumbent Scottish National Party narrowly defeated Conservative candidate Ian Duncan.
1945
1945
Year
1945
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Cheshire, Northwich
Margin
0.0486%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
15,477
Description
In this three-way race, Conservative Party candidate John Foster defeated Labour Party candidate Prof. Robert Chorley 15,477–15,473.
1968
1968
Year
1968
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Oshawa—Whitby
Margin
0.0493%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
15,224
Description
New Democrat Ed Broadbent defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Michael Starr.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Countryregion
Election
Ukrainian parliamentary
District/race
79th constituency (Vasylivka)
Margin
0.0495%
Margin
17
Total votes cast for winner
17,197
Description
An independent representative of Zaporizhia Iron Ore Works Oleksandr Hryhorchuk initially defeated the pro-Party of Regions incumbent Volodymyr Bandurov by 138 votes. Bandurov contested the result and obtained a recount, and won with a margin of 17 votes following the recount. Hryhorchuk contested the recount as irregular.
1940
1940
Year
1940
Countryregion
Election
Kansas gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Kansas
Margin
0.0505%
Margin
430
Total votes cast for winner
425,928
Description
Burke came within 430 votes of beating Gov. Ratner for reelection.
2009
2009
Year
2009
Countryregion
Election
Party Leader (second ballot)
District/race
Action démocratique du Québec
Margin
0.0511%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
1,957
Description
After longtime leader Mario Dumont stepped down from the leadership of the party, an election was held. In a very close race, Gilles Taillon defeated his opponent Éric Caire, by just 2 votes.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Pennsylvania Senate
District/race
District 45
Margin
0.0521%
Margin
69
Total votes cast for winner
66,261
Description
When this race was certified in early December, after numerous court battles, Democrat Jim Brewster had 69 votes more than Republican Nicole Ziccarelli. However a dispute over 311 absentee and mail-in ballots that were signed, but not dated lingered in the courts into January. Though Brewster was certified, Republicans in the state Senate blocked Brewster from taking his oath of office and removed the Democratic lieutenant governor from his role overseeing the proceedings. A week later, after Ziccarelli lost her appeal, she conceded and Brewster was sworn in.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Countryregion
Election
Ontario general
District/race
Mississauga—Erin Mills
Margin
0.0531%
Margin
20
Total votes cast for winner
16,665
Description
Progressive Conservative incumbent Sheref Sabawy narrowly won re-election by just 20 votes over Liberal candidate Qasir Dar.
1887
1887
Year
1887
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Montmorency
Margin
0.05328%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
939
Description
Liberal Charles Langelier defeated Conservative P. V. Valin.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
Iowa State Senate Republican primary
District/race
District 42
Margin
0.05353%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
1,518
Description
Charlie McClintock beat Colman Silbernagel and Justin Wasson.
1945
1945
Year
1945
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Caithness and Sutherland
Margin
0.0539%
Margin
6
Total votes cast for winner
5,564
Description
In this very close three-way race where each candidate received 33% of the vote, Unionist Party candidate Eric Gandar Dower defeated Labour Party candidate Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes 5,564–5,558. The incumbent, Liberal Party leader Archibald Sinclair, had 5,503 votes.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Peterborough
Margin
0.05407%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
20,353
Description
Conservative Party incumbent Sir Harmar Nicholls defeated Labour Party challenger Michael Ward 20,353–20,331. Ward had also lost to Nicholls in 1966 and 1970, but would win in Oct 1974.
1983
1983
Year
1983
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Hyndburn
Margin
0.05414%
Margin
21
Total votes cast for winner
19,405
Description
Conservative Party candidate Ken Hargreaves defeated Labour Party candidate Arthur Davidson 19,405–19,384. This seat was created in 1983.
1964
1964
Year
1964
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Ealing North
Margin
0.0561%
Margin
27
Total votes cast for winner
20,809
Description
Labour Party challenger William Molloy defeated Conservative Party incumbent John Barter 20,809–20,782.
2012
2012
Year
2012
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Iowa Republican caucuses
Margin
0.0570%
Margin
34
Total votes cast for winner
29,839
Description
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum defeated former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the statewide Republican caucuses, the closest GOP primary election in United States history. Romney had been declared the winner by 8 votes on caucus night.
1930
1930
Year
1930
Countryregion
Election
Kansas gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Kansas
Margin
0.0576%
Margin
251
Total votes cast for winner
217,171
Description
Harry H. Woodring won a three-way race between himself (217,171 votes), Frank Haucke (216,920), and John R. Brinkley (183,278). Many of Brinkley's votes were misspelled and did not count.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Countryregion
Election
Ukrainian parliamentary
District/race
22nd constituency (Lutsk)
Margin
0.0578%
Margin
28
Total votes cast for winner
24,245
Description
Ihor Lapin (People's Front), defeated Iryna Konstankevych, an ally of the incumbent Ihor Palytsia (who was a candidate on the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party list instead), 24,245–24,217.
1959
1959
Year
1959
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Birmingham All Saints
Margin
0.05806%
Margin
20
Total votes cast for winner
17,235
Description
Conservative Party challenger John Harold Hollingworth defeated Labour Party incumbent Denis Herbert Howell 17,235–17,215.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Nipissing—Timiskaming
Margin
0.05812%
Margin
18
Total votes cast for winner
15,495
Description
Conservative Jay Aspin defeated Liberal incumbent Anthony Rota.
1972
1972
Year
1972
Countryregion
Election
Newfoundland general
District/race
Labrador South
Margin
0.06%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,865
Description
Josiah Harvey of the Liberal Party narrowly held onto his seat against Labrador Party candidate Michael Martin. A rematch was held later that year, in which Martin won the seat.
2005
2005
Year
2005
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Kyoto 4th
Margin
0.06012%
Margin
156
Total votes cast for winner
75,192
Description
Kyoto 4th district's incumbent Hideo Tanaka belonged to LDP. However, LDP expelled Tanaka because he opposed the postal privatization bill. LDP nominated Yasuhiro Nakagawa as a candidate. As a result, Nakagawa defeated Tanaka by 156 votes.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Ghanaian general
District/race
Sene West
Margin
0.0606%
Margin
16
Total votes cast for winner
13,116
Description
Incumbent Kwame Twumasi Ampofo of the National Democratic Congress narrowly won reelection against Joseph Kumah Mackey of the New Patriotic Party. The Electoral Commission took longer than expected to declare a winner, in part due to the closeness of the election and in part due to an incident in which a member of the NPP stole a ballot box which had to be inspected. This result led to a hung parliament as a single independent prevented either party from reaching a majority of seats (although the lone independent decided to vote with the NPP).
2012
2012
Year
2012
Countryregion
Election
Ukrainian parliamentary
District/race
184th constituency (Nova Kakhovka)
Margin
0.0607%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
18,123
Description
In a first-past-the-post race with 9 candidates, he Party of Regions candidate Mykola Dmytruk defeated an independent Ivan Vynnyk 18,123 (19.99%)–18,101 (19.96%). Vynnyk contested the result, stating that official counts from all polling places make him the winner with a margin of 177 votes and requested a new vote. The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine declined, Vynnyk appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
French legislative (2nd round)
District/race
Corrèze's 2nd constituency
Margin
0.06105%
Margin
23
Total votes cast for winner
18,849
Description
Frédérique Meunier of The Republicans (LR) narrowly held onto his seat against ex-Socialist senator Patricia Bordas, invested by La République En Marche! (REM).
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Kensington
Margin
0.06126%
Margin
20
Total votes cast for winner
16,333
Description
Labour Emma Dent Coad defeated Conservative Victoria Borwick after three recounts over two days.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Countryregion
Election
New Hampshire Senate
District/race
District 7
Margin
0.06128%
Margin
17
Total votes cast for winner
13,880
Description
The initial count showed Republican Harold French with a 13-vote lead over Democrat Andrew Hosmer. Following a recount, that widened to 17 votes.
1950
1950
Year
1950
Countryregion
Election
Michigan gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Michigan
Margin
0.0614%
Margin
1,154
Total votes cast for winner
935,152
Description
Incumbent Democratic G. Mennen Williams defeated Republican former Governor Harry Kelly.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Idaho Senate
District/race
District 15
Margin
0.0615%
Margin
11
Total votes cast for winner
8,947
Description
The initial count showed Incumbent Republican Fred Martin ahead with a 6-vote lead over Democratic challenger Jim Bratnober. Following a recount, that widened to 11 votes.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Washington State Senate
District/race
District 42
Margin
0.06204%
Margin
45
Total votes cast for winner
36,291
Description
Republican incumbent Doug Erickson defeated Democrat Pinky Vargas by 45 votes after a recount.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Niigata 2nd
Margin
0.062077%
Margin
102
Total votes cast for winner
70,589
Description
LDP's incumbent Kenichi Hosoda defeated DPJ's challenger Eiichiro Washio by 102 votes.
2010
2010
Year
2010
Countryregion
Election
Illinois gubernatorial Republican primary
District/race
Governor of Illinois
Margin
0.06209%
Margin
193
Total votes cast for winner
155,527
Description
Bill Brady defeated Kirk Dillard.
1892
1892
Year
1892
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
California
Margin
0.06224%
Margin
147
Total votes cast for winner
269,609
Description
Former President Grover Cleveland narrowly carried California over Republican President Benjamin Harrison and went on to reclaim the presidency in a rematch of the 1888 presidential elections, thus becoming both the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
1960
1960
Year
1960
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Hawaii
Margin
0.06226%
Margin
115
Total votes cast for winner
92,410
Description
Just a year after becoming the fiftieth state, Hawaii surprised many political experts by voting for Democrat John F. Kennedy over Republican Richard Nixon, albeit by a very small margin. In early unofficial results Kennedy won the state by 92 votes and when the tabulated results were audited it was found to be incorrect and the results were changed to Nixon winning by 141 votes before a recount was done revealing that Kennedy won by 115 votes. The recount in Hawaii was the only state recount done in the 1960 presidential election.
1976
1976
Year
1976
Countryregion
Election
Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary
District/race
2nd Essex and Middlesex
Margin
0.06262%
Margin
13
Total votes cast for winner
10,386
Description
William X. Wall defeated James M. Shannon on his way to winning the seat.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Countryregion
Election
Australian federal
District/race
Division of Fairfax
Margin
0.06264%
Margin
53
Total votes cast for winner
42,330
Description
Clive Palmer (Palmer United Party) defeated Ted O'Brien of the Liberal National Party of Queensland following two recounts in a ranked choice voting runoff.
2007
2007
Year
2007
Countryregion
Election
Philippine Senate
District/race
At-large
Margin
0.0628%
Margin
18,519
Total votes cast for winner
11,005,866
Description
The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 12th placed candidate, Migz Zubiri of TEAM Unity, edged out Koko Pimentel of GO to win out the last Senate seat. Pimentel later filed an electoral protest. Four years later, after recounts in the Senate Electoral Tribunal showed Pimentel taking the lead, Zubiri resigned; Pimentel was then proclaimed senator-elect, with Pimentel having a 258,166-vote lead over Zubiri.
1896
1896
Year
1896
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Kentucky
Margin
0.06352%
Margin
277
Total votes cast for winner
218,171
Description
William McKinley was elected president twice by comfortable Electoral College majorities, but his only victory in a Southern state was his razor-thin win over William Jennings Bryan in Kentucky in his initial presidential run, becoming the first Republican ever to win Kentucky. McKinley won Kentucky; however one Elector cast a vote for Bryan.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
New Mexico
Margin
0.06385%
Margin
366
Total votes cast for winner
286,783
Description
Since Florida's electoral votes decided George W. Bush's electoral college win over Al Gore, little attention was paid to the fact that New Mexico's outcome was even closer (in terms of raw vote) than the Florida result, this time with Gore coming out ahead.
1916
1916
Year
1916
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
New Hampshire
Margin
0.06400%
Margin
56
Total votes cast for winner
43,781
Description
Although the 0.38% victory margin for President Woodrow Wilson in California—which gave Wilson the thirteen electoral votes he needed to win reelection over Republican Charles Evans Hughes—garnered most of the attention, Wilson's surprise 56-vote victory over Hughes in New Hampshire (the only Northeastern state that Hughes did not carry) was the closest contest in the election.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
Ohio Senate Republican primary
District/race
14th District
Margin
0.06438%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
17,098
Description
Jean Schmidt won the first count by 62 votes, but Tom Niehaus prevailed in a recount and went on to win the general election.
1961
1961
Year
1961
Countryregion
Election
Zanzibar general
District/race
Chake Chake
Margin
0.06502%
Margin
1
Total votes cast for winner
1,538
Description
Khamis Masoud Khamis of the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) defeated Ahmad Abdulrahman Idarus of the Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) by one vote in Chake Chake, giving the ASP a 10–9 lead in what the Guinness Book of Records listed as the closest ever general election. Three other MPs split, leaving the 22-member assembly deadlocked between two 11-member blocs. Dissatisfaction with the electoral system precipitated the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution.
2008
2008
Year
2008
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Vancouver South
Margin
0.06833%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
16,110
Description
Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh defeated Conservative Wai Young after two recounts.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Countryregion
Election
North Carolina general
District/race
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Margin
0.06868%
Margin
2,287
Total votes cast for winner
1,666,197
Description
Republican Steve Troxler defeated Democrat Britt Cobb. A failure by poll workers to change the memory card in a voting machine used for early voting in Carteret County led to the loss of 4,000 votes. The State Board of Elections voted 3-2 in favor of calling a new statewide election for the seat over calling a new election in Carteret County alone; 4 votes would have been required to take action on either option. In early December, the North Carolina Board of Elections ordered a new election for January 11, 2005, in Carteret County alone, for voters whose ballots had been lost or who had not voted in the November 2 election. Both candidates appealed the decision, Cobb arguing that a statewide revote should be held, Troxler arguing that a revote should be limited to those voters whose votes were lost. A Wake County superior court judge overturned this decision on December 17, calling it "arbitrary and capricious" and "contrary to law," requiring the State Board of Elections to revisit the issue. On December 29, the State Board of Elections ordered a new statewide election for the post. On January 13, 2005, the superior court invalidated this order as well, and sent the contest back to the Elections Board for resolution. Following this ruling, Cobb chose to concede defeat rather than continue a court battle with no clear way to resolve the issue. On February 4, the State Board of Elections officially certified Troxler as the winner of the 2004 election.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Countryregion
Election
Ontario general
District/race
Burlington
Margin
0.0698%
Margin
39
Total votes cast for winner
24,118
Description
Progressive Conservative candidate Natalie Pierre narrowly won by just 39 votes over Liberal candidate Andrea Grebenc.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Countryregion
Election
United States Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary
District/race
Pennsylvania
Margin
0.0704%
Margin
950
Total votes cast for winner
1,346,091
Description
Television presenter Mehmet Oz narrowly beat David McCormick, Carla Sands, and Kathy Barnette in a heavily contested multi-way primary after a recount.
1952
1952
Year
1952
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Kentucky
Margin
0.07065%
Margin
700
Total votes cast for winner
495,729
Description
Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in a landslide, but lost Kentucky by the smallest margin of any state Presidential battle for thirty-six years, giving a sixth straight Democratic win in the Bluegrass State.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
East Dunbartonshire
Margin
0.071%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
15,551
Description
In a three-way race, SNP challenger Margaret Bain defeated Conservative Party incumbent Barry Henderson 15,551–15,529. (Labour Party Edward McGarry candidate had 15,122 votes.) Henderson had defeated both Bain and McGarry earlier in the Feb 1974 election.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Niigata 6th
Margin
0.071062%
Margin
130
Total votes cast for winner
90,679
Description
CDP's challenger Mamoru Umetani defeated LDP's incumbent Shuichi Takatori by 130 votes.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Saga 1st
Margin
0.071981%
Margin
133
Total votes cast for winner
92,452
Description
CDP's incumbent Kazuhiro Haraguchi defeated LDP's challenger Kazuchika Iwata by 133 votes.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Countryregion
Election
Northern Territory general election
District/race
Electoral division of Barkly
Margin
0.0727%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
3,441
Description
The sitting member, Gerry McCarthy, resigned and while the Labor candidate was ahead on the night, Country Liberal candidate Steve Edgington pulled ahead by 5 votes on postal votes making it the first time since 1990 that Labor had not held the seat.
1959
1959
Year
1959
Countryregion
Election
Singaporean general
District/race
River Valley
Margin
0.07294%
Margin
5
Total votes cast for winner
3,430
Description
People's Action Party candidate Lim Cheng Lock defeated Soh Ghee Soon of the Singapore People's Alliance.
1919
1919
Year
1919
Countryregion
Election
Maryland gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Maryland
Margin
0.0735%
Margin
165
Total votes cast for winner
112,240
Description
After several days of vote counting, Albert Ritchie was declared the winner over Harry Nice, 112,240 votes to 112,075. Ritchie would serve four terms as Governor, but would be defeated in 1934 by Nice, who won by 6,149.
1940
1940
Year
1940
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Cumberland
Margin
0.07438%
Margin
12
Total votes cast for winner
8,073
Description
Incumbent National Government MP Percy Chapman Black defeated Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane.
1923
1923
Year
1923
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Huddersfield
Margin
0.0746%
Margin
26
Total votes cast for winner
17,430
Description
Labour Party candidate James Hudson defeated Liberal Party candidate Arthur Marshall 17,430–17,404. (In this three-way race, Conservative Party C. Tinker won 12,694 votes.) In the previous year's General Election (1922), Marshall had narrowly beaten Hudson by a 0.5% margin.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Northumberland, Ontario
Margin
0.07533%
Margin
28
Total votes cast for winner
18,600
Description
Liberal candidate Christine Stewart narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Reg Jewell.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Florida general
District/race
Commissioner of Agriculture
Margin
0.07535%
Margin
6,753
Total votes cast for winner
4,032,954
Description
After a recount, Democrat Nikki Fried defeated Republican Matt Caldwell.
1987
1987
Year
1987
Countryregion
Election
Virginia Senate
District/race
District 39
Margin
0.0755%
Margin
35
Total votes cast for winner
21,217
Description
William C. Wampler Jr. (R) defeated John S. Bundy (D) by 32 votes and a December 15, 1987 recount widened the margin by 3 more votes.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Margin
0.0756%
Margin
28
Total votes cast for winner
18,513
Description
Conservative candidate Tony Clement narrowly edged out Liberal MP Andy Mitchell.
1916
1916
Year
1916
Countryregion
Election
Arizona gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Arizona
Margin
0.0766%
Margin
43
Total votes cast for winner
28,094
Description
The initial count had Thomas Campbell up by 30 votes. George Hunt, the incumbent, contested; but before that could be settled his term expired. The courts then allowed Campbell to take office as de facto Governor in January 1917. After losing a case in the county court and winning at the state Supreme Court, Hunt became governor in December 1917, with the courts deciding he'd won by 43 votes. Had the initial count stood this race would have been even closer, with the margin just 0.0536%.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
North Dakota
Margin
0.0771%
Margin
177
Total votes cast for winner
114,852
Description
Five-term Republican U.S. Senator Milton Young defeated former Democratic Governor William Guy by 177 votes out of 237,000 cast.
1981
1981
Year
1981
Countryregion
Election
New Jersey gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of New Jersey
Margin
0.0784%
Margin
1,797
Total votes cast for winner
1,145,999
Description
The results of the initial ballot counting was close with Kean leading Florio by 1,677 votes. A recount took place over the next month and Kean was certified the winner besting Florio by 1,797 votes out of over 2.3 million votes cast.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
South Shields
Margin
0.0794%
Margin
25
Total votes cast for winner
15,760
Description
In this three-way race, Liberal Party candidate Edward Harney defeated Labour Party William Lawther 15,760–15,735.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Countryregion
Election
New Jersey General Assembly
District/race
District 2
Margin
0.07954%
Margin
40
Total votes cast for winner
25,164
Description
Democrat Vince Mazzeo defeated incumbent Republican John F. Amodeo after a recount.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Derbyshire, North-Eastern
Margin
0.0802%
Margin
15
Total votes cast for winner
9,359
Description
In this three-way race, Labour Party candidate Frank Lee defeated Liberal Party candidate Joseph Stanley Holmes 9,359–9,344.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Delaware
Margin
0.0812%
Margin
60
Total votes cast for winner
36,954
Description
Democratic attorney Thomas Bayard defeated appointed U.S. Senator T. Coleman DuPont by 60 votes out of 74K+ votes cast in a special election. Bayard simultaneously defeated DuPont by 0.43 points in the election to the seat for the unexpired six-year term.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Countryregion
Election
Santa Fe gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Santa Fe
Margin
0.0813%
Margin
1,496
Total votes cast for winner
584,017
Description
Miguel Lifschitz (584,017 votes) defeated Miguel del Sel (582,521 votes) and Omar Perotti (558,571 votes).
2012
2012
Year
2012
Countryregion
Election
Japanese general
District/race
Saitama 6th
Margin
0.08266%
Margin
198
Total votes cast for winner
90,871
Description
LDP's challenger Kazuyuki Nakane defeated DPJ's incumbent Atsushi Oshima by 198 votes.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Salford, North
Margin
0.0836%
Margin
19
Total votes cast for winner
11,368
Description
In this three-way race, Labour Party incumbent Ben Tillett defeated Conservative Party challenger Samuel Finburgh 11,368–11,349. Tillett face Finbburgh again in the 1923 and 1924 General Elections, winning in 1923 but losing in 1924.
1972
1972
Year
1972
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Selkirk
Margin
0.08400%
Margin
30
Total votes cast for winner
17,872
Description
New Democrat incumbent Doug Rowland defeated Progressive Conservative Dean Whiteway.
1924
1924
Year
1924
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Iowa
Margin
0.08439%
Margin
755
Total votes cast for winner
447,706
Description
Smith Brookhart won the election by 755 votes and was initially seated in the Senate without incident. After Brookhart was seated, Steck contested the election results. The investigation and recount took longer than a year, but on April 12, 1926 by a vote of 45–41, the Senate overturned the election results and gave the seat to Steck. This was the first time the Senate voted to overturn an election after the winner was seated. The recount was contentious with claims of fraud and destroyed ballots, and with the special subcommittee inspecting each discarded ballot to determine voter intent. In the end the fact that Democrats wanted Steck elected and Republicans wanted to punish Brookhart for failing to support Coolidge, partisan politics likely did him in.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Gower
Margin
0.08518%
Margin
27
Total votes cast for winner
15,862
Description
Labour candidate Liz Evans was defeated by the Conservative Byron Davies by 27 votes, less than 0.1% of votes cast, which made it the most marginal Conservative seat going into the next election. Davies' victory brought 105 consecutive years of Labour representation to an end, but Labour won the seat back in the 2017 general election with a majority of 3,269.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Pakistani general
District/race
Kasur-IV
Margin
0.0860%
Margin
249
Total votes cast for winner
124,644
Description
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Talib Hassan Nakai defeated Pakistan Muslim League-N's Rana Muhammad Hayat 124,644-124,395.
2002
2002
Year
2002
Countryregion
Election
Ceará gubernatorial
District/race
Governor of Ceará
Margin
0.0863%
Margin
3,047
Total votes cast for winner
1,765,726
Description
PSDB's Lúcio Alcântara defeated PT's José Airton 1,765,726-1,762,679.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Laval Centre
Margin
0.08851%
Margin
42
Total votes cast for winner
23,746
Description
Bloc Québécois MP Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral narrowly edged out Liberal Pierre Lafleur.
2012
2012
Year
2012
Countryregion
Election
French legislative
District/race
Eure second constituency
Margin
0.08928%
Margin
39
Total votes cast for winner
21,860
Description
Socialist Jean-Louis Destans defeated incumbent Jean-Pierre Nicolas
1880
1880
Year
1880
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
California
Margin
0.08960%
Margin
144
Total votes cast for winner
80,426
Description
Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock took advantage of the opposition to Chinese immigration for the first Democratic win in California since 1856, but narrowly lost the electoral vote and the popular vote to Garfield. The US presidential election is not decided by popular vote, but Garfield won the national popular vote by only 1,898 votes or 0.0213%.
1908
1908
Year
1908
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Missouri
Margin
0.09066%
Margin
629
Total votes cast for winner
347,203
Description
William Howard Taft wins a comfortable first term but takes Missouri by fewer than a thousand votes.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Washington
Margin
0.09301%
Margin
2,229
Total votes cast for winner
1,199,437
Description
Democrat Maria Cantwell unseated Republican Slade Gorton following a mandatory recount.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Countryregion
Election
Italian Senate
District/race
Ancona
Margin
0.09328%
Margin
264
Total votes cast for winner
93,601
Description
M5S candidate Mauro Coltorti defeated CDX candidate Giuliano Pazzaglini.
1860
1860
Year
1860
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
Virginia
Margin
0.09347%
Margin
156
Total votes cast for winner
74,481
Description
In a four-way race, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, 74,481–74,325, with a further 18,085 votes split between Democrat Stephen A. Douglas and Republican Abraham Lincoln. However, Lincoln won the Electoral College.
1874
1874
Year
1874
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Leeds South
Margin
0.09372%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
1,602
Description
Conservative David Ford Jones beat challenger W. H. Fredenburgh.
1962
1962
Year
1962
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
St. John's West
Margin
0.09495%
Margin
24
Total votes cast for winner
12,650
Description
Liberal Richard Cashin defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent William Joseph Browne.
1923
1923
Year
1923
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead
Margin
0.0956%
Margin
17
Total votes cast for winner
8,892
Description
Liberal Party challenger John Freeman Dunn defeated Conservative Party incumbent J C C Davidson 8,892–8,875. Dunn would regain the seat in 1924.
1922
1922
Year
1922
Countryregion
Election
United Kingdom general
District/race
Nottingham, Central
Margin
0.0959%
Margin
22
Total votes cast for winner
11,481
Description
Liberal Party candidate Reginald Berkeley defeated Conservative Party incumbent Albert Atkey 11,481–11,459. Berkeley was later and briefly a Hollywood screenwriter.
1998
1998
Year
1998
Countryregion
Election
United States Senate
District/race
Nevada
Margin
0.0961%
Margin
401
Total votes cast for winner
208,621
Description
Democratic incumbent Harry Reid defeated Republican John Ensign who did not contest the results.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Countryregion
Election
Montana Democratic primary
District/race
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Margin
0.09650%
Margin
61
Total votes cast for winner
31,634
Description
In this 3-way race, the initial tally for Linda McCulloch, Gail Gray, and Mike Schwinden was 31,572–31,508–28,739. Gray requested a recount and McCulloch still won by 61 votes: 31,634–31,573–28,765 votes. McCulloch would also go on to win the general election.
1984
1984
Year
1984
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Margin
0.09752%
Margin
38
Total votes cast for winner
19,502
Description
Liberal MP Len Hopkins narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Don Whillans.
1884
1884
Year
1884
Countryregion
Election
United States presidential
District/race
New York
Margin
0.09844%
Margin
1,149
Total votes cast for winner
563,154
Description
Democrat Grover Cleveland won his home state by less than 1,200 votes to earn New York's 36 electoral votes and clinch an Electoral College victory of 219-182. A swing of less than 0.1% would have made Republican James G. Blaine president with an Electoral College tally of 218-183.
1878
1878
Year
1878
Countryregion
Election
Canadian federal
District/race
Jacques Cartier
Margin
0.09911%
Margin
2
Total votes cast for winner
1,010
Description
Conservative Désiré Girouard defeated Liberal incumbent Rodolphe Laflamme.
1894
1894
Year
1894
Countryregion
Election
Dutch general (2nd round)
District/race
Beverwijk
Margin
0.09944%
Margin
3
Total votes cast for winner
1,510
Description
Catholic incumbent T.L.M.H. Borret defeated Liberal J. van Loenen Martinet.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Countryregion
Election
French legislative (2nd round)
District/race
Loire's 1st constituency
Margin
0.09972%
Margin
23
Total votes cast for winner
11,544
Description
Régis Juanico of the Socialist Party (PS), a supporter of Benoît Hamon, held onto his seat narrowly against Magalie Viallon, candidate of La République En Marche! (REM).
| Year | Countryregion | Election | District/race | Margin | Total votes cast for winner | Description | |
| (%) | (votes) | ||||||
| 1983 | | Senate of Zimbabwe | White roll | 0 | 0 | 10 | Independent candidate Max Rosenfels was elected to fill a vacant seat in the Senate of Zimbabwe ahead of the Republican Front's Des van Jaarsveldt on a drawing of lots after two tied 10-10 votes of white members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe. |
| 1974 | | United States Senate | New Hampshire | 0.000901% | 2 | 110,926 | On election day, Republican Louis Wyman won with a margin of just 355 votes out of more than 220,000. His opponent John A. Durkin then won the recount by 10 votes. After a second recount, Wyman won by just 2 votes. The Democratic-controlled Senate at first agreed to seat Wyman, who served the last 3 days of Norris Cotton's term, but began to deliberate again when the new Senate took office. When the Senate deadlocked for months, Durkin agreed to Wyman's proposal for a new election. The Senate declared the seat vacant and the governor appointed Cotton to hold the seat for six weeks until a special election on September 16. Durkin won the special by 27,000 votes. |
| 1839 | | Massachusetts gubernatorial | Governor of Massachusetts | 0.00098% | 1 | 51,034 | Marcus Morton and the incumbent Whig Edward Everett received 51,034–50,725 votes respectively, with the remaining 307 votes went to scattering. The constitution of Massachusetts required a candidate to receive a majority of votes cast in order to win the office outright; otherwise, the legislature would have the authority to choose among the leading candidates. Morton exceeded this threshold by just 1 vote (50% of the 102,066 ballots cast), and had he not, the Whig controlled legislature would have been allowed to select the governor. The legislature could successfully deprive Morton of a majority if it disqualified the return from the town of Westfield. There was, moreover, an argument for doing so: the Westfield return was irregular and improper under the laws of the state because the attestation of its authenticity was not under seal. Instead, the return had been sealed first, and only afterward affixed with an attestation from the relevant local official. Despite pressure from partisans to contest this result, Everett refused. Historian and former Ohio Solicitor General Edward B. Foley notes: "In the annals of American history there is not an equivalent example of a candidate in a major statewide election willing to forgo a victory so tantalizingly within reach based on, first, such a narrow margin and, second, such a readily available legal argument for invalidating disputed ballots." |
| 2020 | | United States House of Representatives | Iowa's 2nd District | 0.00152% | 6 | 196,964 | In the House election, Democrat Rita Hart lost by only six votes to Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Unofficial results shortly after election day showed Miller-Meeks with a 282-vote lead. Official results, which included late-arriving absentee ballots and corrected canvassing errors, narrowed that lead to 44. A recount narrowed that vote still further to six votes. Hart chose not to appeal the election in the "contest court", arguing that Iowa law did not allow enough time, as from the November 30 certification date, the court would have had only eight days to organize and then carry out the recount. Instead she contested the election in the House of Representatives, asking for another recount, on the grounds that 22 votes were erroneously excluded due to poll worker error (and Iowa law had no way to remedy this) and that the recount was not done uniformly over the district. Miller-Meeks was provisionally sworn in and requested the House Committee on Administration dismiss the contest, but that request was denied. On March 31, after several Democratic House members publicly stated that they would not vote to change the result, Hart withdrew her contest. It was the 2nd closest House race in US history and the closest since 1824. |
| 2025 | | Canadian federal | Terrebonne | 0.00164% | 1 | 23,352 | Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné by one vote after a judicial recount. |
| 1984 | | United States House of Representatives | Indiana's 8th District | 0.00171% | 4 | 116,645 | The initial count showed that Democrat Frank McCloskey had won by 72 votes, but Indiana's Republican Secretary of State refused to certify him pending a legal challenge by his Republican challenger Rick McIntyre. After a tabulation error was found a month later McIntyre took the lead by 34 votes and was certified by the Secretary, even though a recount was on-going. When the House opened it chose to seat neither person, but to pay them as though they were both members. The statewide recount was completed in late January and gave McIntyre a 418-vote lead, but against the Democratic-controlled House chose not to seat McIntyre, against the wishes of Republicans. The House conducted their own recount, in which they made several controversial decisions, and seated McCloskey after declaring him the winner by just four votes. Republicans, who sought to declare the election void and call for a special election, staged a procedural protest and a walk out to protest what they viewed as a stolen seat. |
| 2013 | | Australian Senate | Western Australia | 0.002125% | 1 | 23,532 | Before senate electoral reform in 2016, the Australian senate was elected by a series of complex preference deals. At one point the next party to be eliminated was between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the Australian Christians. The margin was effectively one vote at that point in the count, and depending on which party was ahead either the Labor Party and PUP or the Sports Party and the Greens would have been elected. As the recount was taking place it became apparent that there were some missing ballots, which was greater than the margin, so the election was voided and a re-run was conducted in 2014. |
| 2023 | | Caddo Parish sheriff | Sheriff of Caddo Parish | 0.002312% | 1 | 21,624 | In the runoff election, Henry Whitehorn, a Democrat, defeated Republican John Nickelson by one vote. After a court challenge, the election was rerun; Whitehorn won again with a larger margin. |
| 1910 | | United States House of Representatives | New York's 36th District | 0.00242% | 1 | 20,685 | Charles Bennett Smith, a Democrat, defeated the incumbent, Representative De Alva S. Alexander, a Republican, by one vote, 20,685 to 20,684. |
| 2025 | | German federal | Stuttgart I | 0.00310% | 5 | 45,668 | Grüne's Simone Fischer defeated CDU's Elisabeth Schick-Ebert by 5 votes. The original count saw Fischer win with 16 votes. |
| 1988 | | Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary | 3rd District | 0.00340% | 1 | 14,716 | Herbert L. Connolly lost to Robert B. Kennedy by one vote, and it was his own. Connolly arrived at his precinct a few minutes after the polls closed and was not able to vote. Kennedy won the following general. |
| 2003 | | Russian legislative | Sverdlovsk Oblast District 163 | 0.00342% | 5 | 73,083 | Incumbent Georgy Leontyev held the seat by five votes, despite allegations of vote manipulation, later rejected by the Supreme Court. |
| 1919 | | Australian House of Representatives | Ballarat | 0.00369% | 1 | 13,569 | Edwin Kerby defeated incumbent MP Charles McGrath by a single vote. The result was voided by the Court of Disputed Returns, which criticised the "almost incredible carelessness" of the electoral officers. McGrath won the subsequent by-election. |
| 1997 | | United Kingdom general | Winchester | 0.00383% | 2 | 26,100 | In the General Election, Mark Oaten led Gerry Malone by 2 votes (26,100–26,098). A total of 55 ballot papers were excluded from the count for want of official mark, of which 18 were votes in favor of Oaten and 22 in favor of Malone. Therefore, Malone would have had a majority of 2 votes had they been included in the count. On hearing an Election Petition in the High Court on 6 October 1997 Lord Justice Brooke and Mr. Justice Gage ordered that there should be a fresh election. The petition also stated that four voters cast tendered ballots after claiming to have been impersonated, but the impersonators could not be found and the allegation was not pursued. In the subsequent by-election, Oaten easily beat Malone (37,006–15,450). |
| 1992 | | Philippine Senate | At-large | 0.00398% | 966 | 3,964,966 | The Philippine Senate is elected via multiple non-transferable vote. The 24th placed candidate, Butz Aquino of LDP, edged out Alfredo Bengzon of Lakas to win out the last Senate seat. |
| 2022 | | Massachusetts House of Representatives | 2nd Essex | 0.00425% | 1 | 11,763 | Kristin Kassner (D) defeated incumbent Leonard Mirra (R). |
| 1882 | | United States House of Representatives | Virginia's 1st District | 0.00476% | 1 | 10,505 | The initial tally had incumbent Democrat George T. Garrison up 70 votes on Readjuster challenger Robert M. Mayo. The Readjuster-controlled State Board of Canvassers then threw out the votes of Gloucester County and Hog Island precinct (Garrison had received all 14 votes from Hog Island). The new totals then had Mayo up one: 10,505–10,504. (A third candidate, the Republican John W. Woltz, received 168 votes). Mayo was seated and served for a little over a year, but Garrison contested the result. The Committee of Elections then chose to accept the Gloucester County and Hog Island ballots and the House voted unanimously to seat Garrison. |
| 1868 | | United States House of Representatives | North Carolina's 7th District | 0.004841% | 1 | 10,329 | Plato Durham (D) was initially declared elected over Alexander H. Jones (R) with an 18-vote majority: 10,347–10,329. When Republicans began to complain of fraud, the votes were sent to General Canby at Charleston, who threw out enough for Jones to defeat Durham. Jones was then elected by 1 vote, 10,329–10,328. |
| 2004 | | Washington gubernatorial | Governor of Washington | 0.004842% | 133 | 1,373,361 | Democrat Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi, following two recounts, after the initial count and first recount showed Rossi as the winner. |
| 2024 | | Indian general | Mumbai North West | 0.00503% | 48 | 452,644 | Ravindra Waikar (Shiv Sena) won with a 48-vote-lead against Amol Gajanan Kirtikar (Shiv Sena (UBT)). |
| 2024 | | Budapest local | Mayor of Budapest | 0.00524% | 41 | 371,578 | The candidate of the centre-left opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony defeated LMP candidate Dávid Vitézy who was backed by the Fidesz–KDNP alliance by 324 votes (0.0415%). Vitézy demanded a recount, asserting that a large portion of the ballots had been wrongfully deemed invalid. After recounting these ballots, the Hungarian National Election Office declared Karácsony the winner by a margin of 41 votes. |
| 1931 | | United Kingdom general | Ilkeston | 0.00569% | 2 | 17,587 | Flint (National Labour) gained the seat from George Oliver (Labour). After the polls closed it became clear that the Ilkeston election was very close. There were four recounts overnight, and the Returning Officer decided to call a halt in the early hours to return later in the day. At the end of the fifth recount, the Returning Officer declared Flint elected by a majority of two votes over the sitting Labour MP. This result remains the joint smallest majority in any individual constituency election since universal suffrage. |
| 2002 | | Irish general | Limerick West | 0.00584% | 1 | 8,564 | Going into the fourth (and final) count, sitting Fine Gael TD Dan Neville trailed his party colleague Michael Finucane, also an outgoing TD, 7,862 to 7,867 in the race for the third and final seat. He picked up 702 votes transferred from the eliminated candidates, six more than his opponent, to win by one vote. Finucane requested a recount, but when it became clear that the margin of his defeat would only increase, he requested the returning officer to terminate the recount, thus leaving the official margin of defeat at one vote. "I am happy enough with the findings and I accept it. Democracy has spoken and I am sure there are many people out there feeling sorry at this stage that they didn't vote for me to tip me over the line." |
| 1854 | | United States House of Representatives | Illinois' 7th District | 0.00592% | 1 | 8,452 | On the initial tally, incumbent Democrat James C. Allen was ahead of challenger Republican William B. Archer by one vote: 8452–8451. Archer contested. Livingston precinct had initially certified Allen and Archer's votes as 47–100 (in that precinct). But they later certified that they had made a mistake and the vote (in that precinct) should instead have been 46–102. In which case the overall vote should have been 8,451–8,453. The Committee of Elections concluded that Allen had won by at least 1 and probably 2 votes and recommended that he be seated. However, the House voted 94–90 that Allen was not qualified and also voted 91–89 that Archer would not be seated either. The seat was thus vacated. A special election in 1856 was a rematch between Allen and Archer, and Allen soundly defeated Archer 13,081–10,136. |
| 2022 | | Alabama State Senate Republican primary | District 27 | 0.00597% | 1 | 8,373 | Jay Hovey defeated incumbent Tom Whatley. |
| 2000 | | South Korean legislature | Gwangju | 0.00614% | 3 | 16,675 | GNP Park Hyuk-kyu defeated MDP Moon Hak-jin by an official tally of a three-vote difference. |
| 1966 | | United Kingdom general | Peterborough | 0.00626% | 3 | 23,944 | Conservative Party incumbent Sir Harmar Nicholls defeated Labour Party challenger Michael Ward 23,944–23,941. Ward would again challenge and lose in 1970 and Feb 1974, but would win in Oct 1974. |
| 1847 | | United States House of Representatives | Indiana's 6th District | 0.0067% | 1 | 7,455 | Whig George G. Dunn defeated Democrat David M. Dobson 7,455–7,454. |
| 2024 | | Colorado House of Representatives | House District 16 | 0.00727% | 3 | 41,279 | Republican Rebecca Keltie defeated incumbent Democrat Stephanie Vigil by just 3 votes. The initial count had Keltie win by 6, and a one point during the recount the two were tied but 3 votes were determined to have been erroneously counted for Vigil and they were removed. The race carried extra importance as the seat cost Democrats their supermajority in the House. |
| 2017 | | United Kingdom general | North East Fife | 0.00728% | 2 | 13,743 | Stephen Gethins of the Scottish National Party saw off a challenge by Elizabeth Riches of the Liberal Democrats to retain the seat of former leader Menzies Campbell. |
| 1962 | | Minnesota gubernatorial | Governor of Minnesota | 0.00734% | 91 | 619,842 | The vote count after election day had Governor Elmer L. Andersen in the lead by 142 votes. Then-Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag went to court and won the right for a recount. After the recount, it was determined that Rolvaag of the DFL had defeated Andersen, Republican, by 91 votes out of over 1.2 million cast. Rolvaag collected 619,842 votes to Andersen's 619,751. |
| 2020 | | North Carolina Judicial | Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | 0.00744% | 401 | 2,695,951 | Following a count, recount and hand-to-eye recount in 1% of precincts, Incumbent Chief Justice Cheri Beasley was defeated by Justice Paul Newby. The result meant that Republicans won all 8 statewide judicial races in the 2020 general election. |
| 1916 | | United States House of Representatives | Iowa's 11th District | 0.00768% | 4 | 26,033 | In the initial vote count, the sitting member Republican George C. Scott won by a majority of 131 votes, which Thomas J. Steele contested, alleging failure to count votes cast for the contestant and illegal counting of votes for the contestee. After a series of recounts, during which the lead switched back and forth and the contest was even tied at one point, the tally changed to 26,033–26,029 and after some legal wrangling (about lost ballots and votes by Iowa National Guardsmen serving at the Texas border), Scott was declared elected by the Democrat-controlled House. |
| 1991 | | Virginia House of Delegates | District 53 | 0.00770% | 1 | 6,493 | After a recount, Jim Scott won by a single vote, earning him the nickname "Landslide Jim". |
| 2018 | | Kentucky House of Representatives | 13th Representative District | 0.0079% | 1 | 6,319 | In the initial count, Democrat Jim Glenn defeated Republican incumbent DJ Johnson by 1 vote, which was confirmed by a recanvass. Johnson filed for a recount, and Glenn was seated on January 8, 2019. The House later ordered another recount which was carried out over the weekend of January 30. Following that recount, Glenn emerged as the winner by 3 votes, but then the County Board of Electors voted to reinstate one of the votes taken from Johnson earlier in the day and later to count five of 17 rejected absentee ballot. The result was a 6,323–6,323 tie. On February 8, 2019, when Glenn threatened to sue if a coin toss were held and he lost, Johnson withdrew his challenge, thus settling the election. |
| 2022 | | New York State Senate | District 50 | 0.00812% | 10 | 61,579 | Incumbent Democrat John Mannion defeated Republican Rebecca Shiroff. |
| 2014 | | North Carolina District Court | District 5 | 0.00813% | 5 | 30,746 | Lindsey McKee Luther defeated Kent Harrell for North Carolina District Court, District 5 by five votes: 30,746–30,741. |
| 1974 | | United Kingdom general | Carmarthen | 0.00851% | 3 | 17,165 | Labour Party incumbent Gwynoro Jones defeated Plaid Cymru candidate Gwynfor Evans 17,165–17,162. Jones had also beaten Evans in 1970, but would lose to Evans in Oct 1974. |
| 2002 | | Washington House of Representatives Republican primary | 26th Legislative District | 0.00852% | 1 | 5,870 | Ed Mitchell defeated Kevin Entze by one vote: 5,870–5,869. Adding insult to injury, one of Entze's friends admitted that they never got their ballot mailed. "He left his ballot on his kitchen counter and it never got sent out," Entze said. Mitchell went on to narrowly lose the general election. |
| 1912 | | Kansas gubernatorial | Governor of Kansas | 0.00866% | 29 | 167,437 | George H. Hodges defeated the popular Republican Arthur Capper by a razor-thin margin of 29 votes out of 359,684 cast. |
| 1948 | | United States Senate Democratic primary runoff | Texas | 0.00880% | 87 | 494,191 | Lyndon B. Johnson was declared the winner over Coke R. Stevenson despite suspicion about 202 votes reported six days after the election from Precinct 13 of Jim Wells County. |
| 1996 | | Vermont Senate | Rutland County | 0.00911% | 2 | 10,978 | There were six candidates for the three Rutland County Senate seats. On the night of the election, John H. Bloomer, Jr. and Cheryl M. Hooker received the first and second highest vote totals. Hull Maynard received the third highest total with 10,952 votes and Thomas Macaulay received the fourth highest total with 10,934 votes. Macaulay petitioned for a recount, whereupon the Rutland Superior Court determined that Maynard still beat Macaulay by two votes: 10,978–10,976. Macaulay's petition for further relief was dismissed by the Senate. |
| 2000 | | United States presidential | Florida | 0.00921% | 537 | 2,912,790 | Republican George W. Bush was ahead of Democrat Al Gore after the initial count by 1,784 votes. After a mandatory statewide recount his lead was cut to 327. After military and overseas ballots were added in, his lead increased to 930. An additional hand recount was halted by the United States Supreme Court which resulted in the certified margin. Florida was the tipping point state for Bush's presidential victory. |
| 2001 | | Italian Senate | Marino | 0.00929% | 14 | 62,330 | Olive Tree candidate Severino Lavagnini [it] was elected, but the defeated House of Freedoms candidate won a seat via levelling seats. |
| 1982 | | New Hampshire Senate | District 8 | 0.00934% | 1 | 5,352 | Incumbent Republican George Wiggins defeated Democrat Fred Belair by 1 vote. |
| 2010 | | United Kingdom general | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 0.00939% | 4 | 21,304 | Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) defeated Independent Unionist Rodney Connor by 4 votes. Connor had the support of the Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party, the two main unionist parties in Northern Ireland. Connor lodged an election petition against Gildernew alleging irregularities in the counting of the votes, but the High Court found that there were only three ballot papers which could not be accounted for, and even if they were all votes for Connor, Gildernew would have had a plurality of one. The election was therefore upheld. |
| 2022 | | Connecticut House of Representatives | District 81 | 0.00944% | 1 | 10,593 | Democrat Chris Poulos defeated Republican Tony Morrison by 1 vote. |
| 2022 | | California State Senate | District 16 | 0.009495% | 13 | 68,461 | Democratic incumbent Melissa Hurtado defeated Republican David Shepard by 13 votes. |
· Table of close national and state elections › List of close election results between candidates in the first round of a two-round election
1962
1962
Year
1962
Country /region
Election
1962 Alabama Senate election
District/race
District 22 special Democratic primary
Margin(%)
0.0222%
Margin(votes)
1
Total votes cast forhigher-placedcandidate
1,047
Description
The first round of the special Democratic primary saw state representative Rush "Doc" Smith beat out Roy H. Coshatt for the second-place spot in the runoff by a single vote. After the results were made official, Coshatt contested the election results, but his case was thrown out by the state Democratic executive committee, allowing Smith to advance to the September runoff. Smith lost the runoff by 442 votes to radio executive L. D. Bentley.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
Romanian presidential
District/race
President of Romania
Margin(%)
0.0297%
Margin(votes)
2,742
Total votes cast forhigher-placedcandidate
1,769,761
Description
Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu was narrowly defeated by Elena Lasconi who went on to face the nationalist Călin Georgescu in a run-off. Ciolacu was ahead until 99.91% of the votes were counted. This was the first time since 2000 that a nationalist candidate made it into the second round instead of either the National Liberals nor the now defunct Democratic Liberal Party. It is also first time in the post-communist period that Social Democrats failed to reach the run-off. The run-off was eventually cancelled.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Country /region
Election
2022 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election
District/race
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
Margin(%)
0.0384%
Margin(votes)
2,441
Total votes cast forhigher-placedcandidate
1,702,815
Description
PT candidate Edegar Pretto was narrowly defeated by incumbent governor Eduardo Leite who went on to face the pro-government candidate Onyx Lorenzoni. Leite ended up winning the election and was reelected.
| Year | Country /region | Election | District/race | Margin(%) | Margin(votes) | Total votes cast forhigher-placedcandidate | Description |
| 1962 | | 1962 Alabama Senate election | District 22 special Democratic primary | 0.0222% | 1 | 1,047 | The first round of the special Democratic primary saw state representative Rush "Doc" Smith beat out Roy H. Coshatt for the second-place spot in the runoff by a single vote. After the results were made official, Coshatt contested the election results, but his case was thrown out by the state Democratic executive committee, allowing Smith to advance to the September runoff. Smith lost the runoff by 442 votes to radio executive L. D. Bentley. |
| 2024 | | Romanian presidential | President of Romania | 0.0297% | 2,742 | 1,769,761 | Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu was narrowly defeated by Elena Lasconi who went on to face the nationalist Călin Georgescu in a run-off. Ciolacu was ahead until 99.91% of the votes were counted. This was the first time since 2000 that a nationalist candidate made it into the second round instead of either the National Liberals nor the now defunct Democratic Liberal Party. It is also first time in the post-communist period that Social Democrats failed to reach the run-off. The run-off was eventually cancelled. |
| 2022 | | 2022 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election | Governor of Rio Grande do Sul | 0.0384% | 2,441 | 1,702,815 | PT candidate Edegar Pretto was narrowly defeated by incumbent governor Eduardo Leite who went on to face the pro-government candidate Onyx Lorenzoni. Leite ended up winning the election and was reelected. |
· Table of close national and state elections › List of close election results between parties passing the threshold in party-list proportional races
1992
1992
Year
1992
Country /region
Election
Czech legislative
Legislature
Czech National Council
District/race
Statewide results
Margin(%)
0.05%
Margin(votes)
3,321
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
387,026
Description
Statewide, the far-right Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR–RSČ, sixth place), and center-right Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) were only 0.05% apart while Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (HSD–SMS) was only 0.06% behind ODA.
0.06%
0.06%
Year
0.06%
Country /region
3,617
Election
383,705
1996
1996
Year
1996
Country /region
Election
Czech legislative
Legislature
Chamber of Deputies
District/race
National results
Margin(%)
0.07%
Margin(votes)
4,277
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
489,349
Description
Nationally, the centrist Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and the far-right Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia were only 0.07% apart.
1999
1999
Year
1999
Country /region
Election
Austria legislative
Legislature
National Council
District/race
National results
Margin(%)
0.0167%
Margin(votes)
415
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
1,244,087
Description
Nationally, the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ, second place) and the center-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP, third place) were only 415 votes apart. They won 52 seats each in the 183-seat national council. This is significant as the two parties had enough seats to form a majority coalition government on their own. The traditional rule is that the Chancellor comes from the largest party in the coalition, but since the FPÖ and ÖVP each had an equal number of seats, the ranking between them had to be decided based on the popular vote – which would mean a Chancellor from the far-right, which drew domestic and international controversy. Eventually, an FPÖ-ÖVP coalition government was formed, but under an ÖVP Chancellor.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Cyprus
Margin(%)
0.0111%
Margin(votes)
37
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
36,112
Description
Due to the traditional size of the parties, all European elections ended up with the seat ratio 2-2-1-1. In this election, For Europe managed to win the last seat instead of EDEK with just 37 votes.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Country /region
Election
Argentina legislative
Legislature
Chamber of Deputies
District/race
La Pampa
Margin(%)
0.0395%
Margin(votes)
76
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
96,121
Description
The first-placed Justicialist Party won 96,121 votes to second-placed Cambiemos' 96,045. The Justicialist Party won 2 Deputies and Cambiemos 1 Deputy.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Country /region
Election
Berlin state
Legislature
Abgeordnetenhaus
District/race
State results
Margin(%)
0.003%
Margin(votes)
53
Total votes cast forhigher-placed party
279,017
Description
The SPD of incumbent mayor Franziska Giffey got slightly more votes than Grüne led by Bettina Jarasch destroying their chances of forming a Green-led government.
| Year | Country /region | Election | Legislature | District/race | Margin(%) | Margin(votes) | Total votes cast forhigher-placed party | Description |
| 1992 | | Czech legislative | Czech National Council | Statewide results | 0.05% | 3,321 | 387,026 | Statewide, the far-right Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR–RSČ, sixth place), and center-right Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) were only 0.05% apart while Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (HSD–SMS) was only 0.06% behind ODA. |
| 0.06% | 3,617 | 383,705 | ||||||
| 1996 | | Czech legislative | Chamber of Deputies | National results | 0.07% | 4,277 | 489,349 | Nationally, the centrist Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and the far-right Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia were only 0.07% apart. |
| 1999 | | Austria legislative | National Council | National results | 0.0167% | 415 | 1,244,087 | Nationally, the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ, second place) and the center-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP, third place) were only 415 votes apart. They won 52 seats each in the 183-seat national council. This is significant as the two parties had enough seats to form a majority coalition government on their own. The traditional rule is that the Chancellor comes from the largest party in the coalition, but since the FPÖ and ÖVP each had an equal number of seats, the ranking between them had to be decided based on the popular vote – which would mean a Chancellor from the far-right, which drew domestic and international controversy. Eventually, an FPÖ-ÖVP coalition government was formed, but under an ÖVP Chancellor. |
| 2004 | | European Parliament | European Parliament | Cyprus | 0.0111% | 37 | 36,112 | Due to the traditional size of the parties, all European elections ended up with the seat ratio 2-2-1-1. In this election, For Europe managed to win the last seat instead of EDEK with just 37 votes. |
| 2017 | | Argentina legislative | Chamber of Deputies | La Pampa | 0.0395% | 76 | 96,121 | The first-placed Justicialist Party won 96,121 votes to second-placed Cambiemos' 96,045. The Justicialist Party won 2 Deputies and Cambiemos 1 Deputy. |
| 2023 | | Berlin state | Abgeordnetenhaus | State results | 0.003% | 53 | 279,017 | The SPD of incumbent mayor Franziska Giffey got slightly more votes than Grüne led by Bettina Jarasch destroying their chances of forming a Green-led government. |
· Table of close national and state elections › List of parties close to the threshold in proportional races
2010
2010
Year
2010
Country /region
Election
Slovak parliamentary
Legislature
National Council
District/race
National results
Party
Slovak National Party
Votes(%)
5.08%
Votes(#)
128,908
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
126,470
Margin(%)
0.08%
Margin(votes)
2,438
Description
SNS narrowly crosses 5% threshold.
1990
1990
Year
1990
Country /region
Election
North Rhine-Westphalia state
Legislature
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
The Greens
Votes(%)
5.05%
Votes(#)
469,098
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
464,599
Margin(%)
0.05%
Margin(votes)
4,499
Description
Grüne narrowly passed the threshold by 0.05%
2019
2019
Year
2019
Country /region
Election
Brandenburg state parliament
Legislature
Landtag of Brandenburg
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters
Votes(%)
5.05%
Votes(#)
63,851
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
63,256
Margin(%)
0.05%
Margin(votes)
595
Description
BVB/FW narrowly crosses threshold.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Country /region
Election
Hungarian parliamentary
Legislature
Országgyűlés
District/race
National results
Party
Hungarian Democratic Forum
Votes(%)
5.04%
Votes(#)
272,831
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
270,403
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
2,428
Description
MDF narrowly crossed the threshold.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Country /region
Election
Serbian parliamentary
Legislature
National Assembly
District/race
National results
Party
Dveri–Democratic Party of Serbia
Votes(%)
5.04%
Votes(#)
190,530
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
188,947
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
1,583
Description
Dveri–DSS narrowly crossed the threshold.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Greece
Party
Voice of Reason
Votes(%)
3.04%
Votes(#)
120,753
Electoral threshold in percentage
3%
Electoral threshold in votes
119,283
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
1,470
Description
FL narrowly crossed the threshold.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Country /region
Election
Danish general
Legislature
Folketing
District/race
National results
Party
Christian People's Party
Votes(%)
2.04%
Votes(#)
68,047
Electoral threshold in percentage
2%
Electoral threshold in votes
66,583
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
1,464
Description
KF narrowly crossed the threshold.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Hungary
Party
Politics Can Be Different
Votes(%)
5.04%
Votes(#)
116,904
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
115,975
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
929
Description
LMP wins one MEP.
2008
2008
Year
2008
Country /region
Election
Lithuanian parliamentary
Legislature
Seimas
District/race
National results
Party
Liberal and Centre Union
Votes(%)
5.04%
Votes(#)
66,078
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
65,499
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
579
Description
LiCS crosses the threshold by less than 600 votes.
2012
2012
Year
2012
Country /region
Election
Saarland state parliament
Legislature
Landtag of Saarland
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Votes(%)
5.04%
Votes(#)
24,252
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
24,065
Margin(%)
0.04%
Margin(votes)
187
Description
Greens narrowly crossed the threshold.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Italy
Party
The Other Europe
Votes(%)
5.03%
Votes(#)
1,108,457
Electoral threshold in percentage
4%
Electoral threshold in votes
1,097,957
Margin(%)
0.03%
Margin(votes)
10,500
Description
It was the only time as of 2019, that a left-wing coalition was able to win a MEP since the introduction of the 4% threshold.
1992
1992
Year
1992
Country /region
Election
Romanian general
Legislature
Chamber of Deputies
District/race
National results
Party
Socialist Party of Labour
Votes(%)
3.03%
Votes(#)
328,283
Electoral threshold in percentage
3%
Electoral threshold in votes
324,766
Margin(%)
0.03%
Margin(votes)
3,517
Description
With the PSM, the "Red Quadrilateral gained a majority of 5 seats in the Chamber.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Country /region
Election
Hessian state
Legislature
Landtag of Hesse
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Free Democratic Party
Votes(%)
5.03%
Votes(#)
141,608
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
140,628
Margin(%)
0.03%
Margin(votes)
980
Description
FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03%.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Country /region
Election
Hessian state
Legislature
Landtag of Hesse
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Free Democratic Party
Votes(%)
5.03%
Votes(#)
157,451
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
156,540
Margin(%)
0.03%
Margin(votes)
911
Description
FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03%
2016
2016
Year
2016
Country /region
Election
Serbian parliamentary
Legislature
National Assembly
District/race
National results
Party
Alliance for a Better Serbia
Votes(%)
5.02%
Votes(#)
189,564
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
188,947
Margin(%)
0.02%
Margin(votes)
617
Description
CZBS narrowly crossed the threshold.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
Lithuanian parliamentary
Legislature
Seimas
District/race
National results
Party
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Votes(%)
7.02%
Votes(#)
87,182
Electoral threshold in percentage
7%
Electoral threshold in votes
86,893
Margin(%)
0.02%
Margin(votes)
289
Description
LVŽS narrowly crosses threshold for coalitions.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Country /region
Election
Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Slovene Union
Votes(%)
1.02%
Votes(#)
4,016
Electoral threshold in percentage
1%
Electoral threshold in votes
3,950
Margin(%)
0.02%
Margin(votes)
66
Description
SSk narrowly crosses threshold for linguistic minorities.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Country /region
Election
Georgian parliamentary
Legislature
Parliament
District/race
National results
Party
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
Votes(%)
5.01%
Votes(#)
88,097
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
87,982
Margin(%)
0.01%
Margin(votes)
116
Description
APG narrowly crossed the threshold.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Country /region
Election
Thuringia state parliament
Legislature
Landtag of Thuringia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Free Democratic Party
Votes(%)
5.01%
Votes(#)
55,493
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
55,420
Margin(%)
0.01%
Margin(votes)
73
Description
FDP narrowly crosses threshold, later forms 28-day government.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Country /region
Election
Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Open – Left FVG
Votes(%)
1.51%
Votes(#)
5,957
Electoral threshold in percentage
1.5%
Electoral threshold in votes
5,925
Margin(%)
0.01%
Margin(votes)
32
Description
OPEN narrowly crosses threshold for parties inside of coalitions.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
Bulgarian parliamentary
Legislature
National Assembly
District/race
National results
Party
Velichie
Votes(%)
4.004%
Votes(#)
97,497
Electoral threshold in percentage
4%
Electoral threshold in votes
97,391
Margin(%)
0.004%
Margin(votes)
106
Description
Velichie narrowly missed the threshold in the original count with just 36 votes. During the first vote count, the party passed the threshold, until the very last count update.
1968
1968
Year
1968
Country /region
Election
Danish general
Legislature
Folketing
District/race
National results
Party
Left Socialists
Votes(%)
2.003%
Votes(#)
57,184
Electoral threshold in percentage
2%
Electoral threshold in votes
57,093
Margin(%)
0.003%
Margin(votes)
91
Description
Left Socialists narrowly crossed the threshold in their first election.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Country /region
Election
Georgian parliamentary
Legislature
Parliament
District/race
National results
Party
Georgian Labour Party
Votes(%)
1.003%
Votes(#)
19,314
Electoral threshold in percentage
1%
Electoral threshold in votes
19,244
Margin(%)
0.003%
Margin(votes)
70
Description
Georgian Labour Party narrowly crosses threshold but withdrew from parliament later.
2010
2010
Year
2010
Country /region
Election
Burgenland state
Legislature
Landtag
District/race
Statewide results
Party
List Burgenland
Votes(%)
4.00032%
Votes(#)
7,559
Electoral threshold in percentage
4%
Electoral threshold in votes
7,559
Margin(%)
0.00032%
Margin(votes)
0
Description
The party passed the threshold by a single vote. Though this result is controversial, since it was later admitted by ÖVP Landtag member and mayor of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben Wilhelm Heißenberger, that twelve votes in his municipality were manipulated, and it is believed that these twelve votes came advantageous for List Burgenland. Demands for a reelection were dismissied.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Country /region
Election
Vysočina regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Vysočina
District/race
Regional results
Party
Pro TOP Vysočinu
Votes(%)
4.99978%
Votes(#)
7,972
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
7,973
Margin(%)
-0.00022%
Margin(votes)
-1
Description
Coalition of TOP 09, KAN and Koruna Česká narrowly missed 5% threshold by a single vote.
1959
1959
Year
1959
Country /region
Election
Dutch general
Legislature
Second Chamber
District/race
National results
Party
Reformed Political League
Votes(%)
0.6624%
Votes(#)
39,972
Electoral threshold in percentage
0.6667%
Electoral threshold in votes
39,998
Margin(%)
-0.00043%
Margin(votes)
-26
Description
The party initially had enough votes to get into the Tweede Kamer and the leader of the party, L.P. Laning, met with the Dutch Queen Juliana to discuss forming the government a day after the election. However, the party was ultimately 26 votes short, and its seat awarded to the PvdA.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Greece
Party
MeRA25
Votes(%)
2.999%
Votes(#)
169,635
Electoral threshold in percentage
3%
Electoral threshold in votes
169,684
Margin(%)
-0.001%
Margin(votes)
-49
Description
MeRA25 narrowly missed the threshold making their European party DiEM25 unrepresented in the European Parliament.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Country /region
Election
Saarland state parliament
Legislature
Landtag of Saarland
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Votes(%)
4.995%
Votes(#)
22,598
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
22,621
Margin(%)
-0.005%
Margin(votes)
-23
Description
Greens narrowly missed the threshold by 0.005%.
1967
1967
Year
1967
Country /region
Election
Dutch general
Legislature
Second Chamber
District/race
National results
Party
The Emergency Council [nl]
Votes(%)
0.6604%
Votes(#)
45,421
Electoral threshold in percentage
0.6667%
Electoral threshold in votes
45,854
Margin(%)
-0.006%
Margin(votes)
-433
Description
The Emergency Council narrowly missed the threshold by less than 500 votes.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
Liberec regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Liberec
District/race
Regional results
Party
Stačilo!
Votes(%)
4.993%
Votes(#)
5,670
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
5,679
Margin(%)
-0.007%
Margin(votes)
-19
Description
Stačilo! narrowly missed 5% threshold.
1967
1967
Year
1967
Country /region
Election
Dutch general
Legislature
Second Chamber
District/race
National results
Party
Christian-Democratic Union [nl]
Votes(%)
0.6591%
Votes(#)
45,346
Electoral threshold in percentage
0.6667%
Electoral threshold in votes
45,854
Margin(%)
-0.008%
Margin(votes)
-508
Description
The CDU narrowly missed the threshold by less than 600 votes.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Country /region
Election
Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Together Free
Votes(%)
3.98%
Votes(#)
15,712
Electoral threshold in percentage
4%
Electoral threshold in votes
15,799
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-87
Description
IL narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Country /region
Election
Budapest Local
Legislature
Capital City Assembly
District/race
Citywide results
Party
Momentum Movement
Votes(%)
4.98%
Votes(#)
39,471
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
39,615
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-144
Description
MM narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
1997
1997
Year
1997
Country /region
Election
Hamburg state
Legislature
Hamburg Parliament
District/race
Statewide results
Party
German People's Union
Votes(%)
4.98%
Votes(#)
40,957
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
41,126
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-169
Description
DVU narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
1971
1971
Year
1971
Country /region
Election
Danish general
Legislature
Folketing
District/race
National results
Party
Christian People's Party
Votes(%)
1.98%
Votes(#)
57,072
Electoral threshold in percentage
2%
Electoral threshold in votes
57,678
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-606
Description
KF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election.
1980
1980
Year
1980
Country /region
Election
North Rhine-Westphalia state
Legislature
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Free Democratic Party
Votes(%)
4.98%
Votes(#)
489,225
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
490,926
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-1,699
Description
FDP narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
1992
1992
Year
1992
Country /region
Election
Romanian general
Legislature
Chamber of Deputies
District/race
National results
Party
Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania
Votes(%)
2.98%
Votes(#)
322,990
Electoral threshold in percentage
3%
Electoral threshold in votes
324,766
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-1,776
Description
PDAR narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
1977
1977
Year
1977
Country /region
Election
Dutch general
Legislature
Second Chamber
District/race
National results
Party
Reformatory Political Federation
Votes(%)
0.640%
Votes(#)
53,220
Electoral threshold in percentage
0.667%
Electoral threshold in votes
55,451
Margin(%)
-0.027%
Margin(votes)
-2,231
Description
RPF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Country /region
Election
Valdostan regional council
Legislature
Regional Council of Aosta Valley
District/race
Regional results
Party
Centre-right
Votes(%)
5.68%
Votes(#)
3,761
Electoral threshold in percentage
5.71%
Electoral threshold in votes
3,788
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-27
Description
CDX narrowly missed the threshold.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Country /region
Election
Bremen state parliament
Legislature
Bürgerschaft of Bremen
District/race
Bremerhaven
Party
Alternative for Germany
Votes(%)
4.97%
Votes(#)
7,936
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
7,985
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-49
Description
AfD narrowly missed the threshold in Bremerhaven and only get seats from Bremen.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Country /region
Election
Latvian parliamentary
Legislature
Saeima
District/race
National results
Party
Development/For!
Votes(%)
4.97%
Votes(#)
45,452
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
45,701
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-249
Description
Development/For narrowly missed the 5% threshold, and initially had enough to obtain seats in the Saeima but eventually failed to meet the threshold within the last minute.
1992
1992
Year
1992
Country /region
Election
Schleswig-Holstein state
Legislature
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Votes(%)
4.97%
Votes(#)
74,014
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
74,396
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-382
Description
Grüne narrowly missed the threshold by 0.03%
2020
2020
Year
2020
Country /region
Election
Slovak parliamentary
Legislature
National Council
District/race
National results
Party
Progressive Slovakia–Together
Votes(%)
6.97%
Votes(#)
200,780
Electoral threshold in percentage
7%
Electoral threshold in votes
201,706
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-926
Description
PS/Spolu needed 7% to meet the threshold as a coalition of two parties.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Country /region
Election
Hamburg state
Legislature
Hamburg Parliament
District/race
Statewide results
Party
Free Democratic Party
Votes(%)
4.97%
Votes(#)
202,059
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
203,118
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-1,059
Description
FDP missed the 5% threshold.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Country /region
Election
Israel legislative
Legislature
Knesset
District/race
National results
Party
The New Right
Votes(%)
3.22%
Votes(#)
138,598
Electoral threshold in percentage
3.25%
Electoral threshold in votes
140,052
Margin(%)
-0.03%
Margin(votes)
-1,454
Description
The New Right party missed the threshold of 3.25% necessary to obtain seats in the Knesset. Initially, the margin was close enough that absentee votes could affect it; however, after absentee ballots were counted the party remained out of the Knesset, and demanded a recount.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Country /region
Election
German federal
Legislature
Bundestag
District/race
National results
Party
Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Votes(%)
4.98%
Votes(#)
2,472,947
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
2,482,105
Margin(%)
-0.02%
Margin(votes)
-9,158
Description
The BSW narrowly misses the threshold in their first election.
1967
1967
Year
1967
Country /region
Election
Dutch general
Legislature
Second Chamber
District/race
National results
Party
Party for the Unmarried
Votes(%)
0.630%
Votes(#)
43,340
Electoral threshold in percentage
0.667%
Electoral threshold in votes
45,854
Margin(%)
-0.037%
Margin(votes)
-2,514
Description
PVO narrowly missed the threshold in their only election.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Country /region
Election
Vysočina regional
Legislature
Regional Council of Vysočina
District/race
Regional results
Party
Žijeme Vysočinou
Votes(%)
4.96%
Votes(#)
7,531
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
7,590
Margin(%)
-0.04%
Margin(votes)
-59
Description
Coalition of TOP 09 and Zelení narrowly missed 5% threshold by 59 votes.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Country /region
Election
European Parliament
Legislature
European Parliament
District/race
Slovakia
Party
Party of the Hungarian Community
Votes(%)
4.96%
Votes(#)
48,929
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
49,284
Margin(%)
-0.04%
Margin(votes)
-355
Description
SMK-MKP lost their MEP thus no Hungarian party from Slovakia won seats.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Country /region
Election
Slovenian parliamentary
Legislature
National Assembly
District/race
National results
Party
Slovenian People's Party
Votes(%)
3.95%
Votes(#)
34,548
Electoral threshold in percentage
4%
Electoral threshold in votes
43,715
Margin(%)
-0.05%
Margin(votes)
-9,167
Description
SLS narrowly missed the threshold for the first time.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Country /region
Election
Slovak parliamentary
Legislature
National Council
District/race
National results
Party
Christian Democratic Movement
Votes(%)
4.94%
Votes(#)
128,908
Electoral threshold in percentage
5%
Electoral threshold in votes
130,388
Margin(%)
-0.06%
Margin(votes)
-1,480
Description
KDH narrowly missed the threshold by 0.06%.
| Year | Country /region | Election | Legislature | District/race | Party | Votes(%) | Votes(#) | Electoral threshold in percentage | Electoral threshold in votes | Margin(%) | Margin(votes) | Description |
| 2010 | | Slovak parliamentary | National Council | National results | Slovak National Party | 5.08% | 128,908 | 5% | 126,470 | 0.08% | 2,438 | SNS narrowly crosses 5% threshold. |
| 1990 | | North Rhine-Westphalia state | Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | Statewide results | The Greens | 5.05% | 469,098 | 5% | 464,599 | 0.05% | 4,499 | Grüne narrowly passed the threshold by 0.05% |
| 2019 | | Brandenburg state parliament | Landtag of Brandenburg | Statewide results | Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters | 5.05% | 63,851 | 5% | 63,256 | 0.05% | 595 | BVB/FW narrowly crosses threshold. |
| 2006 | | Hungarian parliamentary | Országgyűlés | National results | Hungarian Democratic Forum | 5.04% | 272,831 | 5% | 270,403 | 0.04% | 2,428 | MDF narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2016 | | Serbian parliamentary | National Assembly | National results | Dveri–Democratic Party of Serbia | 5.04% | 190,530 | 5% | 188,947 | 0.04% | 1,583 | Dveri–DSS narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2024 | | European Parliament | European Parliament | Greece | Voice of Reason | 3.04% | 120,753 | 3% | 119,283 | 0.04% | 1,470 | FL narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 1988 | | Danish general | Folketing | National results | Christian People's Party | 2.04% | 68,047 | 2% | 66,583 | 0.04% | 1,464 | KF narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2014 | | European Parliament | European Parliament | Hungary | Politics Can Be Different | 5.04% | 116,904 | 5% | 115,975 | 0.04% | 929 | LMP wins one MEP. |
| 2008 | | Lithuanian parliamentary | Seimas | National results | Liberal and Centre Union | 5.04% | 66,078 | 5% | 65,499 | 0.04% | 579 | LiCS crosses the threshold by less than 600 votes. |
| 2012 | | Saarland state parliament | Landtag of Saarland | Statewide results | Alliance 90/The Greens | 5.04% | 24,252 | 5% | 24,065 | 0.04% | 187 | Greens narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2014 | | European Parliament | European Parliament | Italy | The Other Europe | 5.03% | 1,108,457 | 4% | 1,097,957 | 0.03% | 10,500 | It was the only time as of 2019, that a left-wing coalition was able to win a MEP since the introduction of the 4% threshold. |
| 1992 | | Romanian general | Chamber of Deputies | National results | Socialist Party of Labour | 3.03% | 328,283 | 3% | 324,766 | 0.03% | 3,517 | With the PSM, the "Red Quadrilateral gained a majority of 5 seats in the Chamber. |
| 2023 | | Hessian state | Landtag of Hesse | Statewide results | Free Democratic Party | 5.03% | 141,608 | 5% | 140,628 | 0.03% | 980 | FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03%. |
| 2013 | | Hessian state | Landtag of Hesse | Statewide results | Free Democratic Party | 5.03% | 157,451 | 5% | 156,540 | 0.03% | 911 | FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03% |
| 2016 | | Serbian parliamentary | National Assembly | National results | Alliance for a Better Serbia | 5.02% | 189,564 | 5% | 188,947 | 0.02% | 617 | CZBS narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2024 | | Lithuanian parliamentary | Seimas | National results | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 7.02% | 87,182 | 7% | 86,893 | 0.02% | 289 | LVŽS narrowly crosses threshold for coalitions. |
| 2023 | | Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional | Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Statewide results | Slovene Union | 1.02% | 4,016 | 1% | 3,950 | 0.02% | 66 | SSk narrowly crosses threshold for linguistic minorities. |
| 2016 | | Georgian parliamentary | Parliament | National results | Alliance of Patriots of Georgia | 5.01% | 88,097 | 5% | 87,982 | 0.01% | 116 | APG narrowly crossed the threshold. |
| 2019 | | Thuringia state parliament | Landtag of Thuringia | Statewide results | Free Democratic Party | 5.01% | 55,493 | 5% | 55,420 | 0.01% | 73 | FDP narrowly crosses threshold, later forms 28-day government. |
| 2023 | | Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional | Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Statewide results | Open – Left FVG | 1.51% | 5,957 | 1.5% | 5,925 | 0.01% | 32 | OPEN narrowly crosses threshold for parties inside of coalitions. |
| 2024 | | Bulgarian parliamentary | National Assembly | National results | Velichie | 4.004% | 97,497 | 4% | 97,391 | 0.004% | 106 | Velichie narrowly missed the threshold in the original count with just 36 votes. During the first vote count, the party passed the threshold, until the very last count update. |
| 1968 | | Danish general | Folketing | National results | Left Socialists | 2.003% | 57,184 | 2% | 57,093 | 0.003% | 91 | Left Socialists narrowly crossed the threshold in their first election. |
| 2020 | | Georgian parliamentary | Parliament | National results | Georgian Labour Party | 1.003% | 19,314 | 1% | 19,244 | 0.003% | 70 | Georgian Labour Party narrowly crosses threshold but withdrew from parliament later. |
| 2018 | | Bosnian general | House of Representatives | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Party of Democratic Activity | 3.001% | 29,726 | 3% | 29,676 | 0.001% | 50 | The Party of Democratic Activity (A-SDA) had already won enough votes for a direct seat in their district, however if they had not done so, they would have been awarded a compensational seat and still be represented in the House of Representatives. |
| 2010 | | Burgenland state | Landtag | Statewide results | List Burgenland | 4.00032% | 7,559 | 4% | 7,559 | 0.00032% | 0 | The party passed the threshold by a single vote. Though this result is controversial, since it was later admitted by ÖVP Landtag member and mayor of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben Wilhelm Heißenberger, that twelve votes in his municipality were manipulated, and it is believed that these twelve votes came advantageous for List Burgenland. Demands for a reelection were dismissied. |
| 2020 | | Vysočina regional | Regional Council of Vysočina | Regional results | Pro TOP Vysočinu | 4.99978% | 7,972 | 5% | 7,973 | -0.00022% | -1 | Coalition of TOP 09, KAN and Koruna Česká narrowly missed 5% threshold by a single vote. |
| 1959 | | Dutch general | Second Chamber | National results | Reformed Political League | 0.6624% | 39,972 | 0.6667% | 39,998 | -0.00043% | -26 | The party initially had enough votes to get into the Tweede Kamer and the leader of the party, L.P. Laning, met with the Dutch Queen Juliana to discuss forming the government a day after the election. However, the party was ultimately 26 votes short, and its seat awarded to the PvdA. |
| 2019 | | European Parliament | European Parliament | Greece | MeRA25 | 2.999% | 169,635 | 3% | 169,684 | -0.001% | -49 | MeRA25 narrowly missed the threshold making their European party DiEM25 unrepresented in the European Parliament. |
| 2022 | | Saarland state parliament | Landtag of Saarland | Statewide results | Alliance 90/The Greens | 4.995% | 22,598 | 5% | 22,621 | -0.005% | -23 | Greens narrowly missed the threshold by 0.005%. |
| 1967 | | Dutch general | Second Chamber | National results | The Emergency Council [nl] | 0.6604% | 45,421 | 0.6667% | 45,854 | -0.006% | -433 | The Emergency Council narrowly missed the threshold by less than 500 votes. |
| 2024 | | Liberec regional | Regional Council of Liberec | Regional results | Stačilo! | 4.993% | 5,670 | 5% | 5,679 | -0.007% | -19 | Stačilo! narrowly missed 5% threshold. |
| 1967 | | Dutch general | Second Chamber | National results | Christian-Democratic Union [nl] | 0.6591% | 45,346 | 0.6667% | 45,854 | -0.008% | -508 | The CDU narrowly missed the threshold by less than 600 votes. |
| 2023 | | Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional | Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Statewide results | Together Free | 3.98% | 15,712 | 4% | 15,799 | -0.02% | -87 | IL narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%. |
| 2024 | | Budapest Local | Capital City Assembly | Citywide results | Momentum Movement | 4.98% | 39,471 | 5% | 39,615 | -0.02% | -144 | MM narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02% |
| 1997 | | Hamburg state | Hamburg Parliament | Statewide results | German People's Union | 4.98% | 40,957 | 5% | 41,126 | -0.02% | -169 | DVU narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02% |
| 1971 | | Danish general | Folketing | National results | Christian People's Party | 1.98% | 57,072 | 2% | 57,678 | -0.02% | -606 | KF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election. |
| 1980 | | North Rhine-Westphalia state | Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | Statewide results | Free Democratic Party | 4.98% | 489,225 | 5% | 490,926 | -0.02% | -1,699 | FDP narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02% |
| 1992 | | Romanian general | Chamber of Deputies | National results | Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania | 2.98% | 322,990 | 3% | 324,766 | -0.02% | -1,776 | PDAR narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02% |
| 1977 | | Dutch general | Second Chamber | National results | Reformatory Political Federation | 0.640% | 53,220 | 0.667% | 55,451 | -0.027% | -2,231 | RPF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election. |
| 2020 | | Valdostan regional council | Regional Council of Aosta Valley | Regional results | Centre-right | 5.68% | 3,761 | 5.71% | 3,788 | -0.03% | -27 | CDX narrowly missed the threshold. |
| 2015 | | Bremen state parliament | Bürgerschaft of Bremen | Bremerhaven | Alternative for Germany | 4.97% | 7,936 | 5% | 7,985 | -0.03% | -49 | AfD narrowly missed the threshold in Bremerhaven and only get seats from Bremen. |
| 2022 | | Latvian parliamentary | Saeima | National results | Development/For! | 4.97% | 45,452 | 5% | 45,701 | -0.03% | -249 | Development/For narrowly missed the 5% threshold, and initially had enough to obtain seats in the Saeima but eventually failed to meet the threshold within the last minute. |
| 1992 | | Schleswig-Holstein state | Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | Statewide results | Alliance 90/The Greens | 4.97% | 74,014 | 5% | 74,396 | -0.03% | -382 | Grüne narrowly missed the threshold by 0.03% |
| 2020 | | Slovak parliamentary | National Council | National results | Progressive Slovakia–Together | 6.97% | 200,780 | 7% | 201,706 | -0.03% | -926 | PS/Spolu needed 7% to meet the threshold as a coalition of two parties. |
| 2020 | | Hamburg state | Hamburg Parliament | Statewide results | Free Democratic Party | 4.97% | 202,059 | 5% | 203,118 | -0.03% | -1,059 | FDP missed the 5% threshold. |
| 2019 | | Israel legislative | Knesset | National results | The New Right | 3.22% | 138,598 | 3.25% | 140,052 | -0.03% | -1,454 | The New Right party missed the threshold of 3.25% necessary to obtain seats in the Knesset. Initially, the margin was close enough that absentee votes could affect it; however, after absentee ballots were counted the party remained out of the Knesset, and demanded a recount. |
| 2025 | | German federal | Bundestag | National results | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance | 4.98% | 2,472,947 | 5% | 2,482,105 | -0.02% | -9,158 | The BSW narrowly misses the threshold in their first election. |
| 1967 | | Dutch general | Second Chamber | National results | Party for the Unmarried | 0.630% | 43,340 | 0.667% | 45,854 | -0.037% | -2,514 | PVO narrowly missed the threshold in their only election. |
| 2016 | | Vysočina regional | Regional Council of Vysočina | Regional results | Žijeme Vysočinou | 4.96% | 7,531 | 5% | 7,590 | -0.04% | -59 | Coalition of TOP 09 and Zelení narrowly missed 5% threshold by 59 votes. |
Election contests, by winning margin · Distribution of elections by winning margin
0.1%
0.1%
Geographic area
0.1%
Dates
0.2%
Includestowns?
0.5%
No. ofelectioncontests
1%
No. ofties
2%
No. wonby 1 vote
5%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
90%
Colorado
Colorado
Geographic area
Colorado
Dates
2017
Includestowns?
yes
No. ofelectioncontests
511
No. ofties
7
No. wonby 1 vote
3
% of elections where winning margin was up to
1.8%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
2.2%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
3.9%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
5.3%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
7.2%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
16.4%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
99.0%
Sources
CO SoS
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Geographic area
Massachusetts
Dates
2014–17
Includestowns?
most
No. ofelectioncontests
456
No. ofties
0
No. wonby 1 vote
0
% of elections where winning margin was up to
0.2%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
0.2%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
1.5%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
2.4%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
4.8%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
10.7%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
98.7%
Sources
MA SoS
West Virginia
West Virginia
Geographic area
West Virginia
Dates
2014–17
Includestowns?
few
No. ofelectioncontests
879
No. ofties
0
No. wonby 1 vote
2
% of elections where winning margin was up to
0.6%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
1.0%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
3.0%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
4.4%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
8.8%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
21.3%
% of elections where winning margin was up to
100.0%
Sources
WV SoS Archived 2018-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
| Geographic area | Dates | Includestowns? | No. ofelectioncontests | No. ofties | No. wonby 1 vote | % of elections where winning margin was up to | Sources | ||||||
| 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 90% | |||||||
| Colorado | 2017 | yes | 511 | 7 | 3 | 1.8% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 7.2% | 16.4% | 99.0% | CO SoS |
| Massachusetts | 2014–17 | most | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 10.7% | 98.7% | MA SoS |
| West Virginia | 2014–17 | few | 879 | 0 | 2 | 0.6% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 21.3% | 100.0% | WV SoS Archived 2018-04-20 at the Wayback Machine |
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