List of close election results
Table of close national and state elections

List of close election results

Section Title: Table of close national and state elections
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Year	Country / Region	Election	Race	Margin (%)	Margin (votes)	Total votes cast for winner	Description

1985	Australia Victoria (Australia)	Victorian Legislative Council	Nunawading	0%	0	54,821	Bob Ives tied with Rosemary Varty, but won the seat with a casting vote by the returning officer, who drew Ives' name from a hat.

2011	Switzerland	Swiss federal	Ticino	0%	0	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.

1994	Canada Quebec	Quebec general	Saint-Jean	0%	0	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	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 19	0%	0	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.

2003	Canada Quebec	Quebec general	Champlain	0%	0	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	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 94	0%	0	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.

2010	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	6th Worcester district	0%	0	6,587	After Peter J. Durant was initially declared the winner by 1 vote, judge Richard T.

1963	Canada Quebec	Canadian federal	Pontiac—Témiscamingue	0%	0	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.

2015	United States Mississippi	Mississippi House of Representatives	District 79	0%	0	4,589	After Democrat incumbent Blaine Eaton tied Republican Mark Tullos, he won re-election by drawing the long straw. However, Tullos asked the State House to review the results, which they did, resulting in them throwing out some ballots for Eaton and seating Tullos.

1988	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts Senate Democratic Primary	Plymouth District	0%	0	4,543	George F. Buckley and Michael Creedon tied, but Creedon secured the nomination and later the seat.

1996	United States South Dakota	South Dakota House of Representatives	District 12	0%	0	4,191	Four candidates Democrats John R. McIntyre and Dick Casey; and, Republicans Hal Wick and Judy Rost were contesting two seats.

1999	Canada Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia general	Shelburne	0%	0	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.

1886	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Ashton-under-Lyne	0%	0	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	United States Rhode Island	Rhode Island Senate	Senatorial District 29	0%	0	4,110	Both Russell and Flynn had exactly 4,110 votes in the general election. On Jan 9th, 1979, a special election was held where Flynn beat Russell 2,546–2,038.

1980	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate Republican Primary	District 16	0%	0	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.

1994	United States Wyoming	Wyoming House of Representatives	District 21	0%	0	1,941	Republican Randall Luthi and independent candidate Larry Call each received 1,941 votes in a state House race in northern Lincoln County.

2006	United States Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives Democratic Primary	District 37	0%	0	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.

1887	Canada	Canadian federal	Joliette	0%	0	1,532	Conservative Édouard Guilbault tied Liberal F. Neveu, but won the seat after the deciding vote was cast by the returning officer.

1896	Canada	Canadian federal	Assiniboia West	0%	0	1,502	Conservative Nicholas Flood Davin tied independent John K. McInnes.

2015	Canada	Prince Edward Island Provincial General	Vernon River-Stratford	0%	0	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.

1843	United States Indiana	Indiana Senate	Switzerland County	0%	0	915	Daniel Kelso was initially up one vote on David Henry: 917–916. This election was extensively contested.

1998	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Republican Primary	13th Hampden	0%	0	876	Official election results showed that Matthew Ferri won the primary, garnering three more votes than opponent Rodney Fountain, but a judge later ruled that it was a tie.

1974	United States New Hampshire	United States Senate	New Hampshire	0.000901%	2	110,926	On election day, Louis Wyman won with a margin of just 355 votes out of more than 220,000. His opponent John A.

1839	United States Massachusetts	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.

1984	United States Indiana	United States House of Representatives	Indiana's 8th District	0.00171%	4	116,645	Indiana's Secretary of State (a Republican) initially certified Rick McIntyre as the winner by 34 votes, ignoring other recounted tallies that actually showed Frank McCloskey was in the lead.

2013	Australia	Australian Senate	Western Australia	0.002125%	1	23,532	The Australian senate is 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.

1910	United States New York (state)	New York House of Representatives	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.

1988	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic Primary	3rd District	0.00340%	1	14,716	Herbert L. Connolly lost to Robert B.

2003	Russia Sverdlovsk Oblast	Russian legislative	Sverdlovsk Oblast District 163	0.00342%	5	73,083	Incumbent Georgy Leontyev held the seat by five votes, despite allegations of vote manipulations, later rejected by the Supreme Court

1919	Australia	Australian House of Representatives	Ballaarat	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.

1997	United Kingdom	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.

1882	United States Virginia	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.

1868	United States North Carolina	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.

2004	United States Washington (state)	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.

1931	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Ilkeston	0.00569%	2	17,587	A.J. Flint (National Labour) gained the seat from George Oliver (Labour).

1854	United States Illinois	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.

1966	United Kingdom	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 Indiana	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.

2017	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	North East Fife	0.00727%	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	United States Minnesota	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.

1918	United States Iowa	United States House of Representatives	Iowa's 11th District	0.00768%	4	26,033	The sitting Member George C. Scott had been returned by a majority of 131 votes, which Thomas J.

1991	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 53	0.00770%	1	6,493	On election night, officials determined that David G. Sanders (R), had won the seat by 17 votes out of nearly 13,000 cast.

2018	United States Kentucky	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.

2014	United States North Carolina	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	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	United States Washington (state)	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.

1912	United States Kansas	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 Texas	United States Senate Democratic Primary Runoff	Texas	0.00880%	87	494,191	Lyndon B. Johnson is declared the winner over Coke R.

1996	United States Vermont	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.

2000	United States Florida	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.

1982	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate	District 8	0.00934%	1	5,352	Incumbent George Wiggins (R) defeated Fred Belair (D) by 1 vote.

2010	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	0.00939%	4	21,304	Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) defeated independent Rodney Connor.

1970	United States Missouri	Missouri House of Representatives	District 116	0.01037%	1	4,819	Both the initial count and a recount showed that incumbent Gus Salley (R-Warsaw) had defeated Morran D. Harris (D-Osceola), though a clerical error cost Salley 100 votes, indicating the real result was not nearly as close.

1832	United States Maryland	United States presidential	Maryland	0.01044%	4	19,160	National Republican Henry Clay carried Maryland by four votes over Democratic President Andrew Jackson, but Jackson was reelected handily.

1910	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Exeter	0.0105%	1	4,777	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.

1914	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 1st District	0.01073%	4	17,726	Frederick C. Hicks, a Republican, defeated the incumbent, Representative Lathrop Brown, a Democrat, by four votes, 17,726 to 17,722.

2001	Cape Verde	Cape Verdean presidential	President of Cape Verde	0.0112%	17	75,828	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	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Leeds, West	0.0114%	3	13,057	Labour Party candidate Thomas Stamford defeated Conservative Party candidate A.F.G. Renton 13,057–13,054.

1908	United States Massachusetts	United States House of Representatives	Massachusetts's 10th District	0.0121%	4	16,533	Representative Joseph F. O'Connell, a Democrat, defeated J.

1923	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Devon, Tiverton	0.0122%	3	12,303	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	Canada Ontario	Canadian federal	Ontario	0.0123%	4	16,328	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.

2008	United States Minnesota	United States Senate	Minnesota	0.01287%	312	1,212,629	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.

1929	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Cheshire, Northwich	0.01292%	4	15,477	In this three-way race, Conservative Party incumbent Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart defeated Labour Party candidate Mrs. Barbara Ayrton-Gould 15,477–15,473.

1994	United States Connecticut	United States House of Representatives	Connecticut's 2nd district	0.0133%	21	79,188	In this three-way race between Sam Gejdenson, Edward Munster, David Bingham, the initial official tally was 79,169–79,167–27,729 (186,065 total votes). Following a recount, Gejdenson and Munster were 79,160–79,156 with 186,030 total votes cast.

2016	United States Vermont	Vermont Senate Democratic Primary	Washington County District	0.0135%	1	3,709	Superior Court Judge Timothy Tomasi determined that former Sergeant-at-Arms Francis K. Brooks defeated fourth-place finisher Ashley Hill by one vote, 3,709 to 3,708.

1968	Australia South Australia	South Australian House of Assembly	Seat of Millicent	0.0138%	1	3,635	On 2 March 1968, Martin Cameron contested the seat of Millicent for the House of Assembly, standing against the sitting member, and minister in the Labor Cabinet, Des Corcoran.

1930	Canada	Canadian federal	Yamaska	0.0143%	1	3,505	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	Canada	Canadian federal	Leeds	0.01478%	4	13,536	Progressive Conservative Desmond Code defeated Liberal incumbent John Matheson.

1945	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Worcester	0.01479%	4	13,523	In this three-way race, Conservative Party candidate George Ward defeated Labour Party/Co-operative Party candidate J. Evans 13,523–13,519.

1949	Canada	Canadian federal	Annapolis—Kings	0.0152%	4	13,202	Liberal Angus Alexander Elderkin defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent George Nowlan.

1968	United States Wisconsin	Wisconsin House of Representatives	District 25	0.0153%	2	6,523	Official count showed a margin of 3 vote for Joseph L. Looby (D) over Wilmer R.

2002	United States Connecticut	Connecticut House of Representatives	District 65	0.0155%	1	3,236	Republican Anne Ruwet defeated Democrat John S. Kovaleski by one vote (3,236–3,235).

1924	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 21st District	0.0156%	10	32,089	Sitting Member Royal H. Weller had been returned by an official plurality of 245 votes, which the contestant Martin C.

1964	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Brighton Kemptown	0.0157%	7	22,308	Labour Party challenger Dennis Hobden defeated incumbent Conservative Party David James 22,308–22,301.

1870	United States Indiana	United States House of Representatives	Indiana's 4th District	0.0159%	4	12,561	Republican Jeremiah M. Wilson defeated Democrat David S.

1950	United States Maryland	Maryland Senate	Garrett county	0.0162%	1	3,080	Republican incumbent Neil C. Fraley defeated Democrat challenger Bernard I.

1983	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Leicester South	0.0163%	7	21,424	Conservative Party challenger Derek Spencer defeated Labour Party incumbent Jim Marshall 21,424–21,417.

2005	United States Virginia	Virginia General	Virginia Attorney General	0.01663%	323	970,886	Bob McDonnell was certified as the victor over Creigh Deeds following a recount.

1988	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic Primary	3rd District	0.0170%	5	14,709	In the recount, Robert B. Kennedy led Herbert Connolly by one vote: 14,716–14,715.

1829	United States Kentucky	United States House of Representatives	Kentucky's 2nd District	0.0179%	1	5,591	Jacksonsian candidate Nicholas D. Coleman defeated Adams candidate Adam Beatty 2520-2519.

2018	Pakistan	Pakistani general	Mardan-II	0.0181%	35	78,911	Awami National Party's Ameer Haider Hoti defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Atif Khan 78,911-78,876.

2003	Somaliland	Somaliland presidential	President of Somaliland	0.0195%	80	205,595	Dahir Riyale Kahin, of the For Unity, Democracy, and Independence party narrowly defeated the Peace, Unity, and Development Party's Ahmed M.

1974	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Bodmin	0.0196%	9	20,283	Liberal Democrat challenger Paul Tyler defeated Conservative Party incumbent Robert Hicks 20,283–20,274.

2006	United States Oklahoma	Oklahoma House or Representatives	District 25	0.0208%	2	4,798	Initially Democrat Darrel Nemecek beat Republican Todd Thomsen by two votes for the Oklahoma House of Representatives seat in its 25th district.

2004	United States Virginia	Commonwealth's Attorney Special Election	Radford District	0.0211%	1	2,375	Chris E. Rehak defeated Patrick Moore by 1 vote, and a recount didn't change the margin.

1896	Canada	Canadian federal	Ontario North	0.0215%	1	2,328	Liberal-Conservative John Alexander McGillivray defeated Patrons of Industry Duncan Graham.

1988	Canada	Canadian federal	London—Middlesex	0.0216%	8	18,534	Progressive Conservative MP Terry Clifford narrowly edged out Liberal Garnet Bloomfield.

1900	Canada	Canadian federal	Selkirk	0.0230%	1	2,172	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	United States Maryland	United States presidential	Maryland	0.0233%	51	109,497	Republican President Theodore Roosevelt barely carried Maryland over Democrat Alton Parker on his way to an electoral landslide.

1970	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Ipswich	0.0234%	13	27,704	Conservative Party incumbent Ernle Money defeated Labour Party challenger Dingle Foot 27,704–27,691.

1959	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	South East Derbyshire	0.0236%	12	25,374	Conservative Party challenger John Jackson defeated Labour Party incumbent Arthur Champion 25,374–25,362.

1964	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Reading	0.0240%	10	20,815	Conservative Party incumbent Peter Emery defeated Labour Party challenger John Lee 20,815–20,810. Lee would later defeat Emery in 1966.

1822	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 29th District	0.0241%	1	2,072	Initially, Isaac Wilson and Parmenio Adams had 2,093–2,077 votes. On a recount, the tally changed to 2,071–2,072.

1900	Canada	Canadian federal	Bruce North	0.0242%	1	2,065	Liberal-Conservative incumbent Alexander McNeill defeated Liberal J. E. Campbell.

1964	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Eton and Slough	0.0243%	11	22,681	Conservative Party challenger Anthony Meyer defeated Labour Party incumbent Fenner Brockway 22,681–22,670.

1923	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Durham, Sedgefield	0.0252%	6	11,093	Conservative Party challenger Leonard Ropner defeated Labour Party incumbent John Herriotts 11,093–11,087.

2016	United States New York (state)	New York Senate	8th District	0.0256%	33	64,499	John Brooks secured a spot in the State Senate by defeating incumbent Republican Michael Venditto.

1980	United States Utah	Utah House of Representatives	District 44	0.0259%	1	1,931	A recount gave Republican Bob Curran a 1-vote victory over the incumbent Democrat Jen Patterson, after leading by 2 votes following the official canvass.

1914	Australia	Australian House of Representatives	Werriwa	0.0266%	7	13,162	John Lynch defeated the sitting member Alfred Conroy by seven votes.

1930	Canada	Canadian federal	Norfolk—Elgin	0.0266%	5	9,424	Liberal William H. Taylor defeated Conservative John Lawrence Stansell.

1832	United States Ohio	United States House of Representatives	Ohio's 7th District	0.02675%	2	3,739	William Allen (later 31st Governor of Ohio) defeated General and 11th Governor of Ohio Duncan McArthur by two votes: 3739–3737. According to Niles' National Register, a third candidate by the name of Murphy also won 55 votes.

1899	New Zealand	New Zealand House of Representatives	Riccarton	0.02678%	1	1,867	Incumbent MP William Rolleston lost his seat to Liberal challenger George Warren Russell after a margin of only 1 vote separated the two on the final count.

1876	United States Massachusetts	United States House of Representatives	Massachusetts' 3rd District	0.0268%	5	9,313 (depending on which count use)	After much investigation, the Committee of Elections gave Walbridge Field the 5-vote majority over Benjamin Dean.

1970	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary	14th Essex	0.02722%	3	5,513	In a 3-way race, Edward J. Grimley, Jr.

1970	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary	17th Worcester	0.02723%	2	3,674	Andrew Collaro defeated Robert J. Bohigian, but then Bohigian defeated him by 900+ votes in the general.

2017	France	French legislative (2nd round)	Loiret's 4th constituency	0.0275%	8	14,561	Four-term incumbent Jean-Pierre Door of The Republicans (LR) narrowly defeated Mélusine Harlé of La République En Marche! by 8 votes in the second round.

1843	United States Indiana	United States House of Representatives	Indiana's 7th District	0.0276%	3	5,441	Democrat Joseph A. Wright defeated Whig Edward W. McGaughey 5,441–5,438.

2007	Australia	Australian federal	Division of McEwen	0.02794%	31	48,339	Liberal Fran Bailey defeated Labor Rob Mitchell following a recount and court challenge.

1891	Canada	Canadian federal	Wentworth South	0.02821%	1	1,773	Conservative Franklin Carpenter defeated Liberal James T. Russell.

1970	United States Rhode Island	Rhode Island House of Representatives	District 26	0.0284%	1	1,760	After recounts, Democrat John F. Hagan beat the Republican nominee Benedetto A. Cerilli.

1997	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Torbay	0.0285%	12	21,094	Liberal Democrat candidate Adrian Sanders gained the seat from the sitting Conservative MP Rupert Allason.

1887	Canada	Canadian federal	Haldimand	0.02865%	1	1,746	Conservative Walter Humphries Montague defeated Liberal incumbent Charles Wesley Colter.

1896	Canada	Canadian federal	Selkirk	0.02920%	1	1,713	Liberal John Alexander MacDonell defeated Conservative Hugh Armstrong.

1979	United States Virginia	Virginia Senate	District 37	0.0293%	9	15,379	Madison Marye (D) defeated Edwin E. Stone (R) by 20 votes and a December 4, 1979 narrowed the margin to 9.

1935	Canada	Canadian federal	Vancouver—Burrard	0.0294%	6	10,215	Liberal Gerald Grattan McGeer defeated Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Arnold Alexander Webster by 6 votes.

1912	United States California	United States presidential	California	0.0307%	174	283,610	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	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate	District 16	0.0318%	5	7,867	Patricia Kreuger (R) defeated Stephen DeStefano (D) by 16 votes. Following a recount that was narrowed to 7.

1945	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Manchester, Rusholme	0.0324%	10	15,408	Labour Party candidate (unofficial) Hugh Lester Hutchinson defeated Conservative Party incumbent Frederick William Cundiff 15,408–15,398.

1976	United States Massachusetts	United States House of Representatives Democratic Primary	Massachusetts's 1st District	0.0330%	13	19,694	Edward McColgan beat Edward O'Brien and then lost the general election.

1917	Australia	Australian House of Representatives	Macquarie	0.0331%	9	13,566	Samuel Nicholls defeated the sitting member Ernest Carr by nine votes.

1935	Canada	Canadian federal	Souris	0.0333%	3	4,504	Liberal-Progressive George William McDonald defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Errick French Willis.

2011	New Zealand	New Zealand general	Waitakere	0.0334%	9	13,465	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	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Birmingham Ladywood	0.0335%	11	16,447	Labour Party candidate Wilfred Whiteley defeated Conservative Party candidate Geoffrey Lloyd 16,447–16,436.

2011	United Kingdom Scotland	Scottish Parliament	Glasgow Anniesland	0.0339%	7	10,329	Incumbent Labour MSP Bill Butler was defeated by Bill Kidd of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

1964	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Preston North	0.0340%	14	20,566	Conservative Party incumbent Julian Amery defeated Labour Party challenger Russell Kerr 20,566–20,552.

2006	United States Connecticut	United States House of Representatives	Connecticut's 2nd District	0.0342%	83	121,248	Democrat challenger Joe Courtney was up 167 votes on Republican incumbent Rob Simmons after the initial vote. On the recount, Courtney remained the victor by 83 votes: 121,248–121,165.

1955	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 55	0.0346%	2	2,891	John A. Mackenzie (D) defeated William J. Moody (D)

1978	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate Republican Primary	District 14	0.0356%	3	4,215	Incumbent Thomas J. Claveau (D) defeated Phyllis Keeney (R).

1964	United States Nevada	United States Senate	Nevada	0.03565%	48	67,336	Democratic incumbent Howard Cannon defeated Republican Paul Laxalt.

1945	Canada	Canadian federal	Colchester—Hants	0.0357%	8	11,141	Progressive Conservative Frank Stanfield defeated Liberal incumbent Gordon Timlin Purdy.

2000	South Korea	South Korean legislature	Gwangju	0.0360%	3	48,828	GNP Park Hyuk-kyu defeated MDP Moon Hak-jin by an official tally of 3-vote difference.

1982	United States Maine	Maine House of Representatives	District 69	0.0361%	1	1,387	Unofficial counts said it was tied, but all subsequent counts were 1,387–1,386 Winner was Walter R. Sherburne.

1990	United States Ohio	Ohio general	Ohio Attorney General	0.03672%	1,234	1,680,698	Democratic candidate Lee Fisher defeated Republican Paul Pfeifer after a six-week recount, earning him the ironic nickname "Landslide Lee".

2000	Canada	Canadian federal	Champlain	0.03674%	15	20,423	Bloc Québécois candidate Marcel Gagnon narrowly edged out Liberal Julie Boulet.

1859	United States Tennessee	United States House of Representatives	Tennessee's 9th District	0.0371%	7	9,437	Emerson Etheridge defeated Democrat John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, 9,437–9,430.

1922	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Manchester, Clayton	0.0372%	11	14,800	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	Australia Victoria (Australia)	Victoria Legislative Assembly	Electoral district of Ripon	0.03745%	15	20,035	Incumbent Louise Staley of the Liberal Party defeated Sarah de Santis of the Labor Party

2018	United States Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives	District 1	0.03755%	1	2,663	Republican nominee Bart LeBon defeated Democrat Kathryn Dodge 2,663-2,662 following a recount and a state supreme court challenge. Dodge challenged the findings of the Division of Elections on three ballots, two that were counted and one that was not, but the Supreme Court upheld the count and Dodge conceded.

1951	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Belfast West	0.03769%	25	33,174	Irish Labour candidate Jack Beattie defeated UUP incumbent Thomas Teevan, 33,174–33,149.

1968	Canada	Canadian federal	Comox—Alberni	0.03771%	9	11,939	Liberal Richard Durante defeated New Democrat incumbent Thomas Speakman Barnett. The result was later declared void and Durante lost the by-election to Barnett in 1969.

1935	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Kingswinford	0.0382%	16	20,925	Labour Party challenger Arthur Henderson defeated Conservative Party incumbent Alan Livesey Stuart Todd, 20,925–20,909.

1896	Canada	Canadian federal	York East	0.03841%	1	3,907	Independent Conservative incumbent William F. McLean defeated Liberal Henry R. Frankland.

2008	Canada	Canadian federal	Kitchener—Waterloo	0.0390%	17	21,830	Conservative Peter Braid defeated Liberal Andrew Telegdi after a recount.

1992	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Vale of Glamorgan	0.0392%	19	24,220	Conservative Party challenger Walter Sweeney defeated Labour Party incumbent John William Patrick Smith, 24,220–24,201. Smith would beat Sweeney in 1997.

2017	Argentina	Argentina legislative	La Pampa	0.0395%	76	96,121	The Justicialist Party (96,121 votes) defeated Cambiemos (96,045 votes). The Justicialist Party won 2 Deputies and Cambiemos 1 Deputy.

2008	United States Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives	District 7	0.0398%	4	5,024	Incumbent Republican Mike Kelly defeated Democratic challenger Karl Kassel, 5,024–5,020, following a recount.

1990	United States Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives	55th district	0.0406%	6	7,392	Initially, Rosemary Mulligan and Penny Pullen were certified as having 7,431–7,400 votes and Mulligan was declared the winner. The trial court ordered a recount that then had them tied at 7,387–7,387.

1991	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 58	0.0408%	7	8,561	C. Timothy Lindstrom (D) was originally declared the winner, but later it was discovered that election officials in Greene County misread a "9" as a "0" and Peter Way (R) went on to win the election.

2013	United States Virginia	Virginia General	Virginia Attorney General	0.0411%	907	1,105,045	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.

1994	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic Primary	4th District	0.0420%	26	30,989	Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. defeated John J. Kerrigan. Iannella won the general unopposed.

1870	United States South Carolina	United States House of Representatives	South Carolina's At-large District (unrecognized)	0.0425%	61	71,803	South Carolina was readmitted to Congress in 1868, after passage of the 14th Amendment. That amendment ended the three-fifths rule effectively raising the population of states that once had slavery.

2014	Australia South Australia	Parliament of South Australia	Fisher state by-election	0.04371%	9	10,299	By-election 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 9 votes.

1974	Canada	Canadian federal	Drummond	0.0447%	13	14,561	Liberal Yvon Pinard defeated Social Credit incumbent Jean-Marie Boisvert.

1979	Canada	Canadian federal	Halifax	0.0453%	15	16,570	Progressive Conservative George Cooper defeated Liberal Brian Flemming.

2006	United States Vermont	Vermont Auditor of Accounts	Vermont Auditor of Accounts	0.0456%	102	111,770	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.

1922	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Portsmouth, Central	0.0457%	7	7,666	In this four-way race, Conservative Party candidate Frank Privett defeated National Liberal candidate T. Fisher 7,666–7,659.

2005	Canada	British Columbia general	Vancouver-Burrard	0.0458%	11	12,009	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.

1993	Canada	Canadian federal	Edmonton Northwest	0.0476%	12	12,599	Liberal candidate Anne McLellan narrowly edged out Reform candidate Richard Kayler.

1853	United States Georgia (U.S. state)	United States House of Representatives	Georgia's 3rd District	0.0478%	5	5,232	Democrat David J. Bailey defeated Whig Robert P. Trippe 5232-5227.

2017	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Perth and North Perthshire	0.0482%	21	21,804	The incumbent Scottish National Party narrowly defeated Conservative candidate Ian Duncan.

1945	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Cheshire, Northwich	0.0486%	15	15,477	In this three-way race, Conservative Party candidate John Foster defeated Labour Party candidate Prof. Robert Chorley 15,477–15,473.

1968	Canada	Canadian federal	Oshawa—Whitby	0.0493%	15	15,224	New Democrat Ed Broadbent defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Michael Starr.

2016	United States Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives	Windsor-Orange 1 District	0.0498%	1	1,004	This was the fourth matchup between incumbent Democrat Sarah Buxton and Republican David Ainsworth (their first matchup had also been decided by one vote).

1940	United States Kansas	Kansas gubernatorial	Governor of Kansas	0.0505%	430	425,928	Burke came within 430 votes of beating Gov. Ratner for reelection.

1854	United States Pennsylvania	United States House of Representatives	Pennsylvania's 5th District	0.0510%	8	7,842	Democrat John Cadwalader defeated anti-Nebraska Whig Jones 7,842–7,834.

2009	Canada Quebec	Party Leader (second ballot)	Action démocratique du Québec	0.0511%	2	3,912	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.

1833	United States Indiana	United States House of Representatives	Indiana's 2nd District	0.0520%	2	1,921	In this 6-way race, Whig John Ewing defeated Democrat John W. Davis by 2 votes: 1921–1919.

1870	United States Pennsylvania	United States House of Representatives	Pennsylvania's 17th District	0.05324%	11	10,335	Democrat challenger Milton Speer defeated Republican incumbent Daniel J. Morrell by 11 votes: 10335-10324.

1887	Canada	Canadian federal	Montmorency	0.05328%	1	939	Liberal Charles Langelier defeated Conservative P. V. Valin.

2016	United States Arizona	United States House of Representatives Republican Primary	Arizona's 5th District	0.0535%	27	85,595	On the night of the Republican Primary for the seat being vacated by Congressman Matt Salmon, State Senator Andy Biggs lead by a total of 16 votes against Republican challenger Christine Jones.

1945	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Caithness and Sutherland	0.0539%	6	5,564	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.

1974	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Peterborough	0.05407%	22	20,353	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	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Hyndburn	0.05414%	21	19,405	Conservative Party candidate Ken Hargreaves defeated Labour Party candidate Arthur Davidson 19,405–19,384. This seat was created in 1983.

1986	United States North Carolina	United States House of Representatives	North Carolina's 6th District	0.0546%	79	144,579	Republican candidate Howard Coble defeated Democratic candidate Robin Britt.

1964	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Ealing North	0.0561%	27	20,809	Labour Party challenger William Molloy defeated Conservative Party incumbent John Barter 20,809–20,782.

2010	United States Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives	Windsor-Orange 1 District	0.0567%	1	882	On the initial tally, challenger Democrat Sarah Buxton and incumbent Republican David Ainsworth had 882-881 votes. On a recount, they were tied, with one mailed-in military vote for Buxton rejected.

2012	United States Iowa	United States presidential	Iowa Republican caucuses	0.0570%	34	29,839	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.

1930	United States Kansas	Kansas gubernatorial	Governor of Kansas	0.0576%	251	217,171	Harry H. Woodring won a three-way race between himself (217,171 votes), Frank Haucke (216,920), and John R. Hinckley (183,278).

1903	Australia	Australian House of Representatives	Riverina	0.0576%	5	4,341	Robert Blackwood defeated the sitting member John Chanter by five votes. The result was overturned and Chanter won a by-election by 363 votes.

1959	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Birmingham All Saints	0.05806%	20	17,235	Conservative Party challenger John Harold Hollingworth defeated Labour Party incumbent Denis Herbert Howell 17,235–17,215.

2011	Canada	Canadian federal	Nipissing—Timiskaming	0.05812%	18	15,495	Conservative Jay Aspin defeated Liberal incumbent Anthony Rota.

1870	United States Pennsylvania	United States House of Representatives	Pennsylvania's 16th District	0.0584%	15	12,859	Democrat challenger Benjamin F. Meyers defeated Republican incumbent John Cessna by 15 votes: 12,859–12,844.

1990	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary	11th Essex	0.0599%	5	4,175	Edward J. Clancy Jr. defeated Thomas M. McGee.

1972	Canada Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland general	Labrador South	0.06%	1	1,865	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.

2017	France	French legislative (2nd round)	Corrèze's 2nd constituency	0.06105%	23	18,849	Frédérique Meunier of The Republicans (LR) narrowly held onto his seat against ex-Socialist senator Patricia Bordas, invested by La République En Marche!

2017	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Kensington	0.06126%	20	16,333	Labour Emma Dent Coad defeated Conservative Victoria Borwick after 3 recounts over two days.

2016	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate	District 7	0.06128%	17	13,880	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	United States Michigan	Michigan gubernatorial	Governor of Michigan	0.0614%	1,154	935,152	Incumbent Democratic G. Mennen Williams defeated Republican former Governor Harry Kelly.

2018	United States Idaho	Idaho Senate	District 15	0.0615%	11	8,947	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	United States Washington (state)	Washington State Senate	District 42	0.06204%	45	36,291	Republican incumbent Doug Erickson defeated Democrat Pinky Vargas by 45 votes after a recount.

2010	United States Illinois	Illinois gubernatorial Republican Primary	Governor of Illinois	0.06209%	193	155,527	Bill Brady defeated Kirk Dillard.

1998	United States South Dakota	South Dakota House of Representatives	District 12	0.06217%	4	3,219	In this remarkable rematch, four candidates Democrats John R. McIntyre and Robert Litz; and, Republicans Hal Wick and Judy Rost were contesting two seats.

1892	United States California	United States presidential	California	0.06224%	147	269,609	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	United States Hawaii	United States presidential	Hawaii	0.06226%	115	92,410	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.

1970	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary	6th Hampden	0.0625%	3	2,400	In a 3-way race, James L. Grimaldi topped Anthony M.

1976	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts Senate Democratic Primary	2nd Essex and Middlesex	0.06262%	13	10,386	William X. Wall defeated James M. Shannon on his way to winning the seat.

2013	Australia	Australian federal	Division of Fairfax	0.06264%	53	42,330	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.

1896	United States Kentucky	United States presidential	Kentucky	0.06352%	277	218,171	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.

2012	United States New Mexico	New Mexico House of Representatives	District 37	0.0638%	8	6,267	Two weeks after the election was over, the vote was still tied and went to a recount, which Republican Terry McMillan won by 8 votes.

2000	United States New Mexico	United States presidential	New Mexico	0.0639%	366	286,783	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	United States New Hampshire	United States presidential	New Hampshire	0.06400%	56	43,781	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.

1828	United States Maine	United States House of Representatives	Maine's 5th District	0.0642%	3	2,495	In the September 1828 election, Reuel Washburn and James Ripley had 2,495–2,180 votes. But Maine law required that the winner have an absolute majority of the votes, i.e.

2004	United States Ohio	Ohio Senate Republican Primary	14th District	0.06438%	22	17,098	Jean Schmidt won the first count by 62 votes, but Tom Niehaus prevailed in a recount and went on to win the general election.

2016	United States New Mexico	New Mexico House of Representatives	29th District	0.0645%	9	6,976	Republican Dave Adkins recaptured his spot in the New Mexico House over challenger Ronnie Martinez. The original count had him ahead by just two votes.

2018	United States Iowa	Iowa House of Representatives	District 55	0.06503%	9	6,924	Republican Incumbent Michael Bergan won the initial vote count over Democrat Kayla Koether by 7 votes and the recount by 9.

2018	United States Minnesota	Minnesota House of Representatives	District 5A	0.06510%	11	8,454	Democratic-Farmer-Labor party candidate John Persell beat incumbent Republican Representative Matt Bliss by 11 votes after a recount that extended his margin by 3 votes.

1988	United States Iowa	Iowa House of Representatives Democratic Primary	District 67	0.06515%	1	768	Bob Hellyer won the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 67 by one vote. Hellyer received 768 and James Martley received 767.

2006	Italy	Italian general	Chamber of Deputies and Prime Minister	0.06518%	24,755	19,002,598	The centre-left coalition The Union led by Romano Prodi defeated the centre-right House of Freedoms of incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

1971	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 23	0.0677%	27	19,958	Herbert N. Morgan (R) narrowly defeated H. Richard Chew (D)

2008	Canada	Canadian federal	Vancouver South	0.06833%	22	16,110	Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh defeated Conservative Wai Young after two recounts.

1832	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 18th District	0.06834%	6	4,393	Democrat Daniel Wardwell defeated Anti-Masonic candidate Daniel Lee by 6 votes: 4,393–4,387.

2004	United States North Carolina	North Carolina general	North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture	0.06868%	2,287	1,666,197	Republican Steve Troxler defeated Democrat Britt Cobb.

1930	United States Missouri	United States House of Representatives	Missouri's 3rd District	0.0704%	46	32,669	According to the returns as originally certified, incumbent Jacob L. Milligan and challenger H.

1952	United States Kentucky	United States presidential	Kentucky	0.07065%	700	495,729	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 Democrat win in the Bluegrass State.

1974	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	East Dunbartonshire	0.071%	22	15,551	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.

2002	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	18th Worchester	0.0714%	4	2,803	Jennifer Callahan defeated Robert Dubois by 4 votes and then went on to win the seat. She lost re-election in 2010 and DuBois won nomination for the seat in 2012.

2014	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	1st Essex	0.0717%	10	6,978	James M. Kelcourse (R) defeated Edward C. Cameron (D).

1959	Singapore	Singaporean general	River Valley	0.07294%	5	3,430	People's Action Party candidate Lim Cheng Lock defeated Soh Ghee Soon of the Singapore People's Alliance.

2014	United States Arizona	United States House of Representatives	Arizona's 2nd district	0.07343%	161	109,704	Martha McSally defeated Ron Barber, officially announced a month after the election, after a legally-mandated recount. McSally had lost to Barber in 2012 by 2,454 votes.

1919	United States Maryland	Maryland gubernatorial	Governor of Maryland	0.0735%	165	112,240	After several days of vote counting, Mr. Ritchie was declared the winner, 112,240 votes to 112,075.

1870	United States Kentucky	United States House of Representatives	Kentucky's 8th District	0.0737%	18	12,226	Democrat incumbent George M. Adams defeated Republican challenger Hugh F. Finley by 18 votes: 12,226–12,208.

2016	United States Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania House of Representatives	District 31	0.07381%	28	18,982	Democrat Perry Warren defeated Republican Ryan Gallagher for District 31 of the PA House of Representatives.

2002	United States Colorado	United States House of Representatives	Colorado's 7th district	0.07403%	121	81,789	In the first race in this newly created Congressional district, Republican Bob Beauprez narrowly beat out Democrat Mike Feeley.

1940	Canada	Canadian federal	Cumberland	0.07438%	12	8,073	Liberal Percy Chapman Black defeated National Government incumbent Kenneth Judson Cochrane.

1923	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Huddersfield	0.0746%	26	17,430	Labour Party candidate James Hudson defeated Liberal Party candidate Arthur Marshall 17,430–17,404. (In this three-way race, Conservative Party C.

1988	Canada	Canadian federal	Northumberland, Ontario	0.07533%	28	18,600	Liberal candidate Christine Stewart narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Reg Jewell.

2018	United States Florida	Florida general	Commissioner of Agriculture	0.07535%	6,753	4,032,954	After a recount, Democrat Nikki Fried defeated Republican Matt Caldwell.

1987	United States Virginia	Virginia Senate	District 39	0.0755%	35	21,217	William C. Wampler Jr.

2006	Canada	Canadian federal	Parry Sound—Muskoka	0.0756%	28	18,513	Conservative candidate Tony Clement narrowly edged out Liberal MP Andy Mitchell.

1916	United States Arizona	Arizona gubernatorial	Governor of Arizona	0.0766%	43	28,094	The initial count had Thomas Campbell up by 30 votes. George Hunt, the incumbent, contested; but before that could be settled his term expired.

2010	United States Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives	Rutland 5-4 District	0.0770%	1	650	After the initial count had Gale Courcelle up by 1, a recount took one vote away from Doug Gage (R). Subsequent action awarded it back.

1974	United States North Dakota	United States Senate	North Dakota	0.0771%	177	114,852	Five-term Republican U.S. Senator Milton Young defeated former Democratic Governor William Guy by 177 votes out of 237,000 cast.

1990	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	7th Worcester	0.0780%	13	8,341	Democrat Paul Kollios defeated Independent Alan M. Tuttle.

1981	United States New Jersey	New Jersey gubernatorial	Governor of New Jersey	0.0784%	1,797	1,145,999	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	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	South Shields	0.0794%	25	15,760	In this three-way race, Liberal Party candidate Edward Harney defeated Labour Party William Lawther 15,760–15,735.

2013	United States New Jersey	New Jersey General Assembly	District 2	0.07954%	40	25,164	Democrat Vince Mazzeo defeated incumbent Republican John F. Amodeo after a recount.

1922	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Derbyshire, North-Eastern	0.0802%	15	9,359	In this three-way race, Labour Party candidate Frank Lee defeated Liberal Party candidate Joseph Stanley Holmes 9,359–9,344.

1922	United States Delaware	United States Senate	Delaware	0.0812%	60	36,954	Democratic attorney Thomas Bayard defeated appointed U.S. Senator T.

1990	United States New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives	Hillsborough 40 District	0.0818%	4	2,448	Robert Murphy (D) defeated Kathleen Souza (R) by 4 votes.

2018	United States Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives	54th District	0.0823%	37	22,484	Tom Morrison (R) defeated Maggie Trevor (D) by 37 votes.

1922	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Salford, North	0.0836%	19	11,368	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	Canada	Canadian federal	Selkirk	0.08400%	30	17,872	New Democrat incumbent Doug Rowland defeated Progressive Conservative Dean Whiteway.

1966	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	2nd Bristol	0.08436%	28	16,609	Democrat Edward P. Coury defeated fellow Democrat Ronald Anthony Pina.

1924	United States Iowa	United States Senate	Iowa	0.08439%	755	447,706	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.

1974	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary	41st Middlesex	0.08443%	3	1,778	Frank A. Antonelli topped Joseph Whelan by 3 votes and then lost the general election.

1858	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 9th District	0.0852%	13	7,637	Anti-Administration Democrat John B. Haskin defeated Democrat Gouverneur Kemble, 7,637–7,624. A third candidate Edward A. Andrews won 545 votes.

1998	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	1st Plymouth	0.0858%	11	6,417	Republican Vinny M. deMacedo defeated Democrat Joseph R. Gallitano.

2018	Pakistan	Pakistani general	Kasur-IV	0.0860%	249	124,644	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Talib Hassan Nakai defeated Pakistan Muslim League-N's Rana Muhammad Hayat 124,644-124,395.

1977	United States Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives	Windham-4 District	0.087%	1	572	On election night, Democrat Robert Emond was declared the victor over incumbent Republican Sydney Nixon by one vote. Nixon then petitioned for a recount in Windham Superior Court under the provisions of 17 V.S.A.

2000	Canada	Canadian federal	Laval Centre	0.08851%	42	23,746	Bloc Québécois MP Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral narrowly edged out Liberal Pierre Lafleur.

2012	France	French legislative	Eure second constituency	0.08928%	39	21,860	Socialist Jean-Louis Destans defeated incumbent Jean-Pierre Nicolas

1846	United States New Jersey	United States House of Representatives	New Jersey's 3rd District	0.0895%	16	8,942	John Runk and Isaac G. Farlee 8,942–8,926 votes.

1880	United States California	United States presidential	California	0.08960%	144	80,426	Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock takes advantage of opposition to Chinese immigration for the first Democratic win in California since 1856, but loses the electoral vote despite equaling Garfield in states won and popular vote.

1908	United States Missouri	United States presidential	Missouri	0.09066%	629	347,203	William Howard Taft wins a comfortable first term but takes Missouri by fewer than a thousand votes.

2000	United States Washington (state)	United States Senate	Washington	0.09301%	2229	1,199,437	Democrat Maria Cantwell unseated Republican Slade Gorton following a mandatory recount.

1961	United States Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates	District 66	0.0932%	5	2,684	James B. Fugate (D) defeated Dr.

1874	Canada	Canadian federal	Leeds South	0.09372%	3	1,602	Conservative David Ford Jones beat challenger W. H. Fredenburgh.

1848	United States Ohio	United States House of Representatives	Ohio's 10th District	0.0947%	16	8,454	Democrat Charles Sweetzer defeated Whig Daniel Duncan 8,454–8,438.

1962	Canada	Canadian federal	St. John's West	0.09495%	24	12,650	Liberal Richard Cashin defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent William Joseph Browne.

1857	United States Connecticut	United States House of Representatives	Connecticut's 4th District	0.0953%	16	8,403	Democrat William D. Bishop defeated a Republican named Orris S. Ferry 8403-8387.

1923	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead	0.0956%	17	8,892	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	United Kingdom	United Kingdom general	Nottingham, Central	0.0959%	22	11,481	Liberal Party candidate Reginald Berkeley defeated Conservative Party incumbent Albert Atkey 11,481–11,459. Berkeley was later and briefly a Hollywood screenwriter.

1998	United States Nevada	United States Senate	Nevada	0.09620%	401	208,621	Incumbent Democrat Harry Reid defeated Republican John Ensign.

1986	United States Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives	Chittenden 7-4 District	0.09625%	1	520	Ben Truman (D) defeated Terry Bouricius (I) by 1 vote. Bouricious would win a 1990 rematch by 54 votes.

2000	United States Montana	Montana Democratic Primary	Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction	0.09650%	61	31,634	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.

1839	United States Virginia	United States House of Representatives	Virginia's 15th District	0.09652%	4	2,074	Democrat William Lucas defeated Whig Richard Barton 2,074–2,070.

1984	Canada	Canadian federal	Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	0.09752%	38	19,502	Liberal MP Len Hopkins narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Don Whillans.

2002	United States Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives	3rd Barnstable	0.0983%	17	8,655	Democrat Matthew C. Patrick defeated Republican Larry F. Wheatley.

1878	Canada	Canadian federal	Jacques Cartier	0.09911%	2	1,010	Conservative Désiré Girouard defeated Liberal incumbent Rodolphe Laflamme.

1852	United States New York (state)	United States House of Representatives	New York's 26th District	0.09956%	17	8,546	Democrat Andrew Oliver defeated a Whig candidate named Woods 8,546–8,529.

2017	France	French legislative (2nd round)	Loire's 1st constituency	0.09972%	23	11,544	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!

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Cannon won by 48 votes against Paul Laxalt in a election for the U.S. Senate.

final_sentence: Cannon won by 48 votes against Paul Laxalt in a election for the U.S. Senate.