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This is a '''list of close election results''' on the [[Nation state|national]] level and within [[administrative division]]s. 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 proportional representation|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."<ref name="pivotal"/>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gillespie is Nominated|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090049/1902-09-10/ed-1/seq-2.pdf|access-date=27 December 2017|work=The San Angelo Press|date=10 September 1902}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=May 8, 1891|title=Foot-Race to Decide a Tie Vote|work=Indianapolis Journal|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=IJ18910508.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=May 10, 1891|title=Truth About That Foot-Race|work=Indianapolis Journal|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IJ18910510.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

==Table of close national and state elections==
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===Tied elections===
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{| class="wikitable sortable col5right"
! Year !! Country&nbsp;/<br />region
! Election !! width=150|District/race
! Total&nbsp;votes<br />cast for winner
! class=unsortable|Description
|-
| 1985 || {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Victoria}}
| [[1985 Victorian state election|Victorian Legislative Council]] || [[Nunawading Province|Nunawading]]
| {{nts|54,821}}
| [[Bob Ives (politician)|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 [[1985 Nunawading Province state by-election|the by-election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Legislative Council election of 2 March 1985 |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1985council.txt |access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}}
| [[2011 Swiss federal election|Swiss federal]] 
| [[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]]
| {{nts|23979}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2011TIl_it.html|title=Consiglio nazionale Cantone Ticino 2011|website=politik-stat.ch|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
| Marco Romano and Monica Duca Widmer both had 23,979 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wahlen2011/standard/tessiner-cvpkandidat-fordert-neuzaehlung-statt-losentscheid/story/13908070|title=Tessiner CVP-Kandidat fordert Neuzählung statt Losentscheid|newspaper=Tages-Anzeiger|via=www.tagesanzeiger.ch}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/i-have-cast-my-vote-what-happens-now/who-wins-if-two-or-more-candidates-get-the-same-number-of-vo/ |title = Homepage Swiss Federal elections 2019 – WWW.ch.ch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/odihr/87417|title=Switzerland, Federal Elections, 23 October 2011: Final Report |website=[[osce.org]]|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref> (There were 760,995 votes cast in total for 8 seats. The [[Partito Popolare Democratico Svizzero|PPD]] won two seats. Romano and Widmer, both of the PPD, were tied for the PPD's second seat.)
|-
| 1994 
| {{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Quebec}}
| [[1994 Quebec general election|National Assembly of Quebec]] 
| [[Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)|Saint-Jean]]
| {{nts|16536}}
| Incumbent [[Quebec Liberal Party|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/elections-et-referendums/circonscriptions/elections-dans-saint-jean/ |title=Election results in Saint-Jean |date=August 2008 |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1971
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 19
|{{nts|16410}}
|The initial vote count had [[Republican Party (United States)|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Whitaker|first1=Joseph|title=Youth, 18, Says He Cast Vote That, Thrown Out, Tied Race|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/31/elections-gone-wild-the-teen-who-messed-up-his-absentee-ballot-creating-va-s-last-tied-race/|access-date=5 January 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=25 December 1971}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vozella|first1=Laura|title=The teen who messed up his absentee ballot, creating Virginia's previous tied race|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/31/elections-gone-wild-the-teen-who-messed-up-his-absentee-ballot-creating-va-s-last-tied-race/|access-date=5 January 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=31 December 2017}}</ref> Two years later Moss would lose re-election by 0.03% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=1973 House of Delegates General Election District 19|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/48555/|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 
| {{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Quebec}}
| [[2003 Quebec general election|National Assembly of Quebec]] || [[Champlain (provincial electoral district)|Champlain]]
| {{nts|11852}}
| PQ candidate [[Noëlla Champagne]] tied with Liberal [[Pierre Brouillette]]. Consequently, a new vote was held 36 days later, which Champagne won by 642 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/elections-et-referendums/circonscriptions/elections-dans-champlain/ |title=Election results in Champlain |date=August 2008 |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[2017 Virginia House of Delegates election|Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 94
|{{nts|11608}}
|The initial vote count had incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] David Yancey ahead by 13 votes. After a canvas that included provisional ballots, Yancey's lead was cut to 10 votes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ponton|first1=Brendan|title=Control of Virginia House of Delegates could come down to Newport News district|url=http://wtkr.com/2017/11/13/control-of-virginia-house-of-delegates-could-come-down-to-newport-news-district/|access-date=24 December 2017|date=13 November 2017}}</ref> Following a recount, Yancey trailed [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] challenger [[Shelly Simonds]] by one vote out of 23,215 cast.<ref name=renaaminvirginia>{{cite web|last1=Amin|first1=Reena|title=After 94th District recount in Newport News, Simonds holds unofficial one-vote lead after trailing David Yancey|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-newport-news-94th-district-recount-20171214-story.html|website=Daily Press|date=19 December 2017 |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Carter|first1=Brandon|title=Dem appears to win recount in key Virginia House race by single vote|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/365664-dem-appears-to-win-recount-in-key-virginia-house-race-by-single-vote/|website=The Hill|access-date=19 December 2017|date=2017-12-19}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CarmenMForman/status/943565388104773639|title=A crude drawing of the ballot that was in question. Judges have counted the ballot and the race is now tied. But really, who fills out a ballot like this?! Listen to the instructions given by your poll workers, folks. …|first=Carmen|last=Forman|date=December 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="renaaminvirginia" /> The drawing of lots was later postponed after Simonds asked a state court to reconsider the disputed ballot.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stein|first1=Letitia|title=Virginia officials postpone draw to decide tied statehouse election|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-election/virginia-officials-postpone-draw-to-decide-tied-statehouse-election-idUSKBN1EL005?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews|access-date=27 December 2017|date=26 December 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCammon|first1=Sarah|title=Virginia Republican David Yancey Wins Tie-Breaking Drawing|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/04/573504079/virginia-republican-david-yancey-wins-tie-breaking-drawing|access-date=4 January 2018|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Had Simonds won instead, a 50–50 split would have prompted a power sharing arrangement between the two major parties.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Lydia|title=Shelly Simonds Concedes To David Yancey In Virginia Tiebreaker Race|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shelly-simonds-concedes_us_5a564239e4b03417e8743f7f|access-date=10 January 2018|work=Huffington Post|date=10 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019, the two met in a rematch in a redrawn district and Simonds won. 
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[2010 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|6th Worcester district
|{{nts|6587}}
|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/02/judge_rules_that_two_tied_in_central_mass_house_race/|title=Judge rules that two tied in Central Mass. House race|work=Boston.com|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> Six months later, a special election was held where Durant beat Alicea by 56 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/05/11/durant_breaks_6_month_tie_with_worcester_seat_victory/|title=Durant breaks 6-month tie with Worcester seat victory|work=Boston.com|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref>
|-
| 1963 || {{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Quebec}}
|style="white-space: nowrap"| [[1963 Canadian federal election|House of Commons of Canada]] || [[Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal electoral district)|Pontiac–Témiscamingue]]
| {{nts|6448}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=What to do with a tied vote? | date=7 February 2016 |url=http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=141318 |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts Senate|Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary]]
|Plymouth District
|{{nts|4543}}
|George F. Buckley and Michael Creedon tied, but Creedon secured the nomination and later the seat.<ref>{{cite web|title=1988 State Senate Democratic Primary Plymouth District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/3673/|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Dakota}}
|[[South Dakota House of Representatives]]
|District 12
|{{nts|4191}}
|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.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://ujs.sd.gov/Supreme_Court/opiniondetail.aspx?ID=947|title=Opinion|website=ujs.sd.gov|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/1996/1996_general_election_returns_legislative_races.aspx|title=Election Resources: South Dakota Secretary of State, Shantel Krebs|website=sdsos.gov|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref> Remarkably, two years later, McIntyre and Wick would again tie (at least on the initial count).
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| 1999 || {{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Nova Scotia}}
|style="white-space: nowrap"| [[1999 Nova Scotia general election|Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] || [[Shelburne (provincial electoral district)|Shelburne]]
| {{nts|3,206}}
| Progressive Conservative [[Cecil O'Donnell]] tied with Liberal [[Clifford Huskilson]] (3,206–3,206).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99SHELBU.pdf|title=Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 1999}}</ref> The returning officer broke the tie by pulling Mr. O'Donnell's name from a box.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F08%2F18+191.raw+PE99Aug18+2|title=Tories pull one out|date=2005-01-24|access-date=2017-06-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124075636/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F08%2F18+191.raw+PE99Aug18+2|archive-date=2005-01-24}}</ref>
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| 1886 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[1886 United Kingdom general election|House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] || [[Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashton-under-Lyne]]
| {{nts|3049}}
| Conservative incumbent [[John Edmund Wentworth Addison]] and Liberal challenger (and English cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Lancashire/Articles/1/1499.html|title=Lancashire player number 8&nbsp;– Rowley, Alexander Butler|website=cricketarchive.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>) [[Alexander Rowley|Alexander Butler Rowley]] were tied, 3,049–3,049. The [[Returning officer|Returning Officer]] (and also mayor<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzRLAQAAMAAJ|title=The Liberal and Radical Year Book: 1887–1889|date=1972|publisher=Harvester Press|isbn=9780855272920}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61543009/|title=The Morning News from Belfast, on July 5, 1886 |page= 5|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/crusadeagainstco00charuoft#page/436/mode/2up/|title=The crusade against the constitution : an historical vindication of the House of Lords|website=archive.org|access-date=2017-07-17|year=1895}}</ref>) James Walker<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKQxAQAAIAAJ|title=New Guinness Book of Records|last1=McWhirter|first1=Norris|last2=McWhirter|first2=Ross|date=1970|publisher=Guinness Superlatives}}</ref> broke the tie by casting a vote for Addison.<ref>''Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910'', by [[Henry Pelling]] (Macmillan 1967), p. 256</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|last=Craig|first=F. W. S.|year=1974|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/uk/south-west-england/cornwall/cornwall-cornishman/1886/06-03/page-6|title=Cornwall Cornishman Newspaper Archives|date=1886-06-03|page=6|work=NewspaperArchive.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/uk/middlesex/london/london-standard/1886/07-05/page-5|title=London Standard Newspaper Archives|date=1886-07-05|work=NewspaperArchive.com|access-date=2017-07-17|page=5}}</ref>
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|1978
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Rhode Island}}
|[[Rhode Island Senate]]
|Senatorial District 29
|{{nts|4110}}
|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Countbooks/1978%20Count%20Book.pdf|title=Official Count of the Ballots Cast, 1978|last=See pp. 250–251.|access-date=2017-05-29|archive-date=2012-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222024014/http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Countbooks/1978%20Count%20Book.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 1980
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire Senate|New Hampshire Senate Republican primary]]
| District 16
| {{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Game of Chance|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-sep-17-1980-p-44/|access-date=20 January 2018|work=Bluefield Daily Telegraph|date=17 September 1980}}</ref> Podles won a rematch in 1982.
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|1958
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Alaska}}
|[[Alaska Senate]]
|District B
|{{nts|1953}}
|Republican candidate Boardman and Democrat "Bo" Smith both received 1,953 votes in Senate District B in Southeastern Alaska around [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]]. The Democratic-controlled [[Alaska Senate]] resolved the tie in favor of Smith.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Returns of General Election Held November 26, 1958 |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/58GENR/1958-genr.pdf |website=Alaska Elections |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> 
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|1994
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Wyoming}}
|[[Wyoming House of Representatives]]
|District 21
|{{nts|1941}}
|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 (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'') Secretary of State [[Kathy Karpan]] drew a ping pong ball with Luthi's name out of Governor Sullivan's rumpled cowboy hat.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSQTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167|title=Reflections: An Autobiography|last=Ferrari|first=Dave|date= 2013|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781491713044}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/mayor-s-race-ends-in-tie/article_12671cb1-8c1d-5444-b1aa-b88315b04a9e.html|title=Mayor's race ends in tie|first=Jeremy  |last=Pelzer |work=Casper Star-Tribune Online|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
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|1826
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|[[1826 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district|Pennsylvania's 2nd District]]
|{{nts|1,597}}
|Adams Federalist [[John Sergeant (politician)|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've swung the regular election to Horn, but the House dismissed the contest because Horn had voluntarily relinquished his rights.<ref name="Contested1789to1834"/>
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|2006
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Alaska}}
|[[Alaska House of Representatives|Alaska House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|District 37
|{{nts|1534}}
|After a recount, a [[Alaska Supreme Court|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pemberton|first1=Mary|title=Edgmon wins Alaska House by toss of a coin|url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/092606/sta_20060926010.shtml|access-date=21 December 2017|date=26 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053050/http://juneauempire.com/stories/092606/sta_20060926010.shtml|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Bryce Edgmon]], the winner of the coin toss, went on to be Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Trip|title=Virginia's Tiebreaker Drawing is Back On. But It May Not Settle House Race|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/virginia-race.html|access-date=11 January 2018|date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
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|2004
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Montana}}
|[[Montana House of Representatives]]
|District 12
|{{nts|1559}}
|The [[2004 Montana House of Representatives election|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Jim |title=Ruling Puts Democrats in Control in Montana |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/politics/ruling-puts-democrats-in-control-in-montana.html |access-date=21 August 2024 |work=New York Times |date=29 December 2004}}</ref>
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| 1887 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1887 Canadian federal election|House of Commons of Canada]] || [[Joliette (federal electoral district)|Joliette]]
| {{nts|1532}}
| Conservative [[Édouard Guilbault]] tied Liberal F. Neveu, but won the seat after the deciding vote was cast by the returning officer.<ref name="can1887"/>
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| 1896 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1896 Canadian federal election|House of Commons of Canada]] || [[Assiniboia West]]
| {{nts|1502}}
| 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.<ref name="can1896">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=8&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 8th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|2015
|{{flagicon|Canada}}
|[[2015 Prince Edward Island general election|Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island]]
|[[Vernon River-Stratford]]
|{{nts|1173}}
|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.pe.ca/photos/original/elec_CEOrpt2015.pdf|title=2015 Report from the Chief Electoral Officer of Prince Edward Island|access-date=2017-06-22|archive-date=2016-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331204954/http://www.assembly.pe.ca/photos/original/elec_CEOrpt2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/liberal-alan-mcisaac-wins-seat-in-coin-toss-after-recount-tie-1.3079433|title=Coin toss decides winner of P.E.I. seat after tie vote|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2015/5/13/pc-candidate-mary-ellen-mcinnis-requesti-4144769.html|title=PC candidate Mary Ellen McInnis requesting recount|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-06-22}} {{dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3/newsroom/index.php3?number=news&newsnumber=10198&dept=&lang=E|title=Government of PEI: News Releases|last=Canada|first=Province of Prince Edward Island|website=gov.pe.ca|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/opinion/editorials/2015/5/21/simple-coin-toss-almost-trivializes-vern-4154123.html|title=Simple coin toss almost trivializes Vernon River-Stratford election outcome|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-06-22}} {{dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 
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|2022
|{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
|[[2022 New Hampshire House of Representatives election|New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
|[[Strafford County, New Hampshire|Strafford District 8]]
|{{nts|970}}
|The [[Results of the 2022 New Hampshire House of Representatives election|November 2022 election]] to this seat in the city of [[Rochester, New Hampshire|Rochester]] ended in a tie of 970–970 between [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Chuck Grassie]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|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.<ref name="New Hampshire Do-Over">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Jenna |date=December 12, 2022 |title=After an Election Tie in New Hampshire, a Do-Over Without the Drama |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/us/new-hampshire-state-house-election-tie.html |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> In the end, Chuck Grassie won with over 55% of the vote, a 4% over-performance for Democrats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=West |first=Nancy |date=2023-02-22 |title=Grassie Wins Ward 4 Rochester House Seat in Special Election |url=https://indepthnh.org/2023/02/21/grassie-wins-ward-4-rochester-house-seat-in-special-election/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=InDepthNH.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=State of New Hampshire – 2022 General Election State Representative – Strafford County |url=https://www.sos.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt561/files/inline-documents/sonh/2022-ge-house-strafford-remediated.pdf |website=sos.nh.gov |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
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| 2025 || {{flagicon|Uruguay}} {{flagicon|Canelones}}
| [[2025 Uruguayan municipal elections|Uruguayan municipal elections]]|| [[San Bautista]]
| {{nts|857}}
| Joaquín Farina ([[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]]) tied with Roberto Siriani ([[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]]) in the race for mayor of the San Bautista Municipality in Canelones, Uruguay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-17 |title=Hay empate en el municipio de San Bautista y el alcalde se define por sorteo o nueva elección local |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/hay-empate-el-municipio-san-bautista-y-el-alcalde-se-define-sorteo-o-nueva-eleccion-local-n977354 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=subrayado.com.uy |language=es-UY}}</ref> 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 of Uruguay|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-21 |title=Se definió por sorteo: Joaquín Farina, del Partido Colorado, es el nuevo alcalde de San Bautista |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/san-bautista-define-sorteo-a-su-nuevo-alcalde-joaquin-farina-roberto-siriani |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=EL PAIS |language=es-UY}}</ref>
|}

===List of close election results in single-winner, majoritarian and STV races===
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{| class="wikitable sortable col6right col7right"
! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Country<br />region
! rowspan=2|Election !!rowspan=2|District/race
! colspan=2|Margin
! rowspan=2|Total&nbsp;votes<br /> cast for winner
! class=unsortable rowspan=2|Description
|-
! (%)
! (votes)
|-
| 1974 || {{flagicon|US|1960}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1974|United States Senate]]
| New Hampshire
| 0.000901% || 2 || {{nts|110926}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6379|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– NH US Senate Race&nbsp;– Nov 05, 1974|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
| 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Closest_election_in_Senate_history.htm |title=U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1964–Present > Closest Election in Senate History |publisher=Senate.gov |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1839
|{{flagicon|US|1837}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts|1908}}
| [[1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election|Massachusetts gubernatorial]]
| [[Governor of Massachusetts]]
|0.00098%
|1
|{{nts|51,034}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrZXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA16|title=The Politician's Register; Containing the Result of the Elections which Have Taken Place During the Years 1836–1840, for President, Members of Congress, and State Officers, Etc. Second Edition. [By Nathaniel Hickman.]|last1=States|first1=United|last2=Hickman|first2=Nathaniel|date=1840|publisher=G. H. Hickman}}</ref>
|[[Marcus Morton]] and the incumbent [[Whig Party (United States)|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."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zP7DCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT103 |title=Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States |isbn=9780190235291 |last1=Foley |first1=Edward |year= 2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Iowa's 2nd congressional district|Iowa's 2nd District]]
|0.00152%
|6
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rita Hart's appeal to Congress doesn't have a happy ending, especially after she passed over Iowa judges. She should concede. |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/12/12/iowa-2nd-congressional-district-election-rita-hart-challenge-error-editorial/3875981001/ |access-date=1 April 2021 |date=12 December 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notice Of Contest Hart v Miller-Meeks |url=https://cha.house.gov/sites/democrats.cha.house.gov/files/documents/committee_docs/Notice%20Of%20Contest%20Hart%20v%20Miller-Meeks.pdf |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318172914/https://cha.house.gov/sites/democrats.cha.house.gov/files/documents/committee_docs/Notice%20Of%20Contest%20Hart%20v%20Miller-Meeks.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sprunt |first1=Barbara |title=Democrat Rita Hart Abandons Election Challenge In House Race Decided By 6 Votes |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/983159841/democrat-rita-hart-abandons-election-challenge-in-house-race-lost-by-6-votes |access-date=1 April 2021 |work=NPR |date=31 March 2021}}</ref> It was the 2nd closest House race in US history and the closest since 1824.
|-
|2025
|{{flagicon|Canada}}
|[[2025 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]]
|[[Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne]]
|0.00164%
|1
|{{nts|23352}}
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[Tatiana Auguste]] defeated [[Bloc Québécois]] incumbent [[Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné]] by one vote after a judicial recount.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steven |first=Benjamin Lopez |date=May 10, 2025 |title=Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terrebone-recount-liberal-1.7532136 |website=CBC News}}</ref>
|-
| 1984 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1984 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[Indiana's 8th congressional district|Indiana's 8th District]]
| 0.00171% || 4 || {{nts|116645}}
| 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawyer |first1=Kathy |title=Democrat Declared Winner Over Rep. Hansen in Idaho: Decision Immediately Challenged |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=22 November 1984}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickenson |first1=James R. |title=Republican Declared Winner Of House Race in Indiana |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=15 December 1984}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=House Republicans Are Unable to Seat Indiana Member |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=8 February 1985}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Task Force Gives Democrat 4-Vote Victory |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=19 April 1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=House Seats McCloskey |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2 May 1985}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|[[2013 Australian federal election|Australian Senate]]
|[[Australian Senate|Western Australia]]
|0.002125%
|1
|{{nts|23532}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Federal Election 2013: issues, dynamics, outcomes |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/FedElection2013 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>
|Before [[Australian Senate#Electoral system|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-08/wa-senate-result-came-down-to-just-one-vote/5080162|title=WA Senate result came down to just one vote|date=2013-11-08|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Louisiana}}
|[[2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election|Caddo Parish sheriff]]
|Sheriff of [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo Parish]]
|0.002312%
|1
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hennessy-Fiske |first1=Molly |title=How to elect a Louisiana sheriff: Runoff, recount, reversal, repeat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/24/sheriff-election-louisiana-caddo-parish/ |access-date=April 1, 2024 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=March 26, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1910
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York (state)}}
|[[1910 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 36th congressional district|New York's 36th District]]
|0.00242%
|1
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/16/nyregion/recount-shows-rep-gejdenson-wins-in-connecticut-by-4-votes.html|title=Recount Shows Rep. Gejdenson Wins in Connecticut by 4 Votes|last=Johnson|first=Kirk|date=1994-11-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary]]
|3rd District
|0.00340%
|1
|{{nts|14716}}
|[[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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1988 Governor's Council Democratic Primary 3rd District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/3574/|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Candidate loses by one vote, his own|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78520216|access-date=6 January 2018|work=Tyrone Daily Herald|date=5 October 1988}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 || {{flagicon|Russia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
| [[2003 Russian legislative election|Russian legislative]] || Sverdlovsk Oblast District 163
| 0.00342% || 5 || {{nts|73083}}
| Incumbent Georgy Leontyev held the seat by five votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.33333.ru/elections.php?2003=manda&st=163|title=Государственная Дума&nbsp;– Выборы » 2003 » Каменск-Уральский одномандатный избирательный округ №163|publisher=Архив политической рекламы|access-date=May 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220111943/http://www.33333.ru/elections.php?2003=manda&st=163|archive-date=December 20, 2010}}</ref> despite allegations of vote manipulation, later rejected by the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sudbiblioteka.ru/vs/text_big2/verhsud_big_30224.htm3|title=Определение Верховного Суда от 14.04.2004 N 45-Г04-6|publisher=Sudbiblioteka.ru|access-date=May 27, 2012}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|-
| 1919 || {{flagicon|Australia}}
| [[1919 Australian federal election|Australian House of Representatives]] || [[Division of Ballarat|Ballarat]]
| 0.00369% || 1 || {{nts|13569}}
| [[Edwin Kerby]] defeated incumbent MP [[Charles McGrath (politician)|Charles McGrath]] by a single vote. The result was voided by the [[Court of Disputed Returns (Australia)|Court of Disputed Returns]], which criticised the "almost incredible carelessness" of the electoral officers. McGrath won [[1920 Ballaarat by-election|the subsequent by-election]]. <ref>{{cite web |first1=Hannah|last1=Gobbett|first2=Simon|last2=Speldewinde|first3=Rob |last3=Lundie |date=7 May 2019|title=First, most and more: facts about the Federal Parliament |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Research/Research_Papers/2018-19/FederalParliamentFacts |website=APH |location=Canberra, Australia |publisher=Australian Parliamentary Library |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2013/October/A_close-run_thing_the_narrowest_of_margins_UPDATED|title=A close-run thing: the narrowest of margins |first=Toby|last=Bellwood|date=2 October 2013|publisher=Australian Parliamentary Library|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)#1990s|Winchester]]
| 0.00383% || 2 || {{nts|26100}}
| In the General Election, [[Mark Oaten]] led [[Gerry Malone]] by 2 votes (26,100–26,098).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winchester.gov.uk/assets/files/14402/Elections-PE-Results-Sheet.pdf|title=Winchester constituency General Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903081021/http://www.winchester.gov.uk/assets/files/14402/Elections-PE-Results-Sheet.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrow-elections.co.uk/app/download/3408559/1978AppendixJ.pdf|title=The Roxbourne Case, Appendix J|access-date=2023-11-03|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011017/http://www.harrow-elections.co.uk/app/download/3408559/1978AppendixJ.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the subsequent by-election, Oaten easily beat Malone (37,006–15,450).
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[1992 Philippine Senate election|Philippine Senate]]
|At-large
|0.00398%
|966
|{{nts|3,964,966}}
|The [[Philippine Senate]] is elected via [[multiple non-transferable vote]]. The 24th placed candidate, [[Butz Aquino]] of [[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]], edged out [[Alfredo Bengzon]] of [[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]] to win out the last Senate seat.
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[2022 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|2nd Essex
|0.00425%
|1
|{{nts|11763}}
|[[Kristin Kassner]] (D) defeated incumbent [[Leonard Mirra]] (R).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mass. House Democrat who won by 1 vote takes seat after split panel recommendation|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/02/02/ma-house-democrat-2nd-essex-district-kristin-kassner/|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1882
|{{flagicon|USA|1877}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1882 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Virginia's 1st congressional district|Virginia's 1st District]]
|0.00476%
|1
|{{nts|10505}}
|The initial tally had incumbent Democrat [[George Tankard Garrison|George T. Garrison]] up 70 votes on [[Readjuster Party|Readjuster]] challenger [[Robert Murphy Mayo|Robert M. Mayo]]. The Readjuster-controlled State Board of Canvassers then threw out the votes of [[Gloucester County, Virginia|Gloucester County]] and [[Hog Island (Virginia)|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/pages/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=639413|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– Race Detail Page|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barnes|first=Brooks Miles|date=1981|title=The Congressional Elections of 1882 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia|jstor=4248516|journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|volume=89|issue=4|pages=467–486}}</ref>
|-
|1868
|{{flagicon|USA|1867}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[1868 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[North Carolina's 7th congressional district|North Carolina's 7th District]]
|0.004841%
|1
|{{nts|10329}}
|[http://www.ncpedia.org/biography/durham-plato 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalpapers10trin#page/30|title=Historical papers of the Trinity College Historical Society [serial]|website=archive.org|year=1897|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref name = horace>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA76 |title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register|last1=Greeley|first1=Horace |last2=Cleveland|first2=John Fitch|last3= Ottarson|first3=F. J.|last4=Schem|first4=Alexander Jacob|last5=McPherson|first5=Edward|last6=Rhoades|first6=Henry Eckford|date=1868 |publisher=Tribune Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/eveningjournalal1870amer#page/n45/mode/2up/ |title=The evening journal ... almanac |website=archive.org|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/democraticalmana1869unse#page/n83/mode/2up/search/|title=Democratic almanac ... and political compendium.|website=archive.org|year=1866|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78520261 |access-date=20 January 2018|work=The western Democrat Charlotte|date=9 March 1869 |title=Clipped from the Charlotte Democrat |page=2}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Washington}}
| [[2004 Washington gubernatorial election|Washington gubernatorial]]
| [[Governor of Washington]]
| 0.004842% || 133 ||{{nts|1373361}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/2004gov_race.aspx|title=2004 Governor's Race&nbsp;– Elections & Voting&nbsp;– WA Secretary of State|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
| Democrat [[Christine Gregoire]] defeated Republican [[Dino Rossi]], following two recounts, after the initial count and first recount showed Rossi as the winner.
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|India}}
| [[2024 Indian general election|Indian general]]
| [[Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North West]]
| 0.00503% || 48 || {{nts|452644}}
| [[Ravindra Waikar]] ([[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]) won with a 48-vote-lead against Amol Gajanan Kirtikar ([[Shiv Sena (UBT)]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS1327.htm|work=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=
General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June–2024 Parliamentary Constituency 27 – Mumbai North West (Maharashtra)|access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|Hungary}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Budapest}} 
| [[2024 Budapest mayoral election|Budapest local]]
| [[Mayor of Budapest]]
| 0.00524%
| 41
| {{nts|371,578}}
| The candidate of the [[DK–MSZP–Dialogue Alliance|centre-left opposition]] candidate [[Gergely Karácsony]] defeated [[LMP – Hungary's Green Party|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.valasztas.hu/sajtokozlemeny-2024/29 | title=SajtÃ³kÃ¶zlemÃ©ny 2024/29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20240614/fopolgarmester-valasztas-karacsony-gergely-gyozott-de-uj-valasztas-johet-budapest-vezeteseert-692517 | title=Főpolgármester-választás: Karácsony Gergely győzött, de új választás jöhet Budapest vezetéséért | date=14 June 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| 1931 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)#1930s|Ilkeston]]
| 0.00569% || 2 || {{nts|17587}}
| [[Abraham Flint|A.J. Flint]] ([[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]) gained the seat from [[George Oliver (politician)|George Oliver]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|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.<ref>''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)</ref>
|-
|2002 || {{flagicon|Ireland}}
|[[2002 Irish general election|Irish general]]
|[[Limerick West (Dáil constituency)#2002 general election|Limerick West]]
|0.00584% || 1 || {{nts|8564}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionsireland.org/counts.cfm?election=2002&cons=160&ref=|title=Limerick West|website=electionsireland.org|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2002/2002-07-21_dail-general-election-may-2002-results-and-transfer-of-votes_en.pdf|title=29th Dáil General Election May, 2002 Election Results and Transfer of Votes|website=oireachtas.ie|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
|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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/finucane-concedes-defeat-50898.html|title=Finucane concedes defeat|website=breakingnews.ie|date=20 May 2002|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/closest-irish-election-results-in-history-2625155-Feb2016/|title=Every vote counts: The closest election results in recent Irish history|website=thejournal.ie|date=26 February 2016 |access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
|-
|1854
|{{flagicon|USA|1851}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
|[[1854 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Illinois's 7th congressional district|Illinois' 7th District]]
|0.00592%
|1
|{{nts|8452}}
|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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hUAFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA811|title=The Congressional Globe ...|date=1856|publisher=Printed at the Globe Office for the editors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/casescontestede01bartgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/casescontestede01bartgoog/page/n163 169]|title=Congressional Serial Set|date=1865|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref>

A special election in 1856 was a rematch between Allen and Archer, and Allen soundly defeated Archer 13,081–10,136.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tribunealmanac02unkngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/tribunealmanac02unkngoog/page/n511 61]|title=The Tribune Almanac|date=1868|publisher=New York Tribune}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Alabama}}
| [[2022 Alabama Senate election#District 27|Alabama State Senate Republican primary]]
| District 27
| 0.00597% 
| 1
| {{nts|8373}}
|[[Jay Hovey]] defeated incumbent [[Tom Whatley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hovey wins GOP nomination after Whatley withdraws from Senate District 27 race|date=July 2022 |url=https://www.auburnvillager.com/news/hovey-wins-gop-nomination-after-whatley-withdraws-from-senate-district-27-race/article_e2c9b390-f954-11ec-89f1-230fca26c55d.html|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|South Korea}}
| [[2000 South Korean legislative election|South Korean legislature]] || [[Gwangju, Gyeonggi|Gwangju]]
| 0.00614% || 3 || {{nts|16675}}
| GNP [[Park Hyuk-kyu]] defeated MDP [[Moon Hak-jin]] by an official tally of a three-vote difference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/04/113_22238.html|title=A Look at Election Through Numbers|date=April 9, 2008|website=koreatimes}}</ref>
|-
|1966
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]
|0.00626%
|3
|{{nts|23944}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent Sir [[Harmar Nicholls]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]] 23,944–23,941. Ward would again challenge and lose in 1970 and Feb 1974, but would win in Oct 1974.
|-
|1847
|{{flagicon|USA|1847}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1846 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Indiana's 6th congressional district|Indiana's 6th District]]
|0.0067%
|1
|{{nts|7455}}
|Whig George G. Dunn defeated Democrat David M. Dobson 7,455–7,454.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvOHAAAAMAAJ&q=dunn+7455+Dobson+7454|title=Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections|last1=Moore|first1=John Leo|last2=Preimesberger|first2=Jon P.|last3=Tarr|first3=David R.|date=2001-01-01|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781568026022}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|CO}}
| [[2024 Colorado House of Representatives election|Colorado House of Representatives]] || House District 16
| 0.00727% || 3 || {{nts|41279}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zelinger |first1=Marshall |title=Republican wins Colorado State House race by 3 votes |url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/republican-wins-colorado-state-house-race-rebecca-keltie/73-18ab4674-6fc1-4f92-beb4-ec30a73abb38 |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=9news |date=6 December 2024}}</ref> The race carried extra importance as the seat cost Democrats their supermajority in the House.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodland |first1=Marianne |title=Colorado Democrats lose supermajority after Republican confirmed winner of House race |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/denver-gazette/automatic-recounts-colorado-house/article_efe03a7c-b3e7-11ef-98c3-03b905c2a6e6.html |access-date=10 December 2024 |date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]]
| 0.00728% || 2 || {{nts|13743}}
| [[Stephen Gethins]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] saw off a challenge by Elizabeth Riches of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] to retain the seat of former leader [[Menzies Campbell]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fife North East 2017 Election Parliament Results|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000049|work=BBC News|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1962
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Minnesota}}
|[[1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Minnesota gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of Minnesota]]
|0.00734%
|91
|{{nts|619842}}
|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gillmore |first1=Susan |title=Minnesota had an even closer race in '62 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/minnesota-had-an-even-closer-race-in-62/ |access-date=19 September 2018 |work=The Seattle Times |date=13 January 2005}}</ref> After the recount, it was determined that Rolvaag of the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]] had defeated Andersen, [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican]], by 91 votes out of over 1.2 million cast. Rolvaag collected 619,842 votes to Andersen's 619,751.
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[2020 North Carolina judicial elections|North Carolina Judicial]]
|[[North Carolina Supreme Court|Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court]]
|0.00744%
|401
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=NC GOP wins all 8 statewide judicial races as Chief Justice Cheri Beasley concedes election to Paul Newby |url=https://www.wral.com/nc-gop-wins-all-8-statewide-judicial-races-as-chief-justice-cheri-beasley-concedes-election-to-paul-newby/19426222/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1916
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[1918 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Iowa's 11th congressional district|Iowa's 11th District]]
|0.00768%
|4
|{{nts|26033}}
|In the initial vote count, the sitting member Republican [[George Cromwell Scott|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 Democratically-controlled House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6/html/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6-22.htm|title=Cannon's Precedents, Volume 6&nbsp;– Chapter 169&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1917 To 1920|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
|-
|1991
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1991 Virginia House of Delegates election|Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 53
|0.00770%
|1
|{{nts|6493}}
|After a recount, [[Jim Scott (Virginia politician)|Jim Scott]] won by a single vote, earning him the nickname "Landslide Jim".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schudel|first1=Matt|title=James M. Scott, Fairfax County delegate in Virginia legislature, dies at 78|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-m-scott-fairfax-county-delegate-in-virginia-legislature-dies-at-78/2017/04/20/f8fa6ac4-251a-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html|access-date=13 January 2018|date=20 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|[[Kentucky House of Representatives]]
|13th Representative District
|0.0079%
|1
|{{nts|6319}}
|In the initial count, Democrat [[Jim Glenn]] defeated Republican incumbent [[DJ Johnson (politician)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayse |first1=James |title=Glenn sworn in as 13th District representative |url=http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/glenn-sworn-in-as-th-district-representative/article_af768db8-69d7-58cc-a90c-602714c7c50e.html |access-date=9 January 2019 |work=Messenger-inquirer |date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104115933/http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/glenn-sworn-in-as-th-district-representative/article_af768db8-69d7-58cc-a90c-602714c7c50e.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sorce |first1=Ashley |title=Glenn, Johnson recount possible Saturday, estimated to cost $10,200 |url=https://www.owensborotimes.com/features/business/2019/01/glenn-johnson-recount-possible-saturday-estimated-to-cost-10200/ |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beam |first1=Adam |title=Kentucky House race ends in tie after recount: 'Normally, you don't count invalid ballots' |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/3/jim-glenn-dj-johnson-kentucky-house-race-ends-tie-/ |access-date=4 February 2019 |work=Washington Times |date=3 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sorce |first1=Ashley |title=Glenn claims Johnson interfered in recount; local board of elections asked to testify |url=https://www.owensborotimes.com/news/2019/02/glenn-claims-johnson-interfered-in-recount-local-board-of-elections-asked-to-testify/ |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=Owensboro Times |date=5 February 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beam |first1=Adam |title=GOP candidate withdraws challenge for Kentucky House seat |url=https://www.richmondregister.com/news/election/gop-candidate-withdraws-challenge-for-kentucky-house-seat/article_c510f657-c9a5-54dd-9f73-6e3e85a4856f.html |access-date=8 February 2019 |work=The Rich}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|New York State Senate
|District 50
|0.00812%
|10
|{{nts|61579}}
|Incumbent Democrat [[John Mannion (American politician)|John Mannion]] defeated Republican Rebecca Shiroff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mannion beats Shiroff by 10 votes in 50th NY Senate district; judge orders election certified|date=19 December 2022 |url=https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2022/12/mannion-beats-shiroff-by-10-votes-in-50th-ny-senate-district-judge-orders-election-certified.html|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>

|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|North Carolina District Court
|District 5
|0.00813%
|5
|{{nts|30746}}
|Lindsey McKee Luther defeated Kent Harrell for North Carolina District Court, District 5 by five votes: 30,746–30,741.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NC District Court District 5 Election Results from North Carolina Board of Elections|url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2014&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=0|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)|Carmarthen]]
|0.00851%
|3
|{{nts|17165}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Gwynoro Jones]] defeated [[Plaid Cymru]] candidate [[Gwynfor Evans]] 17,165–17,162.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i05.htm|title=UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202730/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i05.htm|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jones had also beaten Evans in 1970, but would lose to Evans in Oct 1974.
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Washington}}
|[[Washington House of Representatives|Washington House of Representatives Republican primary]]
|[[Washington's 26th legislative district|26th Legislative District]]
|0.00852%
|1
|{{nts|5870}}
|Ed Mitchell defeated Kevin Entze by one vote: 5,870–5,869.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx|title=Election Search Results&nbsp;– Elections & Voting&nbsp;– WA Secretary of State |access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20021002/dige02m/lynnwood-teen-missing-for-week|title=Local News {{!}} Lynnwood teen missing for week|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=One vote decides it in 26th District|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/One-vote-decides-it-in-26th-District-1097434.php|access-date=29 December 2017|date=1 October 2002}}</ref> Mitchell went on to narrowly lose the general election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Some Friends Just Have Brain Lock!|date=5 September 2008|url=http://onevoteoddities.blogspot.com/2008/09/some-friends-just-have-brain-lock.html|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1912
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kansas}}
|[[1912 Kansas gubernatorial election|Kansas gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of Kansas]]
|0.00866%
|29
|{{nts|167437}}
|[[George H. Hodges]] defeated the popular Republican [[Arthur Capper]] by a razor-thin margin of 29 votes out of 359,684 cast.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Titus|first=James E.|date=1964|title=Kansas Governors: A Resumé of Political Leadership|jstor=445714|journal=The Western Political Quarterly|volume=17|issue=2|pages=356–370|doi=10.2307/445714}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9XiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA368|title=Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States|last=Foley|first=Edward|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190235277}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=KS Governor 1912 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265561 |access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1948 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Texas}}
| [[1948 United States Senate election in Texas|United States Senate Democratic primary runoff]] || Texas
| 0.00880% || 87 || {{nts|494191}}
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] was declared the winner over [[Coke R. Stevenson]] despite suspicion about 202 votes reported six days after the election from [[Box 13 scandal|Precinct 13]] of [[Jim Wells County, Texas|Jim Wells County]].
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont Senate]]
|[[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland County]]
|0.00911%
|2
|{{nts|10978}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/view/77641/|title=VT Elections Database » 1996 State Senator General Election Rutland District|website=VT Elections Database|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200702/http://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/view/77641/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/1998/JOURNAL/SJ970115.HTM|title=JOURNAL OF THE VERMONT SENATE|website=leg.state.vt.us|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/1998/journal/sj970128.htm|title=Journal of the Vermont Senate |website=leg.state.vt.us|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Florida}}
|[[2000 United States presidential election|United States presidential]]
| [[United States presidential election in Florida, 2000|Florida]]
| 0.00921% || 537 || {{nts|2912790}}
| Republican [[George W. Bush]] was ahead of Democrat [[Al Gore]] after the initial count by 1,784 votes. After a mandatory statewide [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount]] his lead was cut to 327.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blomquist |first1=Brian |title=Bush fears monkey business Florida recount has Gore down by 327 |url=https://nypost.com/2000/11/11/bush-fears-monkey-business-florida-recount-has-gore-down-by-327/ |access-date=10 October 2018 |work=The New York Post |date=11 November 2017}}</ref> After military and overseas ballots were added in, his lead increased to 930.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sallah |first1=Michael |title=Overseas votes triple Bush lead |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2000/11/19/Overseas-votes-triple-Bush-lead.html?abnpageversion=evoke |access-date=10 October 2018 |work=The Blade |date=19 November 2000}}</ref> An additional hand recount was [[Bush v. Gore|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 || {{flagicon|Italy}} 
| [[2001 Italian general election|Italian Senate]] || [[:it:Collegio elettorale di Marino (Senato della Repubblica)|Marino]]
| 0.00929%
| 14 
| {{nts|62330}}
| Olive Tree candidate {{Ill|Severino Lavagnini|lt=Severino Lavagnini|it}} was elected, but the defeated [[House of Freedoms]] candidate won a seat via levelling seats.
|-
| 1982
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire Senate]]
| District 8
| 0.00934% 
| 1
| {{nts|5352}}
| Incumbent Republican George Wiggins defeated Democrat Fred Belair by 1 vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=1982 State Senator General Election District 8|url=http://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/61620/|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 2010s|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| 0.00939% || 4 || {{nts|21304}}
| [[Michelle Gildernew]] ([[Sinn Féin]]) defeated [[Independent Unionist]] [[Rodney Connor]] by 4 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/707.stm |title=Election 2010 &#124; Constituency &#124; Fermanagh & South Tyrone |work=BBC News |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>  Connor had the support of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] and the [[Ulster Unionist Party]], the two main [[Ulster unionism|unionist]] parties in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8610725.stm | publisher=BBC News|accessdate=20 May 2022 | title=Unionist 'unity' candidate agreed | date=9 April 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Unionist_dismay>{{cite news|title=Unionist dismay as election case falters|url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/unionist-dismay-as-election-case-falters-1-1867964|accessdate=15 May 2014|work=News Letter|date=23 October 2010|publisher=National World Publishing|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517145622/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/unionist-dismay-as-election-case-falters-1-1867964|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
| [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
| [[Connecticut's 81st House of Representatives district|District 81]]
| 0.00944% 
| 1
| {{nts|10593}}
| Democrat [[Chris Poulos (politician)|Chris Poulos]] defeated Republican Tony Morrison by 1 vote.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kohler|first=Mark F.|url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/SOV_2022.pdf|title=Statement of Vote – General Election |work=[[Secretary of the State of Connecticut]]|date=November 8, 2022|access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|California}}
| [[California State Senate]]
| [[California's 16th State Senate district|District 16]]
| 0.009495% 
| 13
| {{nts|68461}}
| Democratic incumbent [[Melissa Hurtado]] defeated Republican David Shepard by 13 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hurtado secures her victory in senate district 16 election
|date=20 January 2023 |url=https://thesungazette.com/article/news/2023/01/19/hurtado-secures-her-victory-in-senate-district-16-election/|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Missouri}}
|[[Missouri House of Representatives]]
|District 116
|0.01037%
|1
|{{nts|4819}}
|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.<ref name="pivotal"/> Harris brought the case to the House Election Committee to decide, but they chose not to overturn the results.<ref>{{cite news|title=Harris Carries election contest to house panel|work=Daily Capitol News|date=6 March 1971}}</ref>
|-
| 1832 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maryland}}
|[[1832 United States presidential election|United States presidential]]
|[[United States presidential election in Maryland, 1832|Maryland]]
| 0.01044% || 4 || {{nts|19160}}
| 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.<ref>''Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1832&fips=24&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1832 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Maryland]</ref>
|-
| 1910 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)#1910s|Exeter]]
| 0.0105% || 1 || {{nts|4777}}
| [[Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale|Henry Duke]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]), the incumbent at the time of the general election, re-gained the seat from [[Harold St Maur]] ([[Liberal Party (UK)|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.<ref>''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)</ref>
|-
| 2015 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Mississippi}}
| [[2015 Mississippi elections|Mississippi House of Representatives]]
| District 79
| 0.0109% 
| 1 
| {{nts|4585}}
| After Democratic incumbent [[Blaine Eaton]] tied Republican [[Mark Tullos]] with 4,589 votes each, he won re-election by drawing the long straw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/us/mississippi-house-race-comes-down-to-one-deciding-straw.html |title=Democrat Wins Mississippi House Race After Drawing Straw |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> However, Tullos asked the State House to review the results, which they did, resulting in them throwing out five affidavit ballots for Eaton. The ballots were cast by people who had moved within 30 days prior to the election and had not updated their address. The vote that seated Tullos was largely a party-line vote and gave Republicans a super-majority.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/01/20/rep-bo-eaton-says-he-lose-seat/79055200/ |title=House votes for Republican Tullos, unseats Eaton |work=[[Clarion Ledger]] |date=January 21, 2016 |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> Which five ballots were invalidated was never publicly stated, but they were all for Eaton and so the committee stopped evaluation the votes, because even if the other four were for Tullos and also invalid, Tullos would still win by one vote. The final official count is unknown, and the count here is based on that decision.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keyes vs. Gunn |url=https://casetext.com/case/keyes-v-gunn |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> 
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Arizona}}
| [[2022 Arizona Attorney General election|Arizona general]]
| [[Arizona Attorney General]]
| 0.01116% 
| 280
| {{nts|1,254,809}}
| Democrat [[Kris Mayes]] originally defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 511 votes, but after a recount, her lead narrowed to 280 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election Statewide Recount Results |url=https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/2022_GE_Statewide_Recount_Results_for_Website.pdf#page=2 |website=Arizona Secretary of State |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828050733/https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/2022_GE_Statewide_Recount_Results_for_Website.pdf#page=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| {{flagicon|Cape Verde}}
|[[2001 Cape Verdean presidential election|Cape Verdean presidential]]||[[President of Cape Verde]]|| 0.0112%
| 17
|{{nts|75828}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campaigns |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=72967 |access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>
|[[Pedro Pires]] ([[African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde]]) defeated [[Carlos Veiga]] ([[Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)|Movement for Democracy]]) in the second round of the election after neither won more than 50% in the first round.<ref>[http://africanelections.tripod.com/cv.html Elections in Cape Verde] African Elections Database</ref>
|-
|1924
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1924 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds, West]]
|0.0114%
|3
|{{nts|13057}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Thomas Stamford]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate A.F.G. Renton 13,057–13,054. This was the lowest margin of victory in a Leeds parliamentary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thoresby.org.uk/content/elections/1924.php|title=Leeds General Election Results 1924&nbsp;– Thoresby Society|website=thoresby.org.uk|access-date=2017-06-30}}</ref>
|-
|1908
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1908 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|Massachusetts's 10th District]]
|0.0121%
|4
|{{nts|16533}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/numberofassessed1908mass#page/n229/mode/2up|title=Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections|website=archive.org|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
|Representative [[Joseph F. O'Connell]], a Democrat, defeated [[J. Mitchel Galvin]], a Republican, by four votes, 16,553 to 16,549.<ref name=":2" /> The record does not disclose the official returns, but a recount before a bipartisan board under the laws of Massachusetts gave O'Connell 16,553 votes, Galvin 16,549 votes, and two other candidates 1,380 and 1,187 votes, respectively, a plurality of 4 votes for Galvin, the sitting Member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC.../GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6-19.pdf|title=General Election cases, 1907–1910}}{{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|1923
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)|Devon, Tiverton]]
|0.0122%
|3
|{{nts|12303}}
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] incumbent [[Francis Dyke Acland]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[Gilbert Acland-Troyte|Gilbert John Acland-Troyte]] 12,303–12,300. Acland had also defeated Acland-Troyte in the [[1923 Tiverton by-election|by-election]] earlier that same year, but Acland-Troyte would defeat Acland in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA331|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
| 1972 || {{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ontario}}
| [[1972 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Ontario (federal electoral district)|Ontario]]
| 0.0123% || 4 || {{nts|16328}}
| Liberal incumbent [[Norman Cafik]] defeated Progressive Conservative [[Frank Charles McGee]].<ref name="can1972">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=29&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 29th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=October 30, 1972 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref> A PC win in this district would have resulted in a 108–108 tie with the Liberals in the overall seat count.
|-
| 2006 || {{flagicon|Hungary}}&nbsp;
| [[2006 Hungarian parliamentary election|Hungarian general election]] || District 8 of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
| 0.01263% || 3 || {{nts|11871}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.valasztas.hu/parval2006/hu/09/9_0.html|title=Official election results in District 8 of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county|website=valasztas.hu|access-date=2024-06-15}}</ref>
| 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.<ref name="Court ruling 11.Kvk.20.875/2006/9. of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Bíróság">{{cite web|url=https://adoc.pub/v-e-g-z-e-s-t-szavazatok-szama-szama.html|trans-title=Court ruling 11.Kvk.20.875/2006/9. of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Bíróság|title=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Bíróság 11.Kvk.20.875/2006/9.szám|publisher=adoc.pub |access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|Italy}} 
| [[2018 Italian general election|Italian Chamber of Deputies]] || [[:it:Collegio uninominale Lazio 1 - 12|Guidonia Montecelio]]
| 0.01269%
| 19 
| {{nts|55360}}
| M5S candidate {{Ill|Sebastiano Cubeddu|lt=Sebastiano Cubeddu|it}} defeated CDX candidate Barbara Saltamartini.
|-
| 2008 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Minnesota}}
|[[United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008|United States Senate]]
| Minnesota
| 0.01287% || 312 || {{nts|1212629}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=1405 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=March 23, 2009|title=2008 U.S. Senate Recount}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/49520987.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU2EkP7K_t:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU|title=At last, a second senator for Minnesota|author=Pat Doyle|work=Minnesota Star-Tribune|date=2009-07-01|access-date=July 1, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|1929
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheshire, Northwich]]
|0.01292%
|4
|{{nts|15477}}
|In this three-way race, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Barbara Ayrton-Gould|Mrs Barbara Ayrton-Gould]] 15,477–15,473. Crichton-Stuart also defeated Mrs Gould in 1924 and 1931.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[2024_North_Carolina_Supreme_Court_election#Aftermath|North Carolina Supreme Court]]
|[[North Carolina Supreme Court|Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court]]
|0.0132%
|734
|{{nts|5540090}}
|Following a count, recount and hand-to-eye recount in 1% of precincts, Incumbent Justice [[Allison Riggs]] defeated Court of Appeals judge [[Jefferson Griffin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohn |first1=Courtney |title=Third Count a Charm: Riggs Wins North Carolina Supreme Court Race |url=https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-supreme-court-gop-candidate-asks-for-hand-recount-as-party-pushes-controversial-bill/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Democracy Docket |date=10 December 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edelman |first1=Adam |title=GOP-controlled N.C. Supreme Court blocks certification of Democrat as winner of close high court race |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-supreme-court-blocks-certification-democrat-winner-clos-rcna186662 |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=NBC News |date=8 January 2025}}</ref> The case worked its way through the state courts and then the federal courts until on May 5, 2025, [[United States federal judge|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/5284433-federal-judge-rules-north-carolina-must-certify-state-supreme-court-victory/|work=TheHill.com|title=Federal judge rules North Carolina must certify state Supreme Court victory|first=Sarah|last=Polus|date=May 5, 2025|accessdate=May 6, 2025}}</ref> Griffin then conceded the election to Riggs on May 7, 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Gary D. |title=Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent |url=https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-appeal-b227a456e5ca04bc42bf6075af46028c |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=May 7, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1994 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
| [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]] || [[Connecticut's 2nd congressional district|Connecticut's 2nd district]]
| 0.0133% || 21 || {{nts|79188}}
| In this three-way race between Democrat [[Sam Gejdenson]], Republican Edward Munster, and Connecticut Party candidate David Bingham, the initial official tally was 79,169–79,167–27,729 (186,065 total votes).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalonews.com/1994/11/20/a-close-congressional-race-indeed/|title=A CLOSE CONGRESSIONAL RACE, INDEED|date=1994-11-20|website=The Buffalo News|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref> Following a recount, Gejdenson and Munster were 79,160–79,156 with 186,030 total votes cast. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled instead that the correct final tally was 79,188–79,167, awarding the seat to Gejdenson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1994833231Conn602_1796/IN%20RE%20ELECTION%20FOR%20SECOND%20CONGRESSIONAL%20DISTRICT|title=IN RE ELECTION FOR SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT {{!}} 231 Conn. 602 (1994) {{!}} Leagle.com|work=Leagle|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref> (However the Court did not mention what the correct total number of votes cast was.) Munster originally contested the election in the Republican-controlled House, but withdrew his contest citing the expense and time it would take.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kirk |title=Connecticut House Race Is Really Over |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/29/nyregion/connecticut-house-race-is-really-over.html |access-date=30 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 1995}}</ref>
|-
| 1964 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Selangor}}
| [[1964 Malaysian state elections#Selangor|Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] || [[Kepong (state constituency)|Kepong]]
| 0.0134% || 2 || {{nts|7487}}
| [[Tan Chee Khoon]], president of the [[Labour Party of Malaya|Labour Party]] of Selangor, defeated the incumbent Chan Keong Hon of the [[Malaysian Chinese Association]] by two votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=The battle for the state assemblies |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640427-1.2.40 |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=The Straits Times |date=27 April 1964}}</ref> At the time Chan was a member of the state executive council.
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont Senate|Vermont Senate Democratic primary]]
|Washington County District
|0.0135%
|1
|{{nts|3709}}
|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.<ref name="WashingtonSenate">{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Mark|title=Brooks beats out Hill in recount of Washington County Senate race|url=https://vtdigger.org/2016/08/27/brooks-beats-hill-recount-washington-county-senate-race/|access-date=15 January 2018|date=27 August 2016}}</ref> The victory hinged on a disputed ballot from Worcester that Tomasi determined contained a vote for Brooks, but not one for Hill.<ref name="WashingtonSenate"/> Brooks went on to finish third in the general election that fall, unseating longtime incumbent Republican [[William T. Doyle|Bill Doyle]] by 191 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hallenbeck |first=Terri |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Bill Doyle Concedes Defeat in Vermont Senate Race |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/11/30/bill-doyle-concedes-defeat-in-vermont-senate-race |work=Vermont Seven Days |location=Burlington, VT}}</ref>
|-
| 1968 || {{flagicon|Australia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Australia}}
| [[Results of the South Australian state election, 1968 (House of Assembly)|South Australian House of Assembly]] || Seat of [[Millicent]]
| 0.0138% || 1 || {{nts|3,635}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480|title=ECSA&nbsp;– Electoral Commission SA -|website=ecsa.sa.gov.au|access-date=2017-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480|archive-date=2014-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| On 2 March 1968, [[Martin Cameron (South Australian politician)|Martin Cameron]] contested the seat of [[Millicent, South Australia|Millicent]] for the House of Assembly, standing against the sitting member, and minister in the Labor Cabinet, [[Des Corcoran]]. Narrowly losing the seat by one vote (3635–3634), the [[Liberal and Country League]] challenged the decision and the election was referred to the South Australian Court of Disputed Returns. The court ordered a by-election, which was held on 22 June. This was won comfortably by Corcoran (3994–3564), the Dunstan-led [[Australian Labor Party]] running the campaign on electoral reform.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UKL7t8BAGYC&pg=PA247|title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|date=2010|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=9780868409962}}</ref>
|-
| 1930 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1930 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Yamaska (federal electoral district)|Yamaska]]
| 0.0143% || 1 || {{nts|3505}}
| Liberal incumbent [[Aimé Boucher]] defeated Conservative Paul-François Comtois.<ref name="can1930"/> The riding result was later declared void, and Boucher won the by-election in 1933 by 84 votes (0.1%).
|-
| 1968 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1968 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Leeds (federal electoral district)|Leeds]]
| 0.01478% || 4 || {{nts|13536}}
| Progressive Conservative [[Desmond Code]] defeated Liberal incumbent [[John Matheson]].<ref name="can1968">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=28&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 28th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1945
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)|Worcester]]
|0.01479%
|4
|{{nts|13,523}}
|In this three-way race, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley|George Ward]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]/[[Co-operative Party]] candidate J. Evans 13,523–13,519.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA284|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|Australia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Queensland}}
|[[2020 Queensland state election|Queensland Legislative Assembly]]
|[[Electoral district of Bundaberg|Bundaberg]]
|0.0148%
|9
|{{nts|30,287}}
|Australian Labor Party candidate [[Tom Smith (Queensland politician)|Tom Smith]] won the seat, [[unseating]] Liberal National Party MP [[David Batt (politician)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/labor-by-nine-votes-government-wins-historic-bundaberg-nicklin-recounts-20201113-p56eid.html |title=Labor by Nine Votes: Government Wins Historic Bundaberg, Nicklin Recounts |date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1946
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[1946 Philippine Senate election|Philippine Senate]]
|At-large
|0.0149%
|384
|{{nts|557,156}}
|The [[Philippine Senate]] is elected via [[multiple non-transferable vote]]. The 8th placed candidate, [[Salipada Pendatun]] of the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|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 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1949 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Annapolis—Kings]]
| 0.0152% || 4 || {{nts|13202}}
| Liberal [[Angus Alexander Elderkin]] defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent [[George Nowlan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=21&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 21st Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=June 27, 1949 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Florida}}
|[[Florida State Senate]]
|District 37
|0.01529%
|32
|{{nts|104,630}}
|After the initial tally, challenger [[Ileana Garcia]] led incumbent [[José Javier Rodríguez (Florida politician)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Samantha |last2=Ceballos |first2=Ana |title=After 3-day recount, incumbent Democrat loses Senate seat to Ileana Garcia by 34 votes |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article247132821.html |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=Miami Herald |date=12 November 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Terry |first1=Spencer |title=Candidate pleads guilty in alleged Florida vote scam |url=https://apnews.com/article/florida-5343b101e96d5c7f42d1ee54da7cc0ce |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|1968
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Wisconsin}}
|[[Wisconsin House of Representatives]]
|District 25
|0.01533%
|2
|{{nts|6,523}}
|Official count showed a margin of 3 vote for [[Joseph Looby|Joseph L. Looby]] (D) over [[Wilmer R. Waters]] (R), but it was 1 after a recount. A case was filed with the circuit court, where the judge declared the margin was two votes. An election committee investigated, but could make no proclamation of the true margin. After Waters appealed to the Republican controlled assembly, it voted unanimously to seat Looby.<ref name="pivotal"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Stiffer Gun-Felony Penalty Endorsed|work=Janesville Daily Gazette|date=29 January 1969}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 193
|0.015366%
|1
|{{nts|1784}}
|Republican [[Torren Ecker]] defeated three others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2018/06/04/ecker-declared-winner-republican-primary-193rd-seat/636598002/|title=After three weeks, Torren Ecker declared winner of Republican primary for 193rd seat|access-date=2024-11-16}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
|[[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
|District 65
|0.0155%
|1
|{{nts|3,236}}
|Republican [[Anne Ruwet]] defeated Democrat John S. Kovaleski by one vote (3,236–3,235).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392522|title=SOTS: Vote for State Representatives 2002|website=ct.gov|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710125154/http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392522|archive-date=2017-07-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[1922 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[New York's 21st congressional district|New York's 21st District]]
|0.0156%
|10
|{{nts|32,089}}
|Sitting Member [[Royal Hurlburt Weller|Royal H. Weller]] had been returned by an official plurality of 245 votes, which the contestant [[Martin C. Ansorge]] contested. Following a recount, the tally was 32,089–32,079 and Weller was declared elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6/html/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6-24.htm|title=Cannon's Precedents, Volume 6&nbsp;– Chapter 171&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1923 To 1925|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
|0.0157%
|7
|{{nts|22,308}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[Dennis Hobden]] defeated incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[David James (politician, born 1919)|David James]] 22,308–22,301.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/elections/brighton_elections_parliament_1950-2010_Kemptown.html|title=Elections in Brighton and Hove: Parliamentary 1950–2010|website=brightonhistory.org.uk|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052121/http://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/elections/brighton_elections_parliament_1950-2010_Kemptown.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election|2022 North Carolina state legislature Republican primary]]
|[[North Carolina House of Representatives|North Carolina House of Representatives District 115]]
|0.0159%
|1
|{{nts|3,146}}
|After a hand-eye recount that added one vote to his total, Pratik Bhakta defeated Sherry M. Higgins.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Caroline State Board of Elections |url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/17/2022&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1828 |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|1870
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Indiana's 4th congressional district|Indiana's 4th District]]
|0.0159%
|4
|{{nts|12,561}}
|Republican [[Jeremiah M. Wilson]] defeated Democrat David S. Gooding by 4 votes: 12561–12557.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXAwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67|title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for ...|date=1872|publisher=Greeley & McElrath}}</ref> Gooding contested. The Committee's majority report gave Wilson a "clear legal majority of 8", while the minority report gave Gooding a majority of 17. The US House then voted 105–64 (71 abstentions) "on strictly party lines" to reject the minority report, accept the majority report, and thereby seat Wilson.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WaEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA179|title=Congressional Serial Set|date=1872|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofhancock00rich#page/370/|title=History of Hancock county, Indiana; its people, industries and institutions|website=archive.org|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/digestelectionc02elecgoog#page/n82/mode/2up|title=Digest of election cases. Cases of contested elections in the House of representatives|website=archive.org|year=1878|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>
|-
|1950
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maryland}}
|[[Maryland Senate]]
|[[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett County]]
|0.0162%
|1
|{{nts|3,080}}
|Republican incumbent Neil C. Fraley defeated Democratic challenger Bernard I. Gonder by one vote: 3,080–3,079.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000164/html/am164--265.html|title=Archives of Maryland, Volume 0164, Page 0265&nbsp;– Maryland Manual, 1951–52|website=aomol.msa.maryland.gov|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/60906657/|title=The Cumberland News from Cumberland, Maryland on November 17, 1950 · Page 17|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/60906279/|title=The Cumberland News from Cumberland, Maryland on November 10, 1950 · Page 36|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1521440/|title=Cumberland Sunday Times from Cumberland, Maryland on November 12, 1950 · Page 28|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> Gonder contested the result but to no avail.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpSRljakZeYC&q=maryland+1950+election+fraley+gonder+petition|title=Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Maryland|date=1951|publisher=Authority}}</ref>
|-
|1983
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]
|0.0163%
|7
|{{nts|21,424}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[Derek Spencer]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Jim Marshall (UK politician)|Jim Marshall]] 21,424–21,417.
|-
| 2004 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kelantan}}
| [[2004 Malaysian state elections#Kelantan|Kelantan State Legislative Assembly]] || [[Kemuning (state constituency)|Kemuning]]
| 0.01646% || 2 || {{nts|6078}}
| 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 [[Malaysian Islamic Party|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 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1988 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[London—Middlesex]]
| 0.0165% || 8 || {{nts|18534}}
| Progressive Conservative MP [[Terry Clifford]] narrowly edged out Liberal [[Garnet Bloomfield]].<ref name="can1988">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=34&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 34th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=November 21, 1988 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1959
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[1959 Japanese House of Councillors election|Japanese House of Councillors]]
|[[Tottori at-large district|Tottori at-large]]
|0.016529%
|39
|{{nts|117,991}}
|[[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]]'s incumbent [[Yoshio Nakata]] defeated [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s challenger [[Masao Miyazaki]] by 39 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=1959 Japanese House of Councillors election: Tottori at-large district|url=https://go2senkyo.com/sangiin/17783/prefecture/31|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
| [[2005 Virginia Attorney General election|Virginia General]]
| [[Virginia Attorney General]]
| 0.01663% 
| 323 
| {{nts|970,886}}
| [[Bob McDonnell]] was certified as the victor over [[Creigh Deeds]] following a recount.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commonwealth of Virginia November 5th, 2008 General Election Official Results |work=State Board of Elections |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia |year=2008 |url=http://www2.sbe.virginia.gov/web}} {{dead link|date=March 2014}}</ref> 
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary]]
|3rd District
|0.0170%
|5 
|{{nts|14,709}}
|In the recount, Robert B. Kennedy led Herbert Connolly by one vote: 14,716–14,715.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/3574/|title=PD43+ » 1988 Governor's Council Democratic Primary 3rd District|website=PD43+|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> (Connolly had actually failed to vote for himself.)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/03/us/candidate-is-culprit-in-1-vote-loss.html|title=Candidate Is Culprit in 1-Vote Loss|last=Ap|date=1988-10-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/connolly-v-secretary-of-the-commonwealth|title=Casetext|website=casetext.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>
|-
|1829
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|[[1829 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Kentucky's 2nd congressional district|Kentucky's 2nd District]]
|0.0179%
|1
|{{nts|5,591}}
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Jacksonsian]] candidate [[Nicholas D. Coleman]] defeated [[National Republican Party|Adams]] candidate Adam Beatty 2520–2519.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=628558|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– KY&nbsp;– District 02 Race&nbsp;– Aug 03, 1829|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}}
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|Pakistani general]]
|[[NA-21 (Mardan-II)|Mardan-II]]
|0.0181%
|35
|{{nts|78,911}}
|[[Awami National Party]]'s [[Ameer Haider Khan Hoti|Ameer Haider Hoti]] defeated [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]'s [[Atif Khan]] 78,911-78,876.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1423768|title=Rejected votes exceed victory margin in many constituencies|last=Khan|first=Ramsha Jahangir {{!}} Iftikhar A.|date=2018-07-30|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election|United Kingdom by-election]]
|[[Runcorn and Helsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Runcorn and Helsby]]
|0.0184%
|6
|{{nts|12,645}}
|[[Reform UK]]'s [[Sarah Pochin]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s Karen Shore by 6 votes. Original count saw a lead of 4 votes.
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|Canada}}
|[[2011 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup]]
| 0.0189% || 9 || {{nts|17,285}}
|[[Conservative Party of Canada|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 Party|New Democratic]] candidate, [[François Lapointe (politician)|François Lapointe]], had been allocated to the [[Green Party of Canada|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/515773/depouillement-montmagny-elec-fed|title=Radio-Canada|website=ici.radio-canada.ca|date=13 May 2011 |language=fr|access-date=2021-09-21}}</ref>
|-
|1936
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
|[[1936 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New Hampshire's 1st congressional district|New Hampshire's 1st District]]
|0.0193%
|20
|{{nts|51,702}}
|After the initial count, Republican [[Arthur B. Jenks]] was declared the winner by 550 votes, however a recount left the vote tied at 51,690 votes each. Both parties contested ballots, 108 in total, to the state ballot-law commission which after ruling on each determined that [[Alphonse Roy]] had won 51,695-51,678. After those hearings were over, Jenks argued that there was a 36-ballot discrepancy between those cast and those counted in Newton. The ballot-law commission called for another recount, finding the count was now 51,702 to 51,678, but also that 34 ballots were missing and that they should be awarded to Jenks making him the winner by 10 votes. Roy contested, and though Jenks was not sworn in until two days after Congress met, he did take office. During Roy's contest the majority of the Committee on Elections found that though there was a discrepancy between the ballots and the tally sheet, there was no evidence that any ballots had disappeared due to fraud or mistake and that in such a conflict the ballots should be considered the best evidence of the votes cast; and they found that four additional ballots should be awarded to Jenks raising his total to 51,682. The minority of the committee argued that they could establish both by testimony and the tally sheets that more people had voted in Newton than there were ballots to count; that in every race in Newton Republicans had lost 34 votes in the recount and Democrats had lost zero; and that the number of ballots (used and unused) returned to the state was 34 lower than what was sent. In the end the Democratically-controlled House decided to accept the majority's position, and on June 9, 1938 Jenks was removed from office and Roy was seated. Jenks then won election five months later and served until 1943.<ref name="Contested1933to2009"/><ref>{{cite web |title=DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS Volume 2 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2/pdf/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2-3-14-4.pdf |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> 
|-
| 2003 || {{flagicon|Somaliland}}
|[[2003 Somaliland presidential election|Somaliland presidential]]
|[[President of Somaliland]]
| 0.0195% || 80 || {{nts|205595}}
| [[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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elections in Somaliland |work=African Elections Database |publisher=africanelections.tripod.com |date=November 11, 2007 |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/somaliland.html}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=December 2008}}
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]]
|0.0196%
|9
|{{nts|20,283}}
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] challenger [[Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler|Paul Tyler]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Robert Hicks (British politician)|Robert Hicks]] 20,283–20,274.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1mvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT298|title=Geography of Elections (Routledge Library Editions: Political Geography)|last1=Taylor|first1=Peter J.|last2=Johnston|first2=Ron|date=2014-10-03|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317601869}}</ref>
|-
| 2001 || {{flagicon|Italy}} 
| [[2001 Italian general election|Italian Senate]] || [[:it:Collegio elettorale di Roma Centro (Senato della Repubblica)|Rome Centre]]
| 0.0196%
| 29 
| {{nts|68773}}
| [[House of Freedoms]] candidate [[Giulio Maceratini]] was elected but the defeated [[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] Tana De Zulueta candidate won a seat via levelling seats.
|-
| 2006 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Oklahoma}}
|[[2006 Oklahoma state elections|Oklahoma House of Representatives]]
| District 25
| 0.0208% || 2 || {{nts|4798}}
| Initially Democrat Darrel Nemecek beat Republican [[Todd Thomsen]] by two votes for the [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]] seat in its 25th district. But during the recount, a Hughes County judge threw out four votes for Nemecek when it was discovered the voters who cast the contested ballots were not registered to vote in the district. Though Nemecek argued that the straight-party option was confusing and voter intent was clear on some ballots that were not counted for him, Thomsen was declared the winner and sworn in.<ref name="USAToday2006">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/OK/2006-11-09-state-recount_x.htm |title=State House candidate to seek recount of two-vote loss |work=[[USA Today]] |date=2006-11-09 |agency=AP |access-date=March 17, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/x519215839/Single-votes-add-up-to-win-elections |title=State Single votes add up to win elections |work=[[Edmond Sun]] |date=November 11, 2006 |author=Walter Jenny Jr. |access-date=March 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731112218/http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_story_315180205.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newsok.com/article/2975991/recount-winner-sworn-inbrspan-classhl2politics-gop-maintains-57-to-44-edge-in-housespan |title=Recount winner sworn in |work=[[Daily Oklahoman]] |date=November 23, 2006 |first=Jennifer |last=Mock |access-date=March 17, 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2006 || {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1897 Dutch general election]]
| Sneek
| 0.0204% || 1 || {{nts|2452}}
| Jan Albert van Gilse defeated [[Theo Heemskerk]] in the [[Sneek]] district run-off by 1 vote.
|-
| 2004
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
| Commonwealth's Attorney Special Election
| Radford District
| 0.0211%
| 1 
| {{nts|2,375}}
| Chris E. Rehak defeated Patrick Moore by 1 vote, and a recount did not change the margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/04/1204/120804/120804.a.htm|title=The Radford recounts are over |date=December 2004 |access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1820
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maryland}}
|[[1820 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Maryland's 6th congressional district|Maryland's 6th District]]
|0.02136%
|1
|{{nts|2,341}}
|The race for Maryland's 6th District House Seat was originally declared a tie, and so the Governor and Council of Maryland – in what they thought was accordance of the law – decided to seat [[Jeremiah Cosden]]. [[Phillip Reed]], who like Cosden was a Democratic-Republican, contested the election. The House decided that the Governor and Council were not allowed to choose a winner; that two votes for Reed that were excluded ought to count and that one that was counted for him was illegal. As a result Cosden, who had been seated for 15 days, was removed and Reed was seated for the remainder of the term.<ref name="Contested1789to1834"/><ref>{{cite web |title=MD District 6 1820 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=69078 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Florida}}
|[[2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election|United States House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|[[Florida's 20th congressional district|Florida's 20th District]]
|0.02144%
|5
|{{nts|11,662}}
|In the Democratic primary for the chance to replace [[Alcee Hastings]] who had died in April, healthcare executive [[Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick]] defeated Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness by just five votes. The election day results had Cherfilus-McCormick ahead by 12 votes, but a recount narrowed that lead to five.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mariana |first1=Alfaro |title=Five votes decide winner of House Democratic primary after Florida recount |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-democrats-primary-hastings/2021/11/16/d61e4012-470b-11ec-b05d-3cb9d96eb495_story.html |access-date=16 November 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1896 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1896 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Ontario North]]
| 0.0215% || 1 || {{nts|2328}}
| Liberal-Conservative [[John Alexander McGillivray]] defeated Patrons of Industry [[Duncan Graham (Canadian politician)|Duncan Graham]].<ref name="can1896"/>
|-
| 2022 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
| [[2022 New York State Assembly election|New York State Assembly]] || [[New York's 99th State Assembly district]]
| 0.021575% || 8 || {{nts|18539}}
| Democrat [[Chris Eachus]] defeated Republican Kathryn Luciani by eight votes following a hand recount.<ref>{{citation |title=2022 Assembly Results |url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2022/General/2022AssemblyResults.xlsx |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |access-date=28 January 2023 |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110221010/https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2022/General/2022AssemblyResults.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 1900 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1900 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Selkirk (federal electoral district)|Selkirk]]
| 0.0230% || 1 || {{nts|2172}}
| Liberal [[William Forsythe McCreary]] defeated Conservative John Herber Haslam.<ref name="can1900"/>  This was the second time in a row that a Liberal candidate defeated his Conservative rival in this riding by a single vote.
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Colorado}}
|Colorado House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 58
|0.0231%
|3
|{{nts|6489}}
|[[Larry Don Suckla]] defeated J. Mark Roeber.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recount confirms 3-vote margin in southwestern Colorado House district primary |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/recount-confirms-3-vote-margin-in-southwestern-colorado-house-district-primary/ |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2025 || {{flagicon|Australia}}
|[[2025 Australian federal election|Australian House of Representatives]]
| [[Division of Bradfield|Bradfield]]
| 0.0232% || 26 || {{nts|56114}}
| The original count saw Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian win against [[Teal independent]] [[Nicolette Boele]] 56,191 to 56,183 votes but the recount reduced the lead to 2 votes with 56,154 to 56,152 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberal Gisele Kapterian leads Teal Nicolette Boele by two votes in Bradfield with second recount on the cards|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/liberal-gisele-kapterian-leads-teal-nicolette-boele-by-two-votes-in-bradfield-with-second-recount-on-the-cards/news-story/25e34e7944d3b1ea2528bb609f0c234c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529072523/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/liberal-gisele-kapterian-leads-teal-nicolette-boele-by-two-votes-in-bradfield-with-second-recount-on-the-cards/news-story/25e34e7944d3b1ea2528bb609f0c234c|archive-date=29 May 2025 |work=Sky News Australia |date=29 May 2025}}</ref> Then Boele took the lead with 28 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradfield recount continues, with Boele up by 28 votes |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2 June 2025|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/03/australia-news-live-teal-nicolette-boele-bradfield-rich-list-superannuation-tax-labor-minimum-wage-case-fair-work-commission-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-683e16278f08c0e8283aa28a#block-683e16278f08c0e8283aa28a}}</ref> The final results saw Boele ahead with 26 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Independent Nicolette Boele wins seat of Bradfield after recount|newspaper=ABC |date=6 June 2025|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/bradfield-federal-election-result-seat-winner-boele-kapterian/105370304}}</ref>
|-
| 1904 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maryland}}
| [[1904 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential elections in Maryland|Maryland]]
| 0.0233% || 51 || {{nts|109497}}
| Republican President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] barely carried Maryland over Democrat [[Alton B. Parker|Alton Parker]] on his way to an electoral landslide.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1904&fips=24&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1904 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Maryland]</ref>
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1970s|Ipswich]]
|0.0234%
|13
|{{nts|27,704}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[Ernle Money]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Dingle Foot]] 27,704–27,691.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i11.htm|title=UK General Election results 1970 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811175821/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i11.htm|archive-date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1959
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1959 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1950s|South East Derbyshire]]
|0.0236%
|12
|{{nts|25,374}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[John Jackson (Derbyshire politician)|John Jackson]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Arthur Champion, Baron Champion|Arthur Champion]] 25,374–25,362.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.jphillips.eu/uk/1959/const/sederbyshire|title=South East Derbyshire :: UK General Election 1959|website=elections.jphillips.eu|access-date=2017-06-30}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Texas}}
|[[Texas House of Representatives]]
|District 48
|0.02398%
|12
|{{nts|25,023}}
|Election Day results gave Democrat [[Donna Howard]] a 16 vote victory. Following a recount, that lead was cut to 12 votes. Republican [[Dan Neil (politician)|Dan Neil]] requested the election by investigated by the House of Representatives.<ref name=Recount2010>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=Tim|title=Rep. Donna Howard addresses House|url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/03/22/rep_donna_howard_addresses_hou.html|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=22 March 2011|archive-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506074545/http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/03/22/rep_donna_howard_addresses_hou.html/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After a four-day hearing headed up by Representative [[Will Hartnett]], Howard was found to have won the election by 4 votes and Neil ultimately dropped the contest.<ref name=Recount2010 /> The Secretary of State still reports an official margin of 12 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 General Election official results |url=https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist154_state.htm |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Reading (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1960s|Reading]]
|0.02402%
|10
|{{nts|20,815}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Peter Emery]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[John Lee (Labour politician)|John Lee]] 20,815–20,810. Lee would later defeat Emery in 1966.<ref name="UKOct1964">{{cite web|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i16.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1964 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629220001/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i16.htm|archive-date=2017-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1822
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York (state)|New York}}
|[[1822 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 29th congressional district|New York's 29th District]]
|0.0241%
|1
|{{nts|2,072}}
|Initially, [[Isaac Wilson (1780–1848)|Isaac Wilson]] and [[Parmenio Adams]] had 2,093–2,077 votes. On a recount, the tally changed to 2,071–2,072. There were also irregularities raised. The committee of elections considered it "doubtful, from the evidence, who ought to have been returned". The House then voted 116–85 to seat Adams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1/html/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1-26.htm|title=Hinds' Precedents, Volume 1&nbsp;– Chapter 25&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1789 to 1840|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 || {{flagicon|Canada}} 
| [[2021 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Châteauguay—Lacolle]]
| 0.02412%
| 12 
| {{nts|18029}}
| Liberal incumbent [[Brenda Shanahan (politician)|Brenda Shanahan]] Defeats Bloc Québécois candidate Patrick O'Hara after a recount.
|-
| 1900 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1900 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Bruce North (federal electoral district)|Bruce North]]
| 0.02418% || 1 || {{nts|2065}}
| Liberal-Conservative incumbent [[Alexander McNeill]] defeated Liberal J. E. Campbell.<ref name="can1900">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=9&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 9th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref> Later the election was voided. 
|-
| 2022 || {{flagicon|Italy}} 
| [[2022 Italian general election|Italian Chamber of Deputies]] || [[:it:Collegio uninominale Emilia-Romagna - 08 (Camera dei deputati 2020)|Ravenna]]
| 0.02419%
| 44 
| {{nts|75596}}
| CDX candidate {{Ill|Alice Buonguerrieri|lt=Alice Buonguerrieri|it}} defeated CSX candidate {{Ill|Ouidad Bakkali|lt=Ouidad Bakkali|it}}.
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Eton and Slough (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1960s|Eton and Slough]]
|0.024255%
|11
|{{nts|22,681}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd Baronet|Anthony Meyer]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway|Fenner Brockway]] 22,681–22,670.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.jphillips.eu/uk/1964/const/etonslough|title=Eton And Slough :: UK General Election 1964|website=elections.jphillips.eu|access-date=2017-06-30}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Brandenburg}}
|[[2024 Brandenburg state election|Brandenburg state election]]
|Spree-Neiße I
|0.025153%
|7
|{{nts|11,562}}
|Incumbent minister president [[Dietmar Woidke]] barely loses his constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/500/20240922/landtagswahl_land/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_41.html|title=41 – Spree-Neiße I|website=wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.d|access-date=2024-09-22}}</ref>
|-
|1923
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Durham, Sedgefield]]
|0.0252%
|6
|{{nts|11,093}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[Leonard Ropner]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[John Herriotts]] 11,093–11,087.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA347|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
| [[New York Senate]] || 8th District
| 0.0256% || 33 || {{nts|64499}}
| John Brooks secured a spot in the State Senate by defeating incumbent Republican Michael Venditto.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-state-senate-district-8 |title=New York 8th District State Senate Results|work=New York Times |access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2017 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Niigata 3rd district|Niigata 3rd]]
|0.025692%
|50
|{{nts|95,644}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] incumbent [[Takahiro Kuroiwa]] defeated [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s challenger [[Hiroski Saito]] by 50 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Last time, the ruling and opposition parties fought one-on-one in a fierce battle zone with 50 votes difference|date=8 October 2021 |url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASPB87DLCPB4UOHB001.html|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1980
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Utah}}
|[[Utah House of Representatives]]
|District 44
|0.0259%
|1
|{{nts|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.<ref name="pivotal"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Recount Gives One Vote win|work=The Daily Spectrum, Saint George, Utah|date=18 November 1980}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Oregon}}
|Oregon House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 53
|0.0265%
|2
|{{nts|3771}}
|[[Jack Zika]] defeated Ben Schimmoller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/zika-wins-house-nomination-by-two-votes-in-recount/article_16593a3b-a5fd-56b6-a284-eb1eba423fbe.html|title=Zika wins House nomination by two votes in recount|date=8 June 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|1914
|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|[[1914 Australian federal election|Australian House of Representatives]]
|[[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]]
|0.0266%
|7
|{{nts|13,162}}
|[[John Lynch (Australian politician)|John Lynch]] defeated the sitting member [[Alfred Conroy]] by seven votes.<ref name=australia>{{cite news|url= |date=7 October 2019|publisher=Australian Parliamentary Library}}</ref>
|-
| 1930 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1930 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Norfolk—Elgin]]
| 0.0266% || 5 || {{nts|9424}} || Liberal [[William H. Taylor (Canadian politician)|William H. Taylor]] defeated Conservative John Lawrence Stansell.<ref name="can1930">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=17&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 17th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1832
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ohio}}
|[[1832 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Ohio's 7th congressional district|Ohio's 7th District]]
|0.02675%
|2
|{{nts|3,739}}
|[[William Allen (governor)|William Allen]] (later 31st [[List of Governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]]) defeated General and 11th Governor of Ohio [[Duncan McArthur]] by two votes: 3739–3737.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr|url-access=registration|quote=allen 3739 mcarthur 3737.|title=Guide to U.S. elections|date=2005|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781568029818}}</ref> According to Niles' National Register, a third candidate by the name of Murphy also won 55 votes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGAUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA135|title=Niles' National Register|date=1833}}</ref>
|-
| 1899 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
| [[1899 New Zealand general election|New Zealand House of Representatives]] 
| {{NZ electorate link|Riccarton}}
| 0.02678% 
| 1 
| {{nts|1867}}
| Incumbent MP [[William Rolleston]] lost his seat to [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal]] challenger [[George Warren Russell]] after a margin of only 1 vote separated the two on the final count.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher= Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=2 |access-date=12 February 2014 |location=Wellington}}</ref>
|-
|1876
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1876 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district|Massachusetts' 3rd District]]
|0.0268%
|5
|{{nts|9,313}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924019949480#page/n215/mode/2up|title=Digest of election cases. Cases of contested elections in the House of representatives, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth congresses, from 1876–1880, inclusive|website=archive.org|year=1883|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref> (depending on which count use)
|After much investigation, the Committee of Elections gave [[Walbridge A. Field|Walbridge Field]] the 5-vote majority over [[Benjamin Dean]].
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|14th Essex
|0.02722%
|3
|{{nts|5,513}}
|In a three-way race, Edward J. Grimley, Jr. topped Gerard A. Guilmette by three votes, but Guilmette ran in the general and topped him by 2.2%. The two would meet again in both the 1972 primary and general with Grimley winning both, also in close races. Guilmette would then serve two terms representing 25th Essex.<ref>{{cite web|title=1970 State Representative Democratic Primary|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/27510/|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|[[Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district|17th Worcester]]
|0.02723%
|2
|{{nts|3,674}}
|Andrew Collaro defeated Robert J. Bohigian, but then Bohigian defeated him by 900+ votes in the general. Collaro. Bohigian would repeat this process in 1972, and then Collaro would represent 22nd and 15th Worcester from 1974 to 1992. Bohigian would serve until he lost re-election in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=1970 State Representative Democratic Primary|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/27641/|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|France}}
| [[2017 French legislative election|French legislative (2nd round)]] || [[Loiret's 4th constituency]]
| 0.0275% || 8 || {{nts|14561}}<!-- valid votes -->
| Four-term incumbent [[Jean-Pierre Door]] of [[The Republicans (France)|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 (France)|Constitutional Council]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Eléanor Douet|title=Législatives : une candidate REM conteste l'élection de son rival LR|url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/legislatives-loiret-une-candidate-rem-conteste-l-election-de-son-rival-lr-a-8-voix-d-ecart-7789151734|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=RTL|date=29 June 2017|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Législatives : les élections de Jean-Pierre Door (LR) et Joël Aviragnet (PS) annulées|url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/legislatives-lelection-de-jean-pierre-door-lr-et-joel-aviragnet-ps-annulee-3523952|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Europe 1|date=18 December 2017|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> Door won the seat in a 2018 election. 
|-
|1843
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1842 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Indiana's 7th congressional district|Indiana's 7th District]]
|0.0276%
|3
|{{nts|5,441}}
|Democrat [[Joseph A. Wright]] defeated Whig [[Edward W. McGaughey]] 5,441–5,438.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr|url-access=registration|quote=wright 5441 mcgaughey 5438.|title=Guide to U.S. elections|date=2005|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781568029818}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || {{flagicon|Australia}}
| [[2007 Australian federal election|Australian federal]] || [[Division of McEwen]]
| 0.02794% || 31<!-- NOTE: see the AEC reference for why the final margin is 31 and not 27 --> || {{nts|48339}}
| Liberal [[Fran Bailey]] defeated Labor [[Rob Mitchell (Victorian politician)|Rob Mitchell]] following a recount and court challenge.<ref>{{Citation |title=Vic Division&nbsp;– McEwen |year=2008 |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |url=http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-226.htm |access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Cooper |first=Mex |title=Fran Bailey wins McEwen&nbsp;– finally |newspaper=The Age |date=July 2, 2008 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/fran-bailey-wins-mcewen--finally-20080702-30k0.html |access-date=February 16, 2009 |location=Melbourne}}</ref>
|-
| 1891 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1891 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Wentworth South (federal electoral district)|Wentworth South]]
| 0.02821% || 1 || {{nts|1773}}
| Conservative [[Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter|Franklin Carpenter]] defeated Liberal James T. Russell.<ref name="can1891">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=7&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 7th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1914
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[1914 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[New York's 1st congressional district|New York's 1st District]]
|0.02822%
|10
|{{nts|17726}}
|Initial election returns handed Republican [[Frederick C. Hicks]], a 15 vote win over Representative [[Lathrop Brown]], a Democrat. A review of ballots by the New York Supreme Court took more than a year, and when it was completed the lead was cut to four votes, 17,726 to 17,722.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/16/nyregion/recount-shows-rep-gejdenson-wins-in-connecticut-by-4-votes.html|title=Recount Shows Rep. Gejdenson Wins in Connecticut by 4 Votes|last=Johnson|first=Kirk|date=1994-11-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235487|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– NY District 1 Race&nbsp;– Nov 03, 1914|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref> A review by the Court of Appeals changed the plurality to 10 votes. Hicks was issued a certificate of election on December 21, 1915 – more than 13 months after he election, making this one of the longest in the history of the House. Brown contested the election, arguing that there were errors made by the inspectors (and that some precinct workers were drunk on election day), but the House found that they could not review the ballots unless the returns had been discredited, which they had not.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cannon's Precedents |pages=283–284 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6/pdf/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6.pdf |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{Flagicon|Rhode Island}}
|[[Rhode Island House of Representatives]]
|District 26
|0.0284%
|1
|{{nts|1760}}
|After recounts, Democrat John F. Hagan beat the Republican nominee Benedetto A. Cerilli.<ref name="pivotal"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Curvin|first1=Henry F.|title=1970 Rhode Island Count Book|url=http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Countbooks/1970%20Count%20Book.pdf|access-date=26 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222023548/http://www.elections.state.ri.us/publications/Election_Publications/Countbooks/1970%20Count%20Book.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)#1990s|Torbay]]
| 0.0285% || 12 || {{nts|21094}}
| Liberal Democrat candidate [[Adrian Sanders]] gained the seat from the sitting Conservative MP [[Rupert Allason]].<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election result, May 1997 |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/242.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980525034139/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/242.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 1998 |access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1887 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1887 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Haldimand (federal electoral district)|Haldimand]]
| 0.02865% || 1 || {{nts|1746}}
| Conservative [[Walter Humphries Montague]] defeated Liberal incumbent [[Charles Wesley Colter]].<ref name="can1887">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=6&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 6th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1896 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1896 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Selkirk (federal electoral district)|Selkirk]]
| 0.02920% || 1 || {{nts|1713}}
| Liberal [[John Alexander MacDonell]] defeated Conservative [[Hugh Armstrong (politician)|Hugh Armstrong]].<ref name="can1896"/>
|-
|1979
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[Senate of Virginia|Virginia Senate]]
|District 37
|0.0293%
|9
|{{nts|15,379}}
|[[Madison Marye]] (D) defeated Edwin E. Stone (R) by 20 votes and a December 4, 1979 narrowed the margin to 9.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=1987 Senate of Virginia General Election District 39|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/47604/|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1935 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1935 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Vancouver—Burrard (federal electoral district)|Vancouver—Burrard]]
| 0.0294% || 6 || {{nts|10215}}
| Liberal [[Gerald Grattan McGeer]] defeated Co-operative Commonwealth candidate [[Arnold Alexander Webster]] by 6 votes.<ref name="can1935"/>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas|Philippine House of Representatives]]
|[[Northern Samar's 1st congressional district|Northern Samar's 1st District]]
|0.02951%
|47
|{{nts|80,157}}
|[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] incumbent Raul Daza defeated [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] Harlin Abayon in a rematch of the 2013 election where Abayon won by 52 votes. Daza won against Abayon's protest in the [[House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRET affirms Daza's victory over Abayon in 2016 polls|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1128451/hret-affirms-dazas-victory-over-abayon-in-2016-polls|last=Roxas|first=Pathricia Ann V.|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=10 June 2019|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|VAN}}
|[[2020 Vanuatuan general election|Vanuatuan general election]]
|Banks
|0.0300%
|1
|{{nts|1091}}
|Danny Silas defeated [[Jack Wona]] by 1 vote.
|-
|2004
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[2004 Philippine Senate election|Philippine Senate]]
|At-large
|0.0301%
|10,685
|{{nts|10,635,270}}
|The [[Philippine Senate]] is elected via [[multiple non-transferable vote]]. The 12th placed candidate, [[Rodolfo Biazon]] of the [[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas]], edged out partymate [[Robert Barbers]] to win out the last Senate seat.
|-
| 1912 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|California}}
|[[1912 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential election in California, 1912|California]]
| 0.0307% || 174 || {{nts|283610}}
| 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 candidate|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.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1912&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1912 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– California]</ref>
|-
| 1998
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire Senate]]
| District 16
| 0.0318% 
| 5 
| {{nts|7,867}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1998 State Senator General Election District 16|url=http://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/57793/|website =NH Elections Database|publisher = New Hampshire Public Radio}}</ref>
|-
|1945
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester, Rusholme]]
|0.0324%
|10
|{{nts|15,408}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate (unofficial) [[Lester Hutchinson|Hugh Lester Hutchinson]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Frederick William Cundiff]] 15,408–15,398.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|1976
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1976 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|[[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district|Massachusetts's 1st District]]
|0.0330%
|13
|{{nts|19,694}}
|Edward McColgan beat Edward O'Brien and then lost the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/32319/|title=1976 U.S. House Democratic Primary 1st Congressional District|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> 
|-
|1917
|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|[[1917 Australian federal election|Australian House of Representatives]]
|[[Division of Macquarie|Macquarie]]
|0.0331%
|9
|{{nts|13,566}}
|[[Samuel Nicholls]] defeated the sitting member [[Ernest Carr]] by nine votes.<ref name=australia/>
|-
| 1935 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1935 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Souris (electoral district)|Souris]]
| 0.0333% || 3 || {{nts|4504}}
| Liberal-Progressive [[George William McDonald]] defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent [[Errick French Willis]].<ref name="can1935">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=18&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 18th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
| [[2011 New Zealand general election|New Zealand general]] || {{NZ electorate link|Waitakere}}
| 0.0334% || 9 || {{nts|13465}}
| [[New Zealand National Party|National]] incumbent [[Paula Bennett]] retained her seat over [[New Zealand Labour Party|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/study/news/waitakere-judicial-recount-official-results.html |title=Waitakere Judicial Recount Official Results |publisher=Electoral Commission (New Zealand) |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=25 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209011458/http://www.elections.org.nz/study/news/waitakere-judicial-recount-official-results.html |archive-date=9 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Bennett-wins-Waitakere-on-recount/tabid/419/articleID/236852/Default.aspx |title=Bennett wins Waitakere on recount |publisher=3 News (New Zealand) |date=16 December 2011 |access-date=25 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210215841/http://www.3news.co.nz/Bennett-wins-Waitakere-on-recount/tabid/419/articleID/236852/Default.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|1929
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Ladywood]]
|0.0335%
|11
|{{nts|16,447}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Wilfrid Whiteley|Wilfred Whiteley]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd|Geoffrey Lloyd]] 16,447–16,436.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|2018 
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|Virginia House of Delegates Republican primary
|District 24
|0.033523%
|1
|{{nts|1068}}
|[[Ronnie R. Campbell]] beat Jimmy Ayers and two other challengers in a special primary election caused by [[Ben Cline]] being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bearingdrift.com/2018/11/18/no-recount-for-24th-district-ronnie-campbells-win-holds/ |title=No Recount for 24th District, Ronnie Campbell's Win Holds – Updated |work=Bearing Drift &#124; Virginia's Conservative Voice |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Scotland}}
| [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|Scottish Parliament]] || [[Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Anniesland]]
| 0.0339% || 7 || {{nts|10329}}
| Incumbent [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] MSP [[Bill Butler (politician)|Bill Butler]] was defeated by [[Bill Kidd]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36105.stm |title=BBC News&nbsp;– Election 2011 -Scotland&nbsp;– Glasgow Anniesland |work=bbc.co.uk |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1960s|Preston North]]
|0.0340%
|14
|{{nts|20,566}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Julian Amery]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[Russell Kerr]] 20,566–20,552.<ref name="UKOct1964" />
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|Jamaica}}
|[[2016 Jamaican general election|Jamaican general]]
|Saint Mary South Eastern
|0.0341%
|5
||{{nts|7,324}}
|[[People's National Party]] incumbent [[Winston Green]] defeated [[Jamaica Labour Party]] challenger [[Norman Alexander Dunn]] 7,324–7,319.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-03|title=#JaVotes2020 {{!}} Good voter turnout in St Mary SE|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20200903/javotes2020-good-voter-turnout-st-mary-se|access-date=2020-09-08|website=jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
|[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[Connecticut's 2nd congressional district|Connecticut's 2nd District]]
|0.0342%
|83
|{{nts|121,248}}
|Democratic challenger [[Joe Courtney (politician)|Joe Courtney]] was up 167 votes on Republican incumbent [[Rob Simmons]] after the initial vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/nyregion/16recount.html|title=Democrat Wins House Seat After Recount in Connecticut|last=Medina|first=Jennifer|date=2006-11-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On the recount, Courtney remained the victor by 83 votes: 121,248–121,165.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392572|title=SOTS: Vote for Representatives in Congress 2006|website=sots.ct.gov|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131150847/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392572|archive-date=2017-01-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1955
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 55
|0.0346%
|2
|{{nts|2,891}}
|John A. Mackenzie (D) defeated William J. Moody (D)<ref>{{cite web|title=1955 House of Delegates General Election District 55|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/80569/|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 22nd congressional district|New York's 22nd District]]
|0.0349%
|109
|{{nts|156,098}}
|Republican [[Claudia Tenney]], after a lengthy set of recounts and court cases, defeated [[Anthony Brindisi]] by 109 votes in a race that was not decided until early February. When the polls initially closed, Tenney held a large 28,422-vote lead based on the in-person vote. But as mail-in ballots poured in, her lead dwindled to 12 votes. As the courts reviewed ballots the lead grew and shrank until a judge ruled the race over and that Tenney should be certified. With appeals still pending, Brindisi conceded and dropped all legal challenges on February 8, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Brindisi concedes loss to Claudia Tenney in NY-22 House race |url=https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2021/02/anthony-brindisi-concedes-loss-to-claudia-tenney-in-ny-22-house-race.html |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=8 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|Kentucky House of Representatives
|District 96
|0.035%
|5
|{{nts|7136}}
|Incumbent Republican [[Jill York]] lost to Democrat [[Kathy Hinkle]]<ref>{{cite news|title=RDecision 2018: Republicans Remain on Top|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/politics/2018/11/07/decision-2018--republicans-remain-on-top|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Córdoba}}
|[[Legislature of Córdoba|Córdoba Legislature]]
|[[Pocho Department]]
|0.03546%
|1
|{{nts|1,106}}
|Hugo Cuello ([[Union for Córdoba]]) won the seat for the Pocho Department by 1,106 votes against Raúl Recalde ([[Juntos por el Cambio|Together for Córdoba]]) 1,105 votes.
|-
| 1978
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire Senate|New Hampshire Senate Republican primary]]
| District 14
| 0.03560% 
| 3
| {{nts|4,215}}
| Incumbent Thomas J. Claveau (D) defeated Phyllis Keeney (R).<ref>{{cite web|title=1978 State Senator General Election District 14|url=http://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/62287/|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
|[[1922 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Illinois' 6th congressional district|Illinois' 6th District]]
|0.03564%
|42
|{{nts|58,928}}
|Democrat [[James R. Buckley]] defeated incumbent Republican [[John J. Gorman]] by 42 votes. Gorman contested the election on the basis that there were many errors, mistakes, and irregularities and a recount would show he had won. However Gorman failed to submit his evidence within the 30 days required and therefore had no standing. In a rematch in 1924, Gorman regained his seat.<ref name="Contested1917to31"/> 
|-
| 1964 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Nevada}}
| [[United States Senate election in Nevada, 1964|United States Senate]]
| [[Nevada]]
| 0.03565% || 48 || {{nts|67336}}
| Democratic incumbent [[Howard Cannon]] defeated Republican [[Paul Laxalt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Page 27) |publisher=House.gov |access-date=March 11, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas|Philippine House of Representatives]]
|[[Northern Samar's 1st congressional district|Northern Samar's 1st District]]
|0.03569%
|52
|{{nts|72,857}}
|[[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] Harlin Abayon defeated [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] incumbent Raul Daza. Daza won on a recount by the [[House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal]] and replaced Abayon, but Abayon won an appeal in the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]]. Abayon was still not seated in the last day of the [[16th Congress of the Philippines|16th Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Northern Samar's Abayon escorted out of Congress|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/135544-abayon-northern-samar-escorted-out-congress|last=Pasion|first=Patty|website=Rappler|date=6 June 2016|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
|-
| 1945 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1945 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Colchester—Hants]]
| 0.0357% || 8 || {{nts|11141}}
| Progressive Conservative [[Frank Stanfield]] defeated Liberal incumbent Gordon Timlin Purdy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=20&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 20th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1982
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maine}}
|[[Maine House of Representatives]]
|District 69
|0.03606%
|1
|{{nts|1,387}}
|Unofficial counts said it was tied, but all subsequent counts were 1,387–1,386<ref name="pivotal">{{cite journal |last1=Mulligan |first1=Casey B. |first2=Charles G. |last2=Hunter |title=The Empirical Frequency of a Pivotal Vote |journal=[[Public Choice (journal)|Public Choice]] |year=2003 |volume=116 |issue=1–2 |pages=31–54 |doi=10.1023/A:1024244329828 |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/90e5d360d52212298234d0bfbdce7f847f1f91cc}}</ref> Winner was Walter R. Sherburne.
|-
|1916
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[1916 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[North Carolina's 10th congressional district|North Carolina's 10th District]]
|0.03611%
|13
|{{nts|18,008}}
|When ballots were originally canvassed, [[James J. Britt]] held a scant 13-vote lead over challenger [[Zebulon Weaver]]. However, Buncombe County decided to accept 90 unmarked ballots (ballots that were printed as either Republican or Democratic ballots) and those ballots gave Weaver an 8 vote lead. Weaver was certified and provisionally seated while Britt contested the election. The House found in his favor, but by the time he was sworn in, there was only four days remaining in his term.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cannon's Precedents |pages=156–159 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6/pdf/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6.pdf |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1990 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ohio}}
| [[1990 Ohio elections|Ohio general]] || [[Ohio Attorney General]]
| 0.03672% || 1,234 || {{nts|1,680,698}}
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate [[Lee Fisher]] defeated [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Paul Pfeifer]] after a six-week recount, earning him the ironic nickname "Landslide Lee".<ref name="MLOE1">{{cite web |url=http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/ebook/part5/procedures_recount03.html |title=Section 5.3&nbsp;– Recounts and Other Remedies |author=Edward B. Foley and Mike Shecket |date=September 7, 2004 |work=The E-Book on Election Law: An Online Reference Guide |publisher=Moritz College of Law |access-date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2000 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Champlain (federal electoral district)|Champlain]]
| 0.03674% || 15 || {{nts|20423}}
| Bloc Québécois candidate [[Marcel Gagnon]] narrowly edged out Liberal [[Julie Boulet]].<ref name="can2000">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=37&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 37th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=November 27, 2000 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1859
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Tennessee}}
|[[1858 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[Tennessee's 9th congressional district|Tennessee's 9th District]]
|0.0371%
|7
|{{nts|9,437}}
|[[Emerson Etheridge]] defeated Democrat [[John DeWitt Clinton Atkins]], 9,437–9,430.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/politicalregist00poorgoog#page/n412/mode/2up/search/etheridge|title=THE POLITICAL REGISTER AND CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY|website=archive.org|year=1878|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnITAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA55|title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register For 1860|date=1860|publisher=Greeley & McElrath}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Manchester Clayton (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester, Clayton]]
|0.0372%
|11
|{{nts|14,800}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[William Henry Flanagan]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[John Edward Sutton]], 14,800–14,789.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA186|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref> Sutton had beaten Flanagan in the [[1922 Manchester Clayton by-election|by-election]] earlier that year.
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
|2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican primary
|District Rockingham 40
|0.0373%
|1
|{{nts|1340}}
|Linda McGrath beat Richard Sawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/09/17/linda-mcgrath-wins-hampton-seabrook-rep-seat-primary-recount-by-1-vote-richard-sawyer/75246981007/ |title=Linda McGrath wins GOP primary recount for Hampton-Seabrook House seat by 1 vote|access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|AUS}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Victoria}}
|[[2018 Victorian state election|Victoria Legislative Assembly]]
|[[Electoral district of Ripon]]
|0.03745%
|15
|{{nts|20035}}
|Incumbent [[Louise Staley]] of the Liberal Party defeated Sarah de Santis of the Labor Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2018/RiponDistrict.html|title=State Election 2018: Ripon District results summary – Victorian Electoral Commission|website=vec.vic.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Alaska}}
| [[Alaska House of Representatives]] || District 1
| 0.03755%||1||{{nts|2,663}}
| Republican nominee [[Bart LeBon]] defeated Democrat Kathryn Dodge 2,663-2,662 following a recount and a state supreme court challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/lebon-tops-dodge-by-one-vote-after-house-race-recount/|title = LeBon tops Dodge by one vote after House race recount |newspaper= Juneau Empire |date = November 30, 2018 |access-date = December 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2018-12-20/judge-backs-alaska-elections-division-in-disputed-recount|title = Judges Backs Alaska Elections Division in Disputed Recount |newspaper= U.S. News & World Report |date = December 20, 2018 |access-date = December 27, 2018}}</ref> 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. The race decided control of the Alaska House of Representatives, technically giving Republicans a majority, but due to defections created a 20–20 tie instead of Democratic control.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsieh |first1=Jeremy |title=Alaska Supreme Court affirms LeBon win in House recount |url=https://www.ktoo.org/2019/01/03/watch-live-alaska-supreme-court-hears-election-recount-case/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |date=3 January 2019}}</ref> After weeks of deadlock, Bryce Edgmon (who originally won his seat with a coin toss) switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Independent and was re-elected Speaker and several committees were set up with bipartisan leadership.
|-
|1951
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1951 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast West]]
|0.03769%
|25
|{{nts|33,174}}
|[[Irish Labour Party|Irish Labour]] candidate [[Jack Beattie]] defeated [[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]] incumbent [[Thomas Teevan (Unionist politician)|Thomas Teevan]], 33,174–33,149.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.jphillips.eu/uk/1951/const/belfastwest|title=Belfast West :: UK General Election 1951|website=elections.jphillips.eu|access-date=2017-06-30}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| 1968 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1968 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Comox—Alberni]]
| 0.03771% || 9 || {{nts|11939}}
| Liberal [[Richard Durante]] defeated New Democratic incumbent [[Thomas Speakman Barnett]].<ref name="can1968"/> The result was later declared void and Durante lost the by-election to Barnett in 1969.
|-
|1935
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1935 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Kingswinford (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1930s|Kingswinford]]
|0.0382%
|16
|{{nts|20,925}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley|Arthur Henderson]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Alan Livesey Stuart Todd]], 20,925–20,909.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i11.htm|title=UK General Election results: November 1935 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701203406/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i11.htm|archive-date=2017-07-01|url-status=dead}}</ref><nowiki/>
|-
| 2023
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
| Virginia State Senate Republican primary
| 29
| 0.0384% 
| 2
| {{nts|2605}}
|Democrat Nikki Baldwin defeated Maria Martin.<ref>{{cite web |author=Muzyk, Cher |work=Prince William Times |title=Recount confirms Nikki Baldwin's 2-vote win in GOP primary for 29th District state Senate seat|date=22 July 2023 |url=https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/recount-confirms-nikki-baldwins-2-vote-win-in-gop-primary-for-29th-district-state-senate/article_c5c4677a-2885-11ee-9b16-db12b42df671.html |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1896 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1896 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[York East (federal electoral district)|York East]]
| 0.03841% || 1 || {{nts|3907}}
| Independent Conservative incumbent [[William F. McLean]] defeated Liberal Henry R. Frankland.<ref name="can1896"/> F
|-
| 2008 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2008 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Kitchener—Waterloo (electoral district)|Kitchener—Waterloo]]
| 0.0390% || 17 || {{nts|21830}}
| Conservative [[Peter Braid]] defeated Liberal [[Andrew Telegdi]] after a recount.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/news-story/2096489-tory-braid-wins-recount-in-kw-by-just-17-votes/ |title=Tory Braid wins recount in KW -- by just 17 votes |publisher=thespec|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1828
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[1828 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 20th congressional district|New York's 20th District]]
|0.03917%
|7
|{{nts|8,939}}
|In 1828, the 20th district had two representatives and all candidates ran in one race. Jacksonian [[Silas Wright, Jr.]] finished in 3rd place, 7 votes behind Adams-supporter [[George Fisher (New York politician)|George Fisher]]. Wright contested the outcome and a House investigation found that 130 votes for Wright had not been returned for him because of mistakes by election officials. The House removed Fisher, who did not object to the outcome and resigned, and gave the seat to Wright. Wright in the meantime had been elected state comptroller and so he refused to qualify for the seat, which was later filled by a special election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hinds Precedents |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1/pdf/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1.pdf |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1828 NY District 20 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=732166 |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1992 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1990s|Vale of Glamorgan]]
|0.03923%
|19
|{{nts|24,220}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[Walter Sweeney (politician)|Walter Sweeney]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[John Smith (Welsh politician)|John William Patrick Smith]], 24,220–24,201. Smith would beat Sweeney in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/554.htm|title=Vale of Glamorgan [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313134901/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/554.htm|archive-date=2016-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Alaska}}
| [[Alaska House of Representatives]] || District 7
|0.0398%||4||{{nts|5,024}}
| Incumbent Republican [[Mike Kelly (Alaska politician)|Mike Kelly]] defeated Democratic challenger Karl Kassel, 5,024–5,020, following a recount.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/08GENR/data/hd7results.htm|title=GEMS ELECTION RESULTS|website=elections.alaska.gov|access-date=2017-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/121608/reg_368240722.shtml|title=Kassel says he won't pursue further counts {{!}} Juneau Empire&nbsp;– Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper|website=juneauempire.com|access-date=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053207/http://juneauempire.com/stories/121608/reg_368240722.shtml|archive-date=2017-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/121008/reg_365854144.shtml|title=Kelly retains House seat by four votes {{!}} Juneau Empire&nbsp;– Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper|website=juneauempire.com|access-date=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051527/http://juneauempire.com/stories/121008/reg_365854144.shtml|archive-date=2017-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1990
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
|[[Illinois House of Representatives]]
|55th district
|0.0406%
|6
|{{nts|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. The [[Illinois Compiled Statutes]] required that ties be resolved by lot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=001000050K7-59|title=Illinois General Assembly&nbsp;– Illinois Compiled Statutes|website=ilga.gov|access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref> Mulligan won the coin flip and was declared the winner by the trial court. [[Pullen v Mulligan|Pullen then appealed]], and the [[Supreme Court of Illinois|Illinois Supreme Court]] decided that the correct vote count was 7,392–7,386, with Pullen declared the winner. Two years later Mulligan took another swing at the seat, and defeated Pullen in a race so close it also required a recount.<ref>{{Citation|title=Pullen v. Mulligan|date=September 21, 1990|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17720752419155017677|volume=561|page=585|access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref>
|-
|2024 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] ||[[Poole (UK Parliament constituency)|Poole]]
| 0.04045% || 18 || {{nts|14168}}
|Labour's candidate Neil Duncan-Jordan narrowly defeated the Conservative candidate [[Robert Syms]] by only 18 votes. The result was declared after three recounts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Alexander |title=General election: Neil Duncan-Jordan gains Poole for Labour |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24432954.general-election-neil-duncan-jordan-gains-poole-labour/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=Bournemouth Echo |date=5 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| Coos 7 District
| 0.0407997% 
| 2
| {{nts|2452}}
|Democrat [[Eamon Kelley]] defeated republican John Greer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Republican Loses Recount Closing Gap in House: 201 GOP to 199 Dem Seats|date=15 November 2022 |url=https://indepthnh.org/2022/11/15/second-republican-loses-in-recounts-closing-gap-in-nh-house-201-gop-to-199-dem-seats/ |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1991
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1991 Virginia House of Delegates election|Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 58
|0.0408%
|7
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1991 House of Delegates General Election District 58|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/47390/|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ress|first1=Dave|title=Counting, recounting and more fun with numbers|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/politics/shad-plank-blog/dp-nws-shad-plank-1216-story.html|access-date=13 January 2018|date=14 December 2017|archive-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150426/http://www.dailypress.com/news/politics/shad-plank-blog/dp-nws-shad-plank-1216-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}} 
| [[2013 Virginia elections|Virginia General]]
| [[2013 Virginia Attorney General election|Virginia Attorney General]]
| 0.0411% 
| 907 
| {{nts|1,105,045}}
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate [[Mark Herring]] defeated [[United States Republican Party|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&nbsp;— a 907 or 0.04% margin.
|-
|1994
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1994 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts Governor's Council Democratic primary]]
|4th District
|0.0420%
|26
|{{nts|30,989}}
|Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. defeated John J. Kerrigan. Iannella won the general unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|title=1994 Governor's Council Democratic Primary 4th District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/6142//|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 117
|0.04226%
|4
|{{nts|4735}}
| Incumbent [[Mike Cabell]] lost to Jamie Walsh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mike Cabell picks up a vote, but Jamie Walsh ahead by four |url=https://www.psdispatch.com/news/93655/mike-cabell-picks-up-a-vote-but-jamie-walsh-ahead-by-four |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1870
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Carolina}}
|[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|South Carolina's At-large District (unrecognized)
|0.0425%
|61
|{{nts|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. As a result, South Carolina and other slave states tried to seat extra members of Congress. South Carolina choose two additional congress members during at-large election. In one of those, Johann Peter Martin Epping defeated Lucius W. Wimbush by 61 votes: 71,803–71,742. But the House refused to seat him and the other at-large winner. "A number of southern states upon readmission claimed that since their slaves were emancipated, they were entitled to larger delegations in the House. Epping's election falls in this category. The claims were rejected by the House."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr|url-access=registration|quote=epping 71803 wimbush 71742.|title=Guide to U.S. elections|date=2005|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781568029818}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDjrCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1374 |title=Guide to U.S. Elections|last=Kalb|first=Deborah|date=2015-12-24|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781483380384}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052705800;view=1up;seq=523|title=Reports and resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly. 1870-71.|website=HathiTrust|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/72223702/|title=The Daily Phoenix from Columbia, South Carolina on November 10, 1870 · Page 3|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1995 || {{flagicon|Australia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Queensland}}
| [[Queensland Legislative Assembly]] || [[Electoral district of Mundingburra|Mundingburra]]
| 0.04301% ||16 || {{nts|18600}}
| General election saw return of [[Australian Labor Party]] MP [[Ken Davies (politician)|Ken Davies]] over his [[Liberal Party of Australia|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.
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|Kentucky House of Representatives
|District 27
|0.04326%
|6
|{{nts|6938}}
|Incumbent Democrat [[Jeff Greer]] lost to Republican [[Nancy Tate]].<ref>{{cite news|title=RDecision 2018: Republicans Remain on Top|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/politics/2018/11/07/decision-2018--republicans-remain-on-top|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || {{flagicon|Australia}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Australia}}
| [[Parliament of South Australia]] || [[2014 Fisher state by-election|Fisher state by-election]]
| 0.04371% || 9 || {{nts|10299}}
| 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 of Australia|Liberal Party]] candidate, Heidi Harris, by nine votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Australia byelection: Labor's Nat Cook wins Fisher by nine votes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/south-australia-byelection-labors-nat-cook-wins-fisher-by-nine-votes |access-date=16 November 2018 |date=15 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1974 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1974 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Drummond (federal electoral district)|Drummond]]
| 0.0447% || 13 || {{nts|14561}}
| Liberal [[Yvon Pinard]] defeated Social Credit incumbent [[Jean-Marie Boisvert]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=30&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 30th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1979 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1979 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Halifax (federal electoral district)|Halifax]]
| 0.0453% || 15 || {{nts|16570}}
| Progressive Conservative [[George Cooper (Canadian politician)|George Cooper]] defeated Liberal Brian Flemming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=31&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 31st Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[1996 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Chiba 4th district|Chiba 4th]]
|0.045513%
|105
|{{nts|73,792}}
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s candidate [[Shoichi Tanaka]] defeated [[New Frontier Party (Japan)|NFP]]'s candidate [[Yoshihiko Noda]] by 105 votes (new seat).<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Japanese general election: Chiba 4th district|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/17788/senkyoku/28943|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[2006 Vermont Auditor of Accounts election|Vermont Auditor of Accounts]]
|[[Vermont Auditor of Accounts]]
|0.0456%
|102
|{{nts|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. The final tally gave Salmon 111,770 votes and Republican Brock 111,668.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneyd|first1=Ross|title=Recount Overturns Vermont Auditor Race|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122100752.html|access-date=19 January 2018|date=21 December 2006}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Portsmouth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth, Central]]
|0.0457%
|7
|{{nts|7,666}}
|In this four-way race, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[Frank Privett]] defeated National Liberal candidate T. Fisher 7,666–7,659.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA217|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2005 British Columbia general election|British Columbia general]] || [[Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver-Burrard]]
| 0.0458% || 11 || {{nts|12009}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral History of British Columbia |url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayencourt defeats Stevenson by 18 votes |url=http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_election-finals20050601 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028222138/http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_election-finals20050601 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2005 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=cbc.ca}}</ref> Following an additional recount ordered by the courts, Maynecourt retained an 11-vote lead and was declared the winner.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/liberal-mayencourt-wins-after-recount/article18229267/ "Liberal Mayencourt wins after recount"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 11, 2005.</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warnica |first1=Richard |title=Lorne Mayencourt's Great Escape |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2005/07/28/MayencourtEscape/ |access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1960
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1960 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Indiana's 5th congressional district|Indiana's 5th District]]
|0.0461%
|99
|{{nts|107,357}}
|In the official count after election day, Republican George O. Chambers defeated Democrat [[J. Edward Roush]] by 3 votes and by 12 votes after the canvas. He was certified as the winner, but Roush contested the outcome and the Democratically-controlled House first decided that neither should be seated. After a review of the ballots, the House Committee determined that Roush had won the seat by 99 votes and on June 14, 1961 passed a resolution to seat him.<ref name="Contested1933to2009"/>
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Basildon and Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon and Billericay]]
| 0.0464% || 20 || {{nts|12905}}
| Before the election, [[Richard Holden (British politician)|Richard Holden]], who was serving as the [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]] [[Parachute candidate|parachute]] to this constincuency but end up winning by mere 20 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001077|title=Basildon and Billericay results|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
|-
|1965
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[1965 Philippine Senate election|Philippine Senate]]
|At-large
|0.0469%
|3,567
|{{nts|2,972,525}}
|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 (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] to win out the last Senate seat.
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| Grafton 18 District
| 0.0473% 
| 4
| {{nts|4229}}
|Republican [[John Sellers (New Hampshire politician)|John Sellers]] defeated Democrat [[Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 New Hampshire State House - Grafton District 18 Election Results|website=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-11-08-state_house-NH-32139/|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|Kentucky House of Representatives
|District 91
|0.0474%
|7
|{{nts|7385}}
|Incumbent Republican [[Toby Herald]] lost to Democrat [[Cluster Howard]].<ref>{{cite news|title=RDecision 2018: Republicans Remain on Top|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/politics/2018/11/07/decision-2018--republicans-remain-on-top|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1993 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1993 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Edmonton Northwest (federal electoral district)|Edmonton Northwest]]
| 0.0476% || 12 || {{nts|12599}}
| Liberal candidate [[Anne McLellan]] narrowly edged out Reform candidate Richard Kayler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=35&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 35th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=October 25, 1993 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1853
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
|[[1852 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Georgia's 3rd congressional district|Georgia's 3rd District]]
|0.0478%
|5
|{{nts|5,232}}
|Democrat [[David Jackson Bailey|David J. Bailey]] defeated Whig [[Robert Pleasant Trippe|Robert P. Trippe]] 5232–5227.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHMwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA59|title=Whig Almanac, and Politicians' Register|date=1854|publisher=Greeley & McElrath}}</ref>
|-
| 1972 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
| Connecticut House of Representatives 65th district Democratic primary
| Connecticut
| 0.0481% || 1 || {{nts|2,079}}<ref name="invalid primary 1972" />
| Representatives [[Addo Bonetti]] and John J. Miscikowski were both moved into the [[Connecticut's 65th House of Representatives district|65th district]] after legislative redistricting in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 6, 1972 |title=Democrats Fail To Name Choice |page=46 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236424/hartford-courant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609120632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236424/hartford-courant/ |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref> Bonetti was initially defeated in the primary by Miscikowski by one vote and a recount maintained Miscikowski's one vote victory.<ref name="invalid primary 1972">{{Cite news |date=October 17, 1972 |title=Miscikoski Defeats Bonnetti by One Vote |page=16 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236538/hartford-courant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609121123/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236538/hartford-courant/ |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1972 |title=Primary Recount Still Leaves Questions |page=12 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236553/hartford-courant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609121322/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236553/hartford-courant/ |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref> However, Judge George Saden invalidated the primary and ordered a new one due to a Republican having mistakenly voted in the primary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1972 |title=Judge Invalidates Primary |page=23 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236683/hartford-courant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609121649/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236683/hartford-courant/ |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref> Bonetti defeated Miscikowski in the second primary and won in the general election against Republican nominee Edwin R. Chadwick.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 1972 |title=Democrats Pick Bonetti To Run |page=1 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236733/hartford-courant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609121939/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79236733/hartford-courant/ |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=1972 election results |page=41 |work=[[Secretary of the State of Connecticut]] |url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1972SOVpdf.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513055824/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1972SOVpdf.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] || [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and North Perthshire]]
| 0.0482% || 21 || {{nts|21804}}
| The incumbent [[Scottish National Party]] narrowly defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate [[Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank|Ian Duncan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Perth and North Perthsire 2017 Election Parliament Results|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000054|website=BBC|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1945
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheshire, Northwich]]
|0.0486%
|15
|{{nts|15,477}}
|In this three-way race, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[John Foster (MP for Northwich)|John Foster]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate Prof. [[Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley|Robert Chorley]] 15,477–15,473.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 1968 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1968 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Oshawa—Whitby]]
| 0.0493% || 15 || {{nts|15224}}
| New Democrat [[Ed Broadbent]] defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]].<ref name="can1968"/>
|-
| 2014 || {{flagicon|Ukraine}}
| [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election|Ukrainian parliamentary]] || 79th constituency ([[Vasylivka]])
| 0.0495% || 17 || {{nts|17197}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Після перерахунку голосів у 79-му мажоритарному окрузі змінився переможець |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/11/10/7043797/ |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Українська правда |date=10 November 2014 |language=uk}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
|[[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
|District 90
|0.0496%
|7
|{{nts|7055}}
|Incumbent Republican [[Craig C. Fishbein]] defeated Democratic challenger Jim Jinks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ctmirror.org/2020/11/17/state-rep-craig-fishbeins-17-vote-margin-of-victory-shrinks-to-7/|title=State Rep. Craig Fishbein's 17-vote margin of victory shrinks to 7 |access-date=2024-11-16}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|[[Windsor-Orange-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002–12|Windsor-Orange 1 District]]
|0.0498%
|1
|{{nts|1004}}
|This was the fourth matchup between incumbent Democrat Sarah Buxton and Republican David Ainsworth (their first matchup had also been decided by one vote). The initial tally had Buxton leading by 3 votes: 1,003–1,000.
The first recount had them both tied at 1,000.

The second recount then had Ainsworth win by one vote, 1,004–1,003. Buxton did not make any further appeals and this was the final result.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ourherald.com/news/2016-12-15/Front_Page/Ainsworth_Wins_It_By_a_Hair.html|title=Ainsworth Wins It By a Hair |work=Randolph Herald|access-date=2017-07-15}} {{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/12/14/after-second-recount-ainsworth-defeats-buxton-by-one-vote|title=After Second Recount, Ainsworth Defeats Buxton by One Vote|last=Hallenbeck|first=Terri|work=Seven Days|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
|-
|1940
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kansas}}
|Kansas gubernatorial
|[[Governor of Kansas]]
|0.0505%
|430
|{{nts|425,928}}
|Burke came within 430 votes of beating Gov. Ratner for reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262006|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– KS Governor Race&nbsp;– Nov 05, 1940|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/10/06/page/6/article/farmers-unrest-points-to-g-o-p-kansas-victory|title=FARMERS' UNREST POINTS TO G. O. P. KANSAS VICTORY (October 6, 1942)|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
|-
|1854
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|[[1854 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district|Pennsylvania's 5th District]]
|0.0510%
|8
|{{nts|7,842}}
|Democrat [[John Cadwalader (jurist)|John Cadwalader]] defeated anti-Nebraska Whig Jones 7,842–7,834.
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Quebec}}
|[[2009 Action démocratique du Québec leadership election|Party Leader]] (second ballot)
|[[Action démocratique du Québec]] 
|0.0511%
|2
|{{nts|1957}}
|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.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/news/Taillon+wins+votes/2118415/story.html "Taillon wins by two votes: Edges Caire; Some say they'll leave party"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}/ ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'', October 18, 2009.</ref>
|-
|1833
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Indiana}}
|[[1832 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[Indiana's 2nd congressional district|Indiana's 2nd District]]
|0.0520%
|2
|{{nts|1921}}
|In this 6-way race, Whig [[John Ewing (Indiana politician)|John Ewing]] defeated Democrat [[John Wesley Davis|John W. Davis]] by 2 votes: 1921–1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=581939|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– IN&nbsp;– District 02 Race&nbsp;– Aug 05, 1833|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CYPAQAAIAAJ&q=ewing+1921+davis+1919+law+1668+boon+1459|title=Indiana election returns, 1816–1851|last1=Riker|first1=Dorothy Lois|last2=Thornbrough|first2=Gayle|date=1960|publisher=Indiana Historical Bureau|isbn=9781885323170}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
| [[Pennsylvania Senate]] || [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 45|District 45]]
| 0.0521% || 69 || {{nts|66261}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knowles |first1=Hannah |title=Pennsylvania Republicans block seating of Democratic state senator, take control from lieutenant governor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/05/pennsylvania-senate-fetterman-brewster/ |access-date=14 January 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=5 January 2021}}</ref> A week later, after Ziccarelli lost her appeal, she conceded and Brewster was sworn in.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Paula Reed |title=State Sen. Jim Brewster sworn in after 2 months of legal wrangling over results |url=https://triblive.com/local/state-sen-jim-brewster-sworn-in-after-2-months-of-legal-wrangling-over-results/ |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=14 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Idaho}}
|Idaho House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 30
|0.053%
|4
|{{nts|3764}}
|Incumbent [[Julianne Young]] lost to Ben Fuhriman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article289567312.html|title=Election recount confirms incredibly narrow result in Idaho House Republican primary race}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2025 
|{{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ontario}}
|[[2025 Ontario general election|Ontario general]] || [[Mississauga—Erin Mills (provincial electoral district)| Mississauga—Erin Mills]]
|0.0531% 
|20 
|{{nts|16665}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent [[Sheref Sabawy]] narrowly won re-election by just 20 votes over [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] candidate Qasir Dar. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/ontario/2025/results/|title=Ontario Votes 2025|website=CBC News|access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
|-
|1870
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
| [[Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district|Pennsylvania's 17th District]]
|0.05324%
|11
|{{nts|10,335}}
|Democratic challenger [[Robert Milton Speer|Milton Speer]] defeated Republican incumbent [[Daniel Johnson Morrell|Daniel J. Morrell]] by 11 votes: 10335–10324.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/pages/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=434946|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– Race Detail Page|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2o3AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA100|title=The World Almanac & Book of Facts|date=1871|publisher=Newspaper Enterprise Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/officialcongres09pringoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/officialcongres09pringoog/page/n57 45]|title=Official Congressional Directory|last=Congress|first=United States|date=1872|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.}}</ref> Morrell declined to contest the results, blaming the loss on the "base treachery and debauchery of professed Republicans."
|-
| 1887 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1887 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Montmorency (federal electoral district)|Montmorency]]
| 0.05328% || 1 || {{nts|939}}
| Liberal [[Charles Langelier]] defeated Conservative P. V. Valin.<ref name="can1887" />
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Michigan}}
|Michigan House of Representatives Republican primary
|District 18
|0.05348%
|4
|{{nts|2775}}
|Michael Babat defeated Christine Timmon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/decision-2020/2020/07/28/michigan-primary-election-results-for-state-house-district-18-on-aug-4-2020/|title=Michigan Primary Election Results for State House District 18, on Aug. 4, 2020|access-date=2024-11-16|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Arizona}}
|[[United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016|United States House of Representatives Republican primary]]
|[[Arizona's 5th congressional district|Arizona's 5th District]]
|0.0535%
|27
|{{nts|85,595}}
|On the night of the Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Congressman [[Matt Salmon]], State Senator [[Andy Biggs]] led by a total of 16 votes against Republican challenger [[Christine Jones (businesswoman)|Christine Jones]]. After a recount, that lead widened to 27 votes, and Jones conceded the election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/16/andy-biggs-christine-jones-recount-5th-congressional-district/90436290/|title=Andy Biggs wins recount; Christine Jones concedes|work=azcentral|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|Iowa State Senate Republican primary
|District 42
|0.05353%
|2
|{{nts|1518}}
|[[Charlie McClintock]] beat Colman Silbernagel and Justin Wasson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/iowa-senate-42-charlie-mcclintock-wins-gop-primary-by-2-votes/ |title=Iowa Senate 42: Charlie McClintock wins GOP primary by 2 votes|access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Minnesota}}
|[[2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 2|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Minnesota's 2nd congressional district|Minnesota's 2ndd District]]
|0.0537%
|155
|{{nts|288,900}}
|Republican [[Mark Kennedy (politician)|Mark Kennedy]] won against DFL incumbent [[David Minge]] 138,957-138,802.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/22|title=Home – Election Results}}</ref>

|-
|1945
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness and Sutherland]]
|0.0539%
|6
|{{nts|5,564}}
|In this very close three-way race where each candidate received 33% of the vote, [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist Party]] candidate [[Eric Gandar Dower]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes]] 5,564–5,558. The incumbent, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] leader [[Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso|Archibald Sinclair]], had 5,503 votes.
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]
|0.05407%
|22
|{{nts|20,353}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent Sir [[Harmar Nicholls]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]] 20,353–20,331. Ward had also lost to Nicholls in 1966 and 1970, but would win in Oct 1974.
|-
|1983
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hyndburn]]
|0.05414%
|21
|{{nts|19,405}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate [[Ken Hargreaves]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Arthur Davidson (politician)|Arthur Davidson]] 19,405–19,384. This seat was created in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm|title=UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117090106/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm|archive-date=2010-01-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1838
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Jersey}}
|[[1838 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New Jersey's at-large congressional district|New Jersey's at-large District]]
|0.05455%
|31
|{{nts|28,426}}
|For much of its early history, New Jersey chose all of its Congressional delegation in an at-large election, with each voter getting to vote for however many candidates that there were seats and usually each party's slate of candidates would thus have similar numbers of votes. In 1838, New Jersey had six seats and so each voter could vote for six candidates. The voting for the parties was very close and at first it appeared that all 6 Whig candidates had been re-elected and their election was certified by the Whig governor who applied the states "broad seal" to them. The Democrats contested the election on the grounds that the votes of two townships were excluded and that if included would've swung the election and this became known as the "Broad Seal War". The House, which held a 2-seat majority without the NJ delegation, decided to seat one of the Whigs but leave the other 5 seats vacant. After the contest was investigated, and the excluded votes counted, 5 of the 6 Democrats were declared winners. They were seated in July 1840. In the end only 197 votes separated the Democrat's best finisher from the Whig's worst. [[Charles C. Stratton]] came in 7th, only 31 votes behind Democrat [[Joseph Kille]] a difference of only 0.05455%. [[John Patterson Bryan Maxwell|John P. B. Maxwell]] missed out by 40 votes, or 0.0703%. The 6 Democrats averaged 28,429 votes and the Whigs 28,360 for an average advantage of only 69 votes or 0.12%.<ref>{{cite web |title=NJ At-Large Race – Oct 08, 1838|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=724593 |website=Our Campaigns |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Ronald L. |title=A BIBLIOGRAPHY RELATING TO THE BROAD SEAL WAR IN NEW JERSEY, 1838-40}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Tennessee}}
|[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Tennessee's 4th congressional district|Tennessee's 4th District]]
|0.05464%
|38
|{{nts|69,548}}
|Scandal-plagued [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Scott DesJarlais]] defeated candidate [[Jim Tracy (politician)|Jim Tracy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghianni |first1=Tim |title=Representative DesJarlais wins Tennessee primary by 38 votes |newspaper=Reuters |date=25 August 2014 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-tennessee/representative-desjarlais-wins-tennessee-primary-by-38-votes-idUSKBN0GP1UX20140825 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> 
|-
|1986
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[1986 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[North Carolina's 6th congressional district|North Carolina's 6th District]]
|0.05465%
|79
|{{nts|144,579}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Howard Coble]] defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate [[Robin Britt]]. 
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]]
|0.0561%
|27
|{{nts|20,809}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] challenger [[William Molloy, Baron Molloy|William Molloy]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[John Barter]] 20,809–20,782.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.jphillips.eu/uk/1964/const/ealingnorth|title=Ealing North :: UK General Election 1964|website=elections.jphillips.eu|access-date=2017-06-30}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|[[Windsor-Orange-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002–12|Windsor-Orange 1 District]]
|0.0567%
|1
|{{nts|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. Buxton appealed and the Superior Court ruled that vote valid, so that Buxton still won by one vote (881–880). Ainsworth then appealed but the House voted along party lines to uphold Buxton's one-vote victory.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9-WNydZzCHrS0tOZ2MyUGlObW8/view?usp=drive_web&usp=embed_facebook|title=2017 Wrask&nbsp;– Sampling of past contested legislative elections.pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ourherald.com/news/2010-11-25/Front_Page/f01.html|title=Two Recounts Don't Change the Results {{!}} www.ourherald.com {{!}} Randolph Herald|access-date=2017-07-15}} {{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89873/lawmakers-uphold-buxtons-one-vote-victory/|title=Lawmakers Uphold Buxton's One-Vote Victory|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref> Remarkably, their fourth matchup in 2016 would again be decided by one vote, but with the result reversed.
|-
| 2012 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[2012 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[Iowa Republican caucuses, 2012|Iowa Republican caucuses]]
| 0.0570% || 34 || {{nts|29839}}
| Former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Rick Santorum]] defeated former [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Governor]] [[Mitt Romney]] in the statewide [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] caucuses, the closest GOP [[Partisan primary|primary election]] in United States history.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zeleny|first=Jeff|title=Romney Wins Iowa Caucus by 8 Votes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/politics/santorum-and-romney-fight-to-a-draw.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=4 January 2012|date=January 3, 2012}}</ref>  Romney had been declared the winner by 8 votes on caucus night.
|-
|1930
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kansas}}
|[[1930 Kansas gubernatorial election|Kansas gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of Kansas]]
|0.0576%
|251
|{{nts|217,171}}
|Harry H. Woodring won a three-way race between himself (217,171 votes), Frank Haucke (216,920), and John R. Brinkley (183,278).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262961|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– KS Governor Race&nbsp;– Nov 04, 1930|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Many of Brinkley's votes were misspelled and did not count.
|-
|1903
|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|[[1903 Australian federal election|Australian House of Representatives]]
|[[Division of Riverina|Riverina]]
|0.0576%
|5
|{{nts|4,341}}
|[[Robert Blackwood (Australian politician)|Robert Blackwood]] defeated the sitting member [[John Chanter]] by five votes. The result was overturned and Chanter won [[1904 Riverina by-election|a by-election]] by 363 votes.<ref name=australia/>
|-
| 2014 || {{flagicon|Ukraine}}
| [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election|Ukrainian parliamentary]] || 22nd constituency ([[Lutsk]])
| 0.0578% || 28 || {{nts|24245}}
| [[Ihor Lapin]] ([[People's Front (Ukraine)|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Лапін переміг Констанкевич на 28 голосів? |url=http://mediaavers.com/derzhava/pol%D1%96tika/2014/10/28/lap%D1%96n-perem%D1%96g-konstankevich-na-28-golos%D1%96v/ |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=ТРК Аверс |date=28 October 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712143043/http://mediaavers.com/derzhava/pol%D1%96tika/2014/10/28/lap%D1%96n-perem%D1%96g-konstankevich-na-28-golos%D1%96v/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1959
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1959 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham All Saints]]
|0.05806%
|20
|{{nts|17,235}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenger [[John Harold Hollingworth]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Denis Herbert Howell]] 17,235–17,215.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1959 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623213718/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm|archive-date=2013-06-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2011 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Nipissing—Timiskaming]]
| 0.05812% || 18 || {{nts|15495}}
| Conservative [[Jay Aspin]] defeated Liberal incumbent [[Anthony Rota]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=1360&Search=Det |title=History of Federal Ridings since 1867|date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1870
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district|Pennsylvania's 16th District]]
|0.0584%
|15
|{{nts|12,859}}
|Democratic challenger [[Benjamin Franklin Meyers|Benjamin F. Meyers]] defeated Republican incumbent [[John Cessna]] by 15 votes: 12,859–12,844.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=482413|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– PA District 16 Race&nbsp;– Oct 11, 1870|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA45|title=Congressional Directory|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> Cessna contested the election and on January 18, 1872 the House Committee on Elections decided in favor of Meyers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington News and Gossip|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1872-01-19/ed-1/seq-1.pdf|access-date=28 December 2017|date=19 January 1872}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V2/html/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V2-3.htm|title=Hinds' Precedents, Volume 2&nbsp;– Chapter 29&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1870 To 1875|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> In a rematch later that year, Cessna reclaimed his seat.
|-
|1990
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1990 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|11th Essex
|0.0599%
|5
|{{nts|4175}}
|[[Edward J. Clancy Jr.]] defeated [[Thomas M. McGee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1990 State Representative Democratic Primary 11th Essex District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/4638/|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1972 || {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|NL}}
| [[1972 Newfoundland general election|Newfoundland general]] || [[Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair|Labrador South]]
| 0.06% || 1 || {{nts|1865}}
| Josiah Harvey of the [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal Party]] narrowly held onto his seat against [[Labrador Party]] candidate [[Michael S. Martin (politician)|Michael Martin]]. A rematch was held later that year, in which Martin won the seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ElectionReports/PDF/General.Elections/GEreport1972.pdf |title=General Election Returns (1972) |access-date=2019-02-27 |work=Elections Newfoundland and Labrador |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227014147/http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ElectionReports/PDF/General.Elections/GEreport1972.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2005 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Kyoto 4th district|Kyoto 4th]]
|0.06012%
|156
|{{nts|75,192}}
|Kyoto 4th district's incumbent [[Hideo Tanaka (politician)|Hideo Tanaka]] belonged to LDP. However, LDP expelled Tanaka because he opposed the postal privatization bill.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hirom Nonaka, an anti-Koizumi obsession|url=https://www.asahi.com/senkyo2005/special/TKY200508250099.html|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref> LDP nominated [[Yasuhiro Nakagawa]] as a candidate. As a result, Nakagawa defeated Tanaka by 156 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Japanese general election: Kyoto 4th district|url=https://www.asahi.com/senkyo2005/kaihyo/A26004.html|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || {{flagicon|Ghana}}
| [[2020 Ghanaian general election|Ghanaian general]] || [[Sene West (Ghana parliament constituency)|Sene West]]
|0.0606% || 16 || {{nts|13116}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghanaelection2020/elections.constituency.results.php?mode=parliamentary&ID=111|title=Sene West constituency results 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>
| Incumbent [[Kwame Twumasi Ampofo]] of the [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]] narrowly won reelection against Joseph Kumah Mackey of the [[New Patriotic Party]]. The [[Electoral Commission of Ghana|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/politics/NDC-gives-details-on-why-Sene-West-ballot-box-is-currently-locked-up-at-the-police-station-1133930|title=Sene West ballot box incident |work=GhanaWeb |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> This result led to a [[hung parliament]] as a single [[Andrew Asiamah Amoako|independent]] prevented either party from reaching a majority of seats (although the lone independent decided to vote with the NPP).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/politics/NPP-now-has-a-majority-in-Parliament-regardless-of-the-outcome-of-Sene-West-seat-1135979|title=NPP now has a majority in Parliament regardless of the outcome of Sene West seat |work=GhanaWeb | date=17 December 2020 | access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> 
|-
| 2012 || {{flagicon|Ukraine}}
| [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election|Ukrainian parliamentary]] || 184th constituency ([[Nova Kakhovka]])
| 0.0607% || 22 || {{nts|18123}}
| In a [[First-past-the-post voting|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ОВК 184: Вищий адмінсуд залишив регіонала переможцем у Новій Каховці |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/11/19/6977675/ |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Українська правда |date=19 November 2014 |language=uk}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|France}}
| [[2017 French legislative election|French legislative (2nd round)]] || [[Corrèze's 2nd constituency]]
| 0.06105% || 23 || {{nts|18849}}
| [[Frédérique Meunier]] of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR) narrowly held onto his seat against ex-Socialist senator [[Patricia Bordas]], invested by [[La République En Marche!]] (REM).<ref name="legislatives2017"/>
|-
|2017 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] ||[[Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington]]
| 0.06126% || 20 || {{nts|16333}}
|Labour Emma Dent Coad defeated Conservative [[Victoria Borwick]] after three recounts over two days.
|-
| 2016
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire Senate]]
| District 7
| 0.06128% 
| 17 
| {{nts|13,880}}
| The initial<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Erikson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Ericksen |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> count showed Republican Harold French with a 13-vote lead over Democrat [[Andrew Hosmer]]. Following a recount, that widened to 17 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hosmer concedes District 7 state Senate race, will not appeal|url=http://www.wmur.com/article/hosmer-cites-missing-votes-after-state-senate-district-7-recount/8299954|access-date=20 January 2018|date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1950 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Michigan}}
| [[1950 Michigan gubernatorial election|Michigan gubernatorial]]
| [[Governor of Michigan]]
| 0.0614% || 1,154 || {{nts|935,152}}
| Incumbent Democratic [[G. Mennen Williams]] defeated Republican former Governor [[Harry Kelly (politician)|Harry Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1950 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Michigan|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1950&fips=26&f=0&off=5&elect=0&minper=0|access-date=27 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Idaho}}
| [[Idaho Senate]]
| District 15
| 0.0615% 
| 11
| {{nts|8,947}}
| The initial count showed Incumbent Republican [[Fred Martin (Idaho politician)|Fred Martin]] ahead with a 6-vote lead over Democratic challenger Jim Bratnober. Following a recount, that widened to 11 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Incumbent Republican retains state Senate seat after recount |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/incumbent-republican-retains-state-senate-seat-after-recount/ |access-date=6 December 2018 |work=Seattle Times |date=6 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Washington}}
| [[Washington State Senate]] || District 42
| 0.06204% || 45 || {{nts|36291}}
| Republican incumbent Doug Erickson defeated Democrat Pinky Vargas by 45 votes after a recount.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittendorf |first1=Robert |title=Ericksen, Van Werven hang on to legislative seats after hand recount — but just barely |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/election/local-election/article222613480.html |access-date=7 December 2018 |work=Bellingham Herald |date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2014 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Niigata 2nd district|Niigata 2nd]]
|0.062077%
|102
|{{nts|70,589}}
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s incumbent [[Kenichi Hosoda]] defeated [[Democratic Party of Japan|DPJ]]'s challenger [[Eiichiro Washio]] by 102 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Japanese general election: Niigata 2nd district's result|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/archives/shugiin/2014/#skh_1502|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
| [[2010 Illinois gubernatorial election#Results 2|Illinois gubernatorial Republican primary]] || [[Governor of Illinois]]
| 0.06209% || 193 || {{nts|155527}}
| [[Bill Brady (politician)|Bill Brady]] defeated [[Kirk Dillard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/02/21/kirk-dillard-reloads-laments-what-might-have-been/ |title=Kirk Dillard reloads, laments what might have been&nbsp;– tribunedigital-chicagotribune |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=2014-02-21 |access-date=2015-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/us/06primary.html|title=In Illinois, Race Is Set for Governor|first=Monica|last=Davey|work=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Dakota}}
|[[South Dakota House of Representatives]]
|District 12
|0.06217%
|4
|{{nts|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. On the initial count, they had respectively 3,229 (25.84%), 2,250 (18.00%), 3,229 (25.84%), and 3,790 (30.32%) (12,498 total votes). As in 1996, Rost won the first seat, while McIntyre and Wick tied for the second seat.
But on a recount, McIntyre was found to be ahead by 4 votes, with the final official tally being 3,219 (25.85%), 2,244 (18.02%), 3,215 (25.81%), 3,776 (30.32%) (12,454 total votes).

The House then voted 36–33, this time to seat McIntyre.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://my605.com/pierrereview/?p=10382|title=Wick says he's only taking time off {{!}} Pure Pierre Politics|website=my605.com|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/1998/1998_general_election_official_canvass_legislative_candidates.aspx|title=Election Resources: South Dakota Secretary of State, Shantel Krebs|website=sdsos.gov|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
|-
| 1892 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|California}}
| [[1892 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential election in California, 1892|California]]
| 0.06224% || 147 || {{nts|269609}}
| 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.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1892&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0</ref>
|-
| 1960 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Hawaii}}
|[[1960 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential election in Hawaii, 1960|Hawaii]]
| 0.06226% || 115 || {{nts|92410}}
| 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.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1960&fips=15&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1960 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Hawaii]</ref>
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|6th Hampden
|0.0625%
|3
|{{nts|2,400}}
|In a three-way race, James L. Grimaldi topped Anthony M. Scibelli by three votes. Grimaldi would win the general, but then lose the 1972 primary to Scibelli. He would win the seat in 14th Hampden twice and then lose the seat for 10th Hampden to Scibelli. Scibelli would serve from 1972 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=1970 State Representative Democratic Primary|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/27526/|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> 
|-
|1976
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts Senate|Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary]]
|2nd Essex and Middlesex
|0.06262%
|13
|{{nts|10,386}}
|William X. Wall defeated [[James Shannon (Massachusetts politician)|James M. Shannon]] on his way to winning the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/32349//|title=1976 State Senate Democratic Primary 2nd Essex and Middlesex District|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || {{flagicon|Australia}}
| [[2013 Australian federal election|Australian federal]] || [[Division of Fairfax]]
| 0.06264% || 53 || {{nts|42330}}
| [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-160.htm|title=House of Representatives Division First Preferences|first=Australian Electoral|last=Commission|website=results.aec.gov.au}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[2007 Philippine Senate election|Philippine Senate]]
|At-large
|0.0628%
|18,519
|{{nts|11005866}}
|The [[Philippine Senate]] is elected via [[multiple non-transferable vote]]. The 12th placed candidate, [[Migz Zubiri]] of [[TEAM Unity (Philippines)|TEAM Unity]], edged out [[Koko Pimentel]] of [[Genuine Opposition|GO]] to win out the last Senate seat.<ref>{{cite news |date=2008-03-14 |title=Zubiri: SC ruling on Pimentel bid seals case |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/14/08/zubiri-sc-ruling-pimentel-bid-seals-case |accessdate=2011-07-23 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref> Pimentel later filed an [[Pimentel v. Zubiri|electoral protest]]. Four years later, after recounts in the [[Senate Electoral Tribunal]] showed Pimentel taking the lead, Zubiri resigned;<ref>{{cite news |last=Ager |first=Maila |date=2011-08-03 |title=Zubiri resigns amid poll fraud scandal |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/35661/zubiri-resigns-amid-poll-fraud-scandal |accessdate=2011-08-03 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> Pimentel was then proclaimed senator-elect, with Pimentel having a 258,166-vote lead over Zubiri.<ref>{{cite news |last=Calonzo |first=Andreo C. |date=2011-08-11 |title=Pimentel proclaimed 12th winning senator in '07 polls |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/229132/nation/pimentel-proclaimed-12th-winning-senator-in-07-polls |accessdate=2011-08-11 |work=GMA News Online}}</ref>
|-
| 1896 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
| [[1896 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential elections in Kentucky|Kentucky]]
| 0.06352% || 277 || {{nts|218171}}
| [[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 [[United States presidential elections in Kentucky|Kentucky]] in his initial presidential run, becoming the first Republican ever to win Kentucky.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1896&fips=21&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1896 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Kentucky]</ref> McKinley won Kentucky; however one Elector cast a vote for Bryan.
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Minnesota}}
|[[Minnesota House of Representatives]]
|District 54A
|0.06384%
|15
|{{nts|10980}}
| Incumbent Democratic-Farmer-Labor party candidate [[Brad Tabke]] beat Republican [[Aaron Paul]] by 15 votes after a recount that extended his margin by 1 vote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Herscowitz |first1=Eva |title=DFL Rep. Brad Tabke picks up one vote over Republican Aaron Paul after 54A recount |url=https://www.startribune.com/house-district-54a-recount-shakopee-tabke-paul/601184676 |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Star Tribune |date=21 November 2024}}</ref> Paul sued because 21 absentee ballots were lost, claiming that the winner can not be known and asking for a special election. At a December 17 hearing, 6 voters whose ballots were lost said they voted for Tabke, meaning that there were not enough votes for Paul to overcome the deficit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffith |first1=Michele |title=Rep. Brad Tabke appears to have the votes. Now a judge will decide if that's enough to take office. |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/17/rep-brad-tabke-appears-to-have-the-votes-now-a-judge-will-decide-if-thats-enough-to-take-office/ |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Minnesota Reformer |date=17 December 2024}}</ref> In a January decision, Judge Tracy Perzel ruled that Tabke's election should stand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hovland |first1=Ben |title=Judge: DFL candidate's election stands for Shakopee area Minnesota House seat |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/14/judge-ruling-tabke-paul-minnesota-house-54a-seat-shakopee |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=14 January 2025}}</ref> After initially indicating that they would block him from being seated, Republicans relented as part of a power sharing deal struck in February 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rep. Tabke's statement on the House's Power-Sharing Agreement |url=https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/news/15523/40044 |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Mexico}}
| [[2000 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2000|New Mexico]]
| 0.06385% || 366 || {{nts|286783}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2000/00General/rsult000.htm |title=New Mexico Secretary of State official results for the 2000 Presidential elections |publisher=Sos.state.nm.us |date=November 3, 1999 |access-date=June 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230609/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2000/00General/rsult000.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Mexico}}
|[[New Mexico House of Representatives]]
|District 37
|0.06386%
|8
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Romo|first1=Reno|title=Terry McMillan Declared Winner in House District 37 Race|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/151586/breaking-terry-mcmillan-declared-winner-in-house-district-37-race.html|access-date=21 December 2017|date=6 December 2012}}</ref> After another close loss in 2014, Democrat Joanne Ferrary defeated McMillan in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=House District 37: Ferrary tops McMillan in third try|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/09/ferrary-tops-mcmillan-third-try-dist-37/93515498/|access-date=21 December 2017|date=9 November 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[1916 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] || [[United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1916|New Hampshire]]
| 0.06400% || 56 || {{nts|43781}}
| Although the 0.38% victory margin for President [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1916|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.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&fips=33&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– New Hampshire]</ref>
|-
|1828
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maine}}
|[[1828 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Maine's 5th congressional district|Maine's 5th District]]
|0.0642%
|3
|{{nts|2,495}}
|In the September 1828 election, [[Reuel Washburn]] and [[James W. Ripley|James Ripley]] had 2,495–2,180 votes. But Maine law required that the winner have an absolute majority of the votes, i.e. 2,498 votes and so Washburn was 3 short. A new election was held in December 1828 and Ripley won a majority. There was some further wrangling but eventually Ripley was declared elected.<ref name="Contested1789to1834">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bQ8EfoaTBLsC|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bQ8EfoaTBLsC/page/n684 679]|title=Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive|last=Elections|first=United States Congress House Committee on|date=1834|publisher=Printed by Gales and Seaton}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ohio}}
| [[Ohio Senate|Ohio Senate Republican primary]] || 14th District
| 0.06438% || 22 || {{nts|17098}}
| [[Jean Schmidt]] won the first count by 62 votes, but [[Tom Niehaus]] prevailed in a recount and went on to win the general election.<ref name="MLOE1"/>
|-
| 2016 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Mexico}}
| [[New Mexico House of Representatives]] || 29th District
| 0.0645% || 9 || {{nts|6976}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-mexico-state-house-district-29 |title=New Mexico 29th District State House Results|work=New York Times |access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref> However, a recount widened that lead to 9.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reichback |first1=Matthew |title=Recounts don't change results in three legislative races |url=http://nmpoliticalreport.com/2016/12/12/recounts-dont-change-results-in-three-legislative-races/ |access-date=17 October 2018 |date=12 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|PHI}}
|[[2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Eastern Visayas|Philippine House of Representatives]]
|[[Leyte's 3rd congressional district|Leyte's 3rd District]]
|0.06466%
|56
|{{nts|43,333}}
|[[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP's]] Vicente Veloso won an open seat contest against [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] Tingting Salvacion, daughter of term-limited Andres Salvacion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leyte's winners proclaimed|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/region/2016/05/12/1582691/leytes-winners-proclaimed|last=Desacada|first=Miriam Garcia|website=philstar.com|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Idaho}}
|[[Idaho House of Representatives]]
|District 9B
|0.06475%
|6
|{{nts|4636}}
| Following redistricting, Republican incumbent [[Scott Syme]] lost to another Republican incumbent, [[Judy Boyle]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Recount upholds Rep. Boyle's GOP primary election victory over Rep. Syme |url=https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/06/17/recount-upholds-rep-boyles-gop-primary-election-victory-over-rep-syme/ |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[Iowa House of Representatives]]
|District 55
|0.06503%
|9
|{{nts|6924}}
| Republican incumbent [[Michael Bergan]] won the initial vote count over Democrat Kayla Koether by seven votes and the recount by nine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Thomas |title=Recount shows House District 55 race goes to Bergan |url=https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/recount-shows-house-district-race-goes-to-bergan/article_c5ae48cc-191c-5180-86c5-0df846ebcf07.html |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> Koether contested the election, arguing that 29 of 33 disputed absentee ballots were wrongly rejected. The ballots were received on time, and the barcode proved they were mailed prior to the election, as required by law, but the barcode used on the disputed ballot differed from the postage stamp or “intelligent mail barcode" called for by the Iowa Code and administrative rules. After a district judge declined to decide if the ballots should be counted, Koether petitioned the Iowa House to settle the matter. On party-line votes in both the committee (3-2) and the Iowa House (53-42), legislators decided that the Iowa House did not have the legal authority to open and count the ballots.<ref>{{cite news |last1=SOSTARIC |first1=KATARINA |title=Iowa House Republicans Vote To Reject 29 Mail-In Ballots In Close Statehouse Race |url=http://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/iowa-house-republicans-vote-reject-29-mail-ballots-close-statehouse-race#stream/0 |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1961
|{{flag icon|Sultanate of Zanzibar}} 
|[[January 1961 Zanzibari general election|Zanzibar general]]
|[[Chake Chake]]
|0.06502%
|1
|{{nts|1,538}}
| 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,<ref>{{cite book |author1=Zanzibar Elections Supervisors |title=Reports of the Supervisors of Elections on the Registration of Voters and the Elections Held in January, 1961 |date=1961 |publisher=Government Printer |location=Zanzibar |page=62 |language=en}}</ref> giving the ASP a 10–9 lead in what the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' listed as the closest ever general election.<ref name="Lofchie1965">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/backgroundtorevo0000unse/ |pages=[https://archive.org/details/backgroundtorevo0000unse/page/200/mode/1up 200]-201, [https://archive.org/details/backgroundtorevo0000unse/page/257/mode/1up 257] |title=Zanzibar: Background to Revolution |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration |date=1965 |publisher=Princeton University Press |first=Michael F. |last=Lofchie }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofwo0000unse_c1l6/page/366 |page=366 |title=The Guinness Book of Records, 1997 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration |date=April 1997 |editor-last=Young |editor-first=Mark C. |isbn=0-553-57684-4 |publisher=Bantam |location=New York }}</ref> Three other MPs split, leaving the 22-member assembly deadlocked between two 11-member blocs.<ref name="Lofchie1965"/> Dissatisfaction with the electoral system precipitated the 1964 [[Zanzibar Revolution]].<ref name="Lofchie1965"/>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Minnesota}}
|[[Minnesota House of Representatives]]
|District 5A
|0.06510%
|11
|{{nts|8454}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liedke |first1=Matthew |title=ELECTION 2018: Persell prevails in recount in District 5A |url=https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4538170-election-2018-persell-prevails-recount-district-5a |access-date=5 December 2018 |work=Bemidji Pioneer}}</ref>
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[Iowa House of Representatives|Iowa House of Representatives Democratic primary]]
|District 67
|0.06515%
|1
|{{nts|768}}
|Bob Hellyer won the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 67 by one vote. Hellyer received 768 and James Martley received 767.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/themountainpress/docs/05022010-mp_sunday/6|title=Sunday, May 2, 2010|work=issuu|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/131695983/|title=The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on June 15, 1988 · Page 2|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref>
|-
| 2006 || {{flagicon|Italy}}
|[[2006 Italian general election|Italian general]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| 0.06518% || 24,755 || {{nts|19002598}}
| The centre-left coalition [[The Union (Italy)|The Union]] led by [[Romano Prodi]] defeated the centre-right [[House of Freedoms]] of incumbent Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.elections/index.html |title=CNN.com – Berlusconi refuses to concede – Apr 11, 2006 |website=CNN |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412111842/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.elections/index.html |archive-date=12 April 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Thus winning the [[majority bonus]].
|-
|1971
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 23
|0.0677%
|27
|{{nts|19,958}}
|Herbert N. Morgan (R) narrowly defeated H. Richard Chew (D)<ref>{{cite web|title=1971 House of Delegates General Election District 23|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/78700/|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2008 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Vancouver South (federal electoral district)|Vancouver South]]
| 0.06833% || 22 || {{nts|16110}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 Canadian Election Results |url=https://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/2008-results.html |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>
| Liberal [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] defeated Conservative Wai Young after two recounts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dosanjh-keeps-seat-after-2nd-recount-in-vancouver-south-riding-1.696398 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326000712/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dosanjh-keeps-seat-after-2nd-recount-in-vancouver-south-riding-1.696398 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |title=Dosanjh keeps seat after 2nd recount in Vancouver South riding |publisher=CBC News |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1832
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York (state)}}
|[[1832 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 18th congressional district|New York's 18th District]]
|0.06834%
|6
|{{nts|4,393}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Daniel Wardwell]] defeated [[Anti-Masonic Party|Anti-Masonic]] candidate Daniel Lee by 6 votes: 4,393–4,387.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=733043|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– NY District 18 Race&nbsp;– Nov 05, 1832|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKNBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15|title=The Politician's Manual: Containing Returns of Elections in the United States, Particularly the Presidential Election of 1832, with Election Laws, and Other Useful Information|last=Williams|first=Edwin|date=1834|publisher=James Van Norden}}</ref>
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| 2004 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
| [[2004 North Carolina Council of State election|North Carolina general]]
|[[North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture]]
| 0.06868% || 2,287 || {{nts|1,666,197}}
| Republican [[Steve Troxler]] defeated Democrat [[Britt Cobb]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Troxler |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Troxler#2004 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref> 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. 
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[1992 Japanese House of Councillors election|Japanese House of Councillors]]
|[[Okinawa at-large district|Okinawa at-large]]
|0.069595%
|341
|{{nts|245,159}}
|[[Okinawa Social Mass Party|OSMP]]'s challenger [[Soko Shimabuku]] defeated [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s incumbent [[Shinjun Oshiro]] by 341 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=1992 Japanese House of Councillors election: Okinawa at-large district|url=https://go2senkyo.com/sangiin/17772/prefecture/47|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2025 
|{{flagicon|Canada}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ontario}}
|[[2025 Ontario general election|Ontario general]] 
|[[Burlington (provincial electoral district)| Burlington]]
| 0.0698% 
| 39
|{{nts|24,118}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[Natalie Pierre]] narrowly won by just 39 votes over [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] candidate Andrea Grebenc. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/ontario/2025/results/|title=Ontario Votes 2025|website=CBC News|access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
|-
|1930
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Missouri}}
|[[1930 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Missouri's 3rd congressional district|Missouri's 3rd District]]
|0.0704%
|46
|{{nts|32,669}}
|According to the returns as originally certified, incumbent [[Jacob L. Milligan]] and challenger [[Henry F. Lawrence|H. F. Lawrence]] had 32,665–32,626 votes. The recount of this precinct gave Milligan a clear majority of 46 votes, with the vote being 32,669–32,623.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6/html/GPO-HPREC-CANNONS-V6-25.htm|title=Cannon's Precedents, Volume 6&nbsp;– Chapter 172&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1926 To 1930|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Lawrence versus Milligan election contest, third district of Missouri. Hearings before the committee on Elections No. 2, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, second session, April 28, 1930.|date=1930|publisher=Washington|hdl = 2027/uiug.30112119650825}}</ref>

|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
|[[2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|United States Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|0.0704%
|950
|{{nts|1,346,091}}
| Television presenter [[Mehmet Oz]] narrowly beat [[David McCormick]], [[Carla Sands]], and [[Kathy Barnette]] in a heavily contested multi-way primary after a recount.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-mehmet-oz-6b2849083ff96ac18dc25e939a3f9195 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pennsylvania Primary Election Results |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/OfficeResults?OfficeID=2&ElectionID=94&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0|access-date=1 July 2022 |work=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1952 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
| [[1952 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] 
| [[United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1952|Kentucky]]
| 0.07065% || 700 || {{nts|495,729}}
| [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|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.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1952&fips=21&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1952 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Kentucky]</ref>
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1970s|East Dunbartonshire]]
|0.071%
|22
|{{nts|15,551}}
|In a three-way race, [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] challenger [[Margaret Ewing|Margaret Bain]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Barry Henderson]] 15,551–15,529. ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] Edward McGarry candidate had 15,122 votes.) Henderson had defeated both Bain and McGarry earlier in the Feb 1974 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i07.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820075125/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i07.htm|archive-date=2017-08-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2021 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Niigata 6th district|Niigata 6th]]
|0.071062%
|130
|{{nts|90,679}}
|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]]'s challenger [[Mamoru Umetani]] defeated [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s incumbent [[Shuichi Takatori]] by 130 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=LDP won 2 seats in Niigata. Takatori and Izumida lost to challengers. |date=November 2021 |url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASPC11P8HPBZUOHB00J.html|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[2002 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|18th Worcester
|0.0714%
|4
|{{nts|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. He lose in the general.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert J. Dubois candidate profile|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Robert-J-Dubois|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer M. Callahan Candidate Profile|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Jennifer-M-Callahan|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[2014 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|1st Essex
|0.0717%
|10
|{{nts|6,978}}
|James M. Kelcourse (R) defeated Edward C. Cameron (D).<ref>{{cite web|title=1976 State Senate Democratic Primary 2nd Essex and Middlesex District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/32349//|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2021 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Saga 1st district|Saga 1st]]
|0.071981%
|133
|{{nts|92,452}}
|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]]'s incumbent [[Kazuhiro Haraguchi]] defeated [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s challenger Kazuchika Iwata by 133 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. Haraguchi, Saga 1st district, won by 133 votes.|date=November 2021 |url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASPC175T1PC1TTHB00Z.html|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{flagicon|Northern Territory}}
|[[2020 Northern Territory general election|Northern Territory general election]]
|[[Electoral division of Barkly]]
|0.0727%
|5
|{{nts|3441}}
|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.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Independent Staff|title=Edgington makes late comeback in Barkly with postal votes, looks set to take seat for CLP {{!}} NT Independent|work=NT Independent |url=https://ntindependent.com.au/edgington-makes-late-comeback-in-barkly-with-postal-votes-looks-set-to-take-seat-for-clp/|access-date=2021-05-25|language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
| 1959 || {{flagicon|Singapore}}
| [[1959 Singaporean general election|Singaporean general]] || [[River Valley, Singapore|River Valley]]
| 0.07294% || 5 || {{nts|3430}}
| [[People's Action Party]] candidate Lim Cheng Lock defeated Soh Ghee Soon of the [[Singapore People's Alliance]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1959/river-valley.html |title=Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > River Valley |publisher=Singapore Elections |access-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808105429/http://www.singapore-elections.com/lega-1959-ge/river-valley.html |archive-date=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Arizona}}
|[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Arizona's 2nd congressional district|Arizona's 2nd district]]
| 0.07343% || 161 || {{nts|109704}}
| [[Martha McSally]] defeated [[Ron Barber]], officially announced a month after the election, after a legally-mandated recount.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arizona's_2nd_Congressional_District_elections,_2014 |title=Arizona's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014 |publisher=ballotpedia.org |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> McSally had lost to Barber in 2012 by 2,454 votes.
|-
|1919
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maryland}}
|[[Maryland gubernatorial elections|Maryland gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of Maryland]]
|0.0735%
|165
|{{nts|112,240}}
|After several days of vote counting, [[Albert Ritchie]] was declared the winner over [[Harry Nice]], 112,240 votes to 112,075.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/11/10/marylands-last-cliffhanger-was-1919-governors-race-election-1994/|title=Maryland's last cliffhanger was 1919 governor's race ELECTION 1994|work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Ritchie would serve four terms as Governor, but would be defeated in 1934 by Nice, who won by 6,149.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1259/121/7044/html/msa01481.html |title=HARRY W. NICE, 1877-1941|publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|1870
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Kentucky's 8th congressional district|Kentucky's 8th District]]
|0.0737%
|18
|{{nts|12,226}}
|Democrat incumbent [[George Madison Adams|George M. Adams]] defeated Republican challenger [[Hugh F. Finley]] by 18 votes: 12,226–12,208.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA19|title=Congressional Directory|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref name = horace/>
|-
| 2016 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}
| [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] || [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 31|District 31]]
| 0.07381% || 28 || {{nts|18982}}
| Democrat Perry Warren defeated Republican Ryan Gallagher for District 31 of the PA House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Max|title=Perry Warren Wins State Rep Seat|url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/newtown-pa/perry-warren-wins-state-rep-seat|access-date=6 April 2017|work=Newtown, PA Patch|date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2002 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Colorado}}
| [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]] || [[Colorado's 7th congressional district|Colorado's 7th district]]
| 0.07403% || 121 || {{nts|81789}}
| In the first race in this newly created Congressional district, Republican [[Bob Beauprez]] narrowly beat out Democrat Mike Feeley.<ref>{{cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast |year=2002 |work=Colorado Secretary of State |publisher=State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/2002/2002_abstract.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 1940 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1940 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Cumberland (federal electoral district)|Cumberland]]
| 0.07438% || 12 || {{nts|8073}}
| Liberal [[Percy Chapman Black]] defeated National Government incumbent [[Kenneth Judson Cochrane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=19&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 19th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |date=March 26, 1940 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1923
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield]]
|0.0746%
|26
|{{nts|17,430}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[James Hudson (politician)|James Hudson]] defeated [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Arthur Marshall (Liberal MP)|Arthur Marshall]] 17,430–17,404. (In this three-way race, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] C. Tinker won 12,694 votes.)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref> In the previous year's [[1922 United Kingdom general election|General Election (1922)]], Marshall had narrowly beaten Hudson by a 0.5% margin.
|-
| 1988 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1988 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Northumberland (Ontario electoral district)|Northumberland, Ontario]]
| 0.07533% || 28 || {{nts|18600}}
| Liberal candidate [[Christine Stewart]] narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Reg Jewell.<ref name="can1988"/>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Florida}}
|[[2018 Florida elections|Florida general]]
|[[2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election|Commissioner of Agriculture]]
|0.07535%
|6,753
|{{nts|4,032,954}}
|After a recount, Democrat [[Nikki Fried]] defeated Republican [[Matt Caldwell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Commissioner of Agriculture|url=https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/StateOffices/CommissionerOfAgriculture|access-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065718/https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/StateOffices/CommissionerOfAgriculture|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1987
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1987 Virginia Senate election|Virginia Senate]]
|District 39
|0.0755%
|35
|{{nts|21,217}}
|[[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.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Wampler wins seat in recount|work=Newport News Daily Press|date=15 December 1987}}</ref>
|-
| 2006 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2006 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Parry Sound—Muskoka (federal electoral district)|Parry Sound-Muskoka]]
| 0.0756% || 28 || {{nts|18513}}
| Conservative candidate [[Tony Clement]] narrowly edged out Liberal MP [[Andy Mitchell (politician)|Andy Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite news |title=40th General Election: Parry Sound—Muskoka |work=Elections Canada |date=October 16, 2008 |url=http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/25/table12.html}}</ref>
|-
|1916
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Arizona}}
|[[1916 Arizona gubernatorial election|Arizona gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of Arizona]]
|0.0766%
|43
|{{nts|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. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123352|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– AZ Governor&nbsp;– Recount Race&nbsp;– Nov 07, 1916|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Had the initial count stood this race would have been even closer, with the margin just 0.0536%.
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|Rutland 5-4 District
|0.0770%
|1
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dritschilo|first1=Gordon|title=Recount upholds results, raises new question|url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/articles/recount-upholds-results-raises-new-question/|access-date=15 January 2018|date=30 November 2010|archive-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124859/http://www.rutlandherald.com/articles/recount-upholds-results-raises-new-question/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Dakota}}
|[[United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1974|United States Senate]]
|North Dakota
|0.0771%
|177
|{{nts|114,852}}
|Five-term Republican U.S. Senator Milton Young defeated former Democratic Governor William Guy by 177 votes out of 237,000 cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6355|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– ND US Senate Race&nbsp;– Nov 05, 1974|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref name="Closest US Senate">{{cite web|url=http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2016/10/31/the-closest-us-senate-races-in-all-50-states/|title=The Closest US Senate Races in All 50 States {{!}} Smart Politics|website=editions.lib.umn.edu|date=November 2016 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
|-
|1990
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1990 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|7th Worcester 
|0.0780%
|13
|{{nts|8,341}}
|Democrat Paul Kollios defeated Independent Alan M. Tuttle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/4988/|title=1990 State Representative General Election 7th Worcester District|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| Hillsborough 45 District
| 0.0783% 
| 7
| {{nts|4474}}
|Democrat [[Karen Calabro]] defeated Republican Colton Skorupan.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 New Hampshire State House - Hillsborough District 45 Election Results|url=https://www.press-citizen.com/elections/results/race/2022-11-08-state_house-NH-31920/|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1981
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Jersey}}
|[[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|New Jersey gubernatorial]]
|[[Governor of New Jersey]]
|0.0784%
|1,797
|{{nts|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
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]]
|0.0794%
|25
|{{nts|15,760}}
|In this three-way race, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Edward Harley (Parliamentarian)|Edward Harney]] defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Will Lawther|William Lawther]] 15,760–15,735.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA247|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Jersey}}
| [[New Jersey General Assembly]] || [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment#District 2|District 2]]
| 0.07954% || 40 || {{nts|25164}}
| Democrat [[Vince Mazzeo]] defeated incumbent Republican [[John F. Amodeo]] after a recount.<ref>{{cite news|author=Suzette Parmley|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|title=Mazzeo formally named winner in N.J. Second|date=November 21, 2013|url=http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-21/news/44288282_1_atlantic-county-board-ballots-northfield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212200612/http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-21/news/44288282_1_atlantic-county-board-ballots-northfield|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire, North-Eastern]]
|0.0802%
|15
|{{nts|9,359}}
|In this three-way race, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate [[Frank Lee (British politician)|Frank Lee]] defeated [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt|Joseph Stanley Holmes]] 9,359–9,344.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA324|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Delaware}}
|[[1922 United States Senate elections|United States Senate]]
|Delaware
|0.0812%
|60
|{{nts|36,954}}
|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.<ref name="Closest US Senate" />
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Santa Fe}}
|Santa Fe gubernatorial
|[[Governor of Santa Fe]]
|0.0813%
|1,496
|{{nts|584017}}
|[[Miguel Lifschitz]] (584,017 votes) defeated [[Miguel del Sel]] (582,521 votes) and [[Omar Perotti]] (558,571 votes).
|-
| 1990
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Hampshire}}
| [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| Hillsborough 40 District
| 0.0818% 
| 4
| {{nts|2,448}}
| Robert Murphy (D) defeated [[Kathleen Souza]] (R) by 4 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=1990 State Representative General Election Hillsborough 40 District|url=http://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/70830/|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
| [[Illinois House of Representatives]]
| 54th District
| 0.0823% 
| 37
| {{nts|22,484}}
| Tom Morrison (R) defeated Maggie Trevor (D) by 37 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Placek |first1=Christopher |title=Morrison holds on for 37-vote victory over Trevor in 54th House district |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/morrison-holds-on-for-37-vote-victory-over-trevor-in-54th-house-district |access-date=28 November 2018 |work=Chicago Daily Herald |date=21 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2012 Japanese general election|Japanese general]]
|[[Saitama 6th district|Saitama 6th]]
|0.08266%
|198
|{{nts|90,871}}
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s challenger [[Kazuyuki Nakane]] defeated [[Democratic Party of Japan|DPJ]]'s incumbent [[Atsushi Oshima]] by 198 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Japanese general election: Saitama 6th district|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo/sousenkyo46/kaihyo/A11.html#Area006|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1916
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Michigan}}
|[[1916 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Michigan's 2nd congressional district|Michigan's 2nd District]]
|0.0868%
|46
|{{nts|26,530}}
|The initial count for this House seat gave the win to Republican [[Mark R. Bacon]] by a margin of 49 votes. However his opponent, Democrat [[Samuel Beakes]], discovered that canvassers had failed to include more than 70 ballots and those ballots were then counted which gave Beakes the lead by 46 votes. Bacon argued that the ballot boxes were not safely preserved and so any new ballots should be considered void. The local and state election boards felt unable to rule and the State Supreme Court was unwilling to call for a recount, so Beakes contested the election in the House where Bacon had been seated. The Democratically-controlled House, which had a 3 seat majority at the time, ruled that the new ballots should be counted and they replaced Bacon with Beakes.<ref name="Contested1917to31">{{cite web |title=Election Contests, 1917–31 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2/pdf/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2-3-15-1.pdf |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>  
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford, North]]
|0.0836%
|19
|{{nts|11,368}}
|In this three-way race, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] incumbent [[Ben Tillett]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|1984
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Idaho}}
|[[1984 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Idaho's 2nd congressional district|Idaho's 2nd District]]
|0.08399%
|170
|{{nts|7,637}}
|The first count showed that [[Richard H. Stallings]] had defeated the incumbent Republican [[George V. Hansen]] by 133 votes. A partial recount upped that margin to 170. Hansen, who in the spring prior to the election had been convicted of filing false financial disclosure statements, contested the election arguing that illegally registered voters were allowed to vote and that he was denied a full recount. A review by the Idaho Attorney General determined that no unqualified persons voted and that the partial recount did not show enough material differences for a full recount to change the outcome, so the House dismissed his contest.<ref name="Contested1933to2009"/>
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| 1972 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1972 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Selkirk (federal electoral district)|Selkirk]]
| 0.08400% || 30 || {{nts|17872}}
| New Democrat incumbent [[Doug Rowland]] defeated Progressive Conservative [[Dean Whiteway]].<ref name="can1972"/>
|-
|1966
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|2nd Bristol
|0.08436%
|28
|{{nts|16,609}}
|Democrat Edward P. Coury defeated fellow Democrat Ronald Anthony Pina.<ref>{{cite web|title=1972 State Representative General Election 2nd Bristol District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/26883/|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1924
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|[[1924 United States Senate elections|United States Senate]]
|Iowa
|0.08439%
|755
|{{nts|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. 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.<ref name="Closest US Senate" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262137|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– IA US Senate Race&nbsp;– Nov 04, 1924|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262138|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– IA US Senate Race&nbsp;– Apr 12, 1926|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Election Case of Daniel F. Steck v. Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa (1926) |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/105Steck_Brookhart.htm |website=Senate.gov |access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Primary]]
|41st Middlesex
|0.08443%
|3
|{{nts|1778}}
|Frank A. Antonelli topped Joseph Whelan by three votes and then lost the general election. He would win the nomination two more times and seek it two more than that, but never win the seat.<ref>{{cite web|title=1974 State Representative Democratic Primary 41st Middlesex District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/29910/|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1978
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|South Dakota}}
|[[1978 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[South Dakota's 1st congressional district|South Dakota's 1st District]]
|0.08512%
|110
|{{nts|64,683}}
|Democrat [[Tom Daschle]] looked to have lost on election night, but an official canvas gave him a 6 vote margin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ehrenhalt |first1=Alan |title=It's hard work during recess for Midwestern Congressman |work=The Evening Star |date=8 July 1979}}</ref> The final tally gave him a 14 vote lead and a recount increased that to 105. Daschle was seated and his opponent [[Leo Thorsness]] appealed the recount in state court. A review of 1,084 contested ballots increased Daschle's lead to 110 votes, though a final count of the vote was not reported. Thorsness then contested the election in the House, but the case was dismissed as the House was satisfied with the count of the Iowa court and found no grounds to change the results.<ref name="Contested1933to2009"/>
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| 2015 || {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]] ||[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]]
| 0.08518% || 27 || {{nts|15862}}
|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.
|-
|1858
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[1858 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 9th congressional district|New York's 9th District]]
|0.0852%
|13
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=713849|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– NY District 9 Race&nbsp;– Nov 02, 1858|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OW8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA46|title=The Tribune Almanac|date=1868|publisher=New York Tribune}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[1998 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|1st Plymouth 
|0.0858%
|11
|{{nts|6,417}}
|Republican [[Vinny deMacedo|Vinny M. deMacedo]] defeated Democrat [[Joseph Gallitano|Joseph R. Gallitano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/8411/|title=1998 State Representative General Election – 1st Plymouth District |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{Flagicon|Pakistan}}
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|Pakistani general]]
|[[NA-140 (Kasur-IV)|Kasur-IV]]
|0.0860%
|249
|{{nts|124,644}}
|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]'s [[Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai|Talib Hassan Nakai]] defeated [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League-N]]'s [[Rana Muhammad Hayat]] 124,644-124,395.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-140&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=NA-140 Result – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=ecp.gov.pk|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|{{Flagicon|Brazil}}{{flagicon|Ceará}}
|Ceará gubernatorial
|[[Governor of Ceará]]
|0.0863%
|3,047
|{{nts|1,765,726}}
|[[PSDB]]'s [[Lúcio Alcântara]] defeated [[Partido dos Trabalhadores|PT]]'s [[José Airton]] 1,765,726-1,762,679.<ref>Brasil. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Relatório das eleições 2002. – Brasília : TSE, 2003. pg. 94</ref>
|-
|1977
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|[[Windham-4 Vermont Representative District, 2002–12|Windham-4 District]]
|0.087%
|1
|{{nts|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. § 1361. The recount committee in that court found Nixon to be the winner by one vote and the court gave him a certificate of election.
However, a House committee did its own recount and found Emond to be the winner by one vote (572–571 according to one site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.townofmiddleton.org/Pages/MiddletonMA_Clerk/power?textPage=1|title=Town of Middleton&nbsp;– The Power of One Vote|last=Middleton|first=Town of|website=townofmiddleton.org|access-date=2017-07-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211115551/http://townofmiddleton.org/Pages/MiddletonMA_Clerk/power?textPage=1|archive-date=2017-02-11}}</ref>). Rather than force the full House to vote on the recount report, Nixon simply resigned, thereby giving Emond the win.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63945946/|title=Bennington Banner from Bennington, Vermont on January 22, 1977 · Page 8|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63946040/|title=Bennington Banner from Bennington, Vermont on January 25, 1977 · Page 1|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63946193/|title=Bennington Banner from Bennington, Vermont on January 28, 1977 · Page 9|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/01/vt-house-recount-orange-county-election/97341712/|title=VT House to recount Orange County election|work=Burlington Free Press|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

(Note that the year of this contested election is incorrectly given by many sites as 1997.)
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|2023
|{{flagicon|Japan}}
|[[2023 Ōita at-large district by-election|Japanese House of Councillors by-election]]
|[[Ōita at-large district|Ōita at-large]]
|0.087011%
|341
|{{nts|196,122}}
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]'s candidate [[Aki Shirasaka]] defeated [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]]'s candidate [[Tadatomo Yoshida]] by 341 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=LDP Candidate Shirasaka Wins A Seat in Oita|date=24 April 2023 |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20230424-105328/|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Missouri}}
|Missouri House of Representatives Republican primary
|102
|0.0877%
|4
|{{nts|2282}}
|[[Ron Hicks]] defeated Bryan Cooper.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Charles County candidate wins primary — by four votes|date=8 August 2018 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stcharles/st-charles-county-candidate-wins-primary-by-four-votes/article_631b1fc4-0887-51f1-bd5e-d15dded60f57.html|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Iowa}}
|Iowa House of Representatives 
|20
|0.088%
|6
|{{nts|3403}}
|Democrat [[Joshua Turek]] defeated Republican Sarag Abdouch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jsonline.com/elections/results/race/2022-11-08-state_house-IA-16752/|access-date=16 November 2024 |title=2022 Iowa State House - District 20 Election Results }}</ref>
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| 2000 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[2000 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Laval Centre]]
| 0.08851% || 42 || {{nts|23746}}
| Bloc Québécois MP [[Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral]] narrowly edged out Liberal Pierre Lafleur.<ref name="can2000"/>
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|United States}}{{flagicon|California}}
| [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]] || [[California's 13th congressional district|California's 13th district]]
| 0.0887% || 187 || {{nts|105554}}
| Democrat [[Adam Gray]] defeated incumbent Republican [[John Duarte (politician)|John Duarte]].<ref>{{cite web |title=November 5, 2024, General Election STATEMENT OF VOTE SUMMARY PAGES |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/06-sov-summary.pdf |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || {{flagicon|France}}
| [[2012 French legislative election|French legislative]] || [[Eure]] second constituency
| 0.08928% || 39 || {{nts|21860}}
| Socialist Jean-Louis Destans defeated incumbent [[Jean-Pierre Nicolas (politician)|Jean-Pierre Nicolas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2012|first=Ministère de|last=l'Intérieur|website=interieur.gouv.fr}}</ref>
|-
|1846
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New Jersey}}
|[[1846 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New Jersey's 3rd congressional district|New Jersey's 3rd District]]
|0.0895%
|16
|{{nts|8,942}}
|[[John Runk]] and [[Isaac G. Farlee]] 8,942–8,926 votes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxkuAAAAYAAJ|title=Speech of Hon. T. Jenkins, of New York, on the Contested-election Case from New Jersey, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, March 4, 1846|last=Jenkins|first=Timothy|date=1846|publisher=printed at the office of Blair and Rives}}</ref> There was a dispute over whether some 36 Princeton students' votes were legal due to residency. The majority of the committee investigating the contest chose to consider them as residents and the minority that they were not, which they estimated would have given Farlee the win by 3 votes. The full House voted that Farlee was ineligible and then voted on a resolution to remove Runk too and declare the seat vacant. The vote on Runk was a tie, broken by the Speaker in Runk's favor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1/html/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1-27.htm|title=Hinds' Precedents, Volume 1&nbsp;– Chapter 26&nbsp;– General Election Cases, 1840 to 1850|website=gpo.gov|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
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| 1880 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|California}}
| [[1880 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] 
| [[United States presidential election in California, 1880|California]]
| 0.08960% || 144 || {{nts|80426}}
| Democrat [[Winfield Scott Hancock]] took advantage of the opposition to Chinese immigration for the first Democratic win in California since [[United States presidential election in California, 1856|1856]], but narrowly lost the electoral vote and the popular vote to [[James A. Garfield|Garfield]].<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1880&fips=6&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1880 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– California]</ref> 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%.{{efn|name=popvote|There is considerable disagreement among historians about the exact vote totals. As Kenneth Ackerman explained in his 2003 book: "Because (a) voting was decentralized, (b) states certified electoral votes, not popular votes as 'official', and (c) Democratic votes were divided among various splinter groups, there remains today a range of published 'final results' for the 1880 presidential popular vote."<ref>{{cite book |last=Ackerman |first=Kenneth D. |title=Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of James A. Garfield |publisher=Avalon Publishing |location=New York, New York |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7867-1396-7 |page=220n}}</ref> The federal government lists the margin of victory as 1,898, which is used in this article.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/scores.html#1880 |title=Historical Election Results: Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996 |date=2012<!--???--> |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=May 25, 2015 |ref={{sfnRef|NARA 2012}}}}</ref> Others give the margin as 7,018;<ref>{{cite book |last=Clancy |first=Herbert J. |year=1958 |title=The Presidential Election of 1880 |url=https://archive.org/details/presidentialelec0000clan |url-access=registration |publisher=Loyola University Press |location=Chicago, Illinois |isbn=978-1-258-19190-0 |page=242}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jordan |first=David M. |year=1996 |orig-year=1988 |title=Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier's Life |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington, Indiana |isbn=0-253-21058-5 |page=306}}</ref> 7,368;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peskin |first=Allan |title=Garfield: A Biography |publisher=Kent State University Press |location=Kent, Ohio |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-87338-210-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/garfieldbiograph0000pesk |page=510}}</ref> 9,070;<ref>{{cite book |last=Burnham |first=Walter Dean |year=1955 |title=Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Maryland |isbn=0-405-07678-9 |pages=247–257}}</ref> or 9,457<ref>{{Cite book |last=Petersen |first=Svend |title=A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections |publisher=Frederick Ungar |location=New York, New York |year=1963 |oclc=500975 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/6505563/a-statistical-history-of-the-american-presidential |page=49 |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2020-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107215109/https://www.questia.com/read/6505563/a-statistical-history-of-the-american-presidential |url-status=dead }}</ref> among others.}}
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| 1908 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Missouri}}
| [[1908 United States presidential election|United States presidential]] 
| [[United States presidential elections in Missouri|Missouri]]
| 0.09066% || 629 || {{nts|347203}}
| William Howard Taft wins a comfortable first term but takes Missouri by fewer than a thousand votes.<ref>''David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections'', [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=29&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1908 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Missouri]</ref>
|-
|1932
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
|[[1932 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Connecticut's 5th congressional district|Connecticut's 5th District]]
|0.0926%
|78
|{{nts|42,132}}
|Republican [[Edward W. Goss]] defeated his challenger Martin Gormley by 78 votes. Gormley challenged the election in the House of Representatives arguing that "fraud, irregularities, corruption, and deceit" at a voting booth in Waterbury had cost him the votes to win. The House investigation showed confusion at the polling place, but no recorded complaints and inadequate evidence to overturn the election.<ref name="Contested1933to2009">{{cite web |last1=Whitaker |first1=L. Paige |title=Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives: 1933 to 2009 |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-194.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Washington}}
| [[2000 United States Senate election in Washington|United States Senate]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| 0.09301% || 2,229 || {{nts|1199437}}<ref>{{cite web |title=STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm#47 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>
| Democrat [[Maria Cantwell]] unseated Republican [[Slade Gorton]] following a mandatory recount.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ammons |first1=David |title=Cantwell Wins Washington Senate Recount |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122345&page=1 |access-date=16 January 2019 |work=ABC NEws |date=1 December 2000}}</ref>
|-
|1961
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[Virginia House of Delegates]]
|District 66
|0.09323%
|5
|{{nts|2,684}}
|James B. Fugate (D) defeated Dr. [[Conley E. Greear]] (R). The initial count showed the two tied. But two recounts put Fugate up by 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=1961 House of Delegates General Election District 66|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/79920/|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Surprises Mark Races for House Seats|work=The Bee (Danville, Virginia)|date=8 November 1961}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|Italy}} 
| [[2018 Italian general election|Italian Senate]] || [[:it:Collegio uninominale Marche - 02 (Senato della Repubblica 2017)|Ancona]]
| 0.09328%
| 264
| {{nts|93601}}
| M5S candidate Mauro Coltorti defeated CDX candidate Giuliano Pazzaglini.
|-
| 1860|| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1860 United States presidential election|United States presidential]]
|[[United States presidential election in Virginia, 1860|Virginia]]
| 0.09347% || 156 || {{nts|74481}}
| In a four-way race, Constitutional Union candidate [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|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.<ref>''Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''; [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1860&f=1&off=0 1860 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– Virginia]</ref>
|-
| 1874 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1874 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Leeds South (Canadian electoral district)|Leeds South]]
| 0.09372% || 3 || {{nts|1602}}
| Conservative [[David Ford Jones]] beat challenger W. H. Fredenburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=3&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 3rd Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1835
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|North Carolina}}
|[[1834 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[North Carolina's 12th congressional district|North Carolina's 12th District]]
|0.0938%
|7
|{{nts|3,733}}
|Anti-Jacksonian [[James Graham (North Carolina politician)|James Graham]] defeated National Republican [[David Newland]] by 7 votes. Newland contested the race and a review of ballots by the House gave the election to Newland by 12 votes, but the House ignored the committee's recommendation to replace Graham with Newland and voted 100-99 to instead vacate the seat.<ref name="Contested1789to1834"/><ref name="Contested17891906">{{cite web |title=Hind's Precedents |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1/html/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1-26.htm |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> A special election was held in the summer of 1836 which Graham won easily. 
|-
|1976
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Illinois}}
|[[1976 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Illinois's 10th congressional district|Illinois's 10th District]]
|0.0941%
|201
|{{nts|106,804}}
|Democrat [[Abner Mikva|Abner V. Mikva]] was declared the winner by 201 votes. Following a discovery recount and the failure to get a judicial recount, Republican [[Samuel H. Young]] contested the election arguing that there were election irregularities or errors. The Committee on House Administration decided that there Young had failed to provide sufficient evidence to support his claims and awarded the seat to Mikva. The election was a rematch of the 1974 race, and in that race Young had also contested the election to the House claiming fraud and violations of the law and that case was also dismissed for lack of evidence.<ref name="Contested1933to2009"/>
|-
|1848
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Ohio}}
|[[1848 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Ohio's 10th congressional district|Ohio's 10th District]]
|0.0947%
|16
|{{nts|8,454}}
|Democrat [[Charles Sweetser|Charles Sweetzer]] defeated Whig [[Daniel Duncan (Ohio politician)|Daniel Duncan]] 8,454–8,438.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHVMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA126|title=Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Ohio ...|last=Senate|first=Ohio General Assembly|date=1849}}</ref>
|-
| 1962 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1962 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[St. John's West (federal electoral district)|St. John's West]]
| 0.09495% || 24 || {{nts|12650}}
| Liberal [[Richard Cashin]] defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent [[William Joseph Browne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=25&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 25th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1857
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Connecticut}}
|[[1856 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Connecticut's 4th congressional district|Connecticut's 4th District]]
|0.0953%
|16
|{{nts|8,403}}
|Democrat [[William D. Bishop]] defeated a Republican named [[Orris S. Ferry]] 8403–8387.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZ5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43|title=The Evening Journal ... Almanac|date=1858}}</ref>
|-
|1923
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead]]
|0.0956%
|17
|{{nts|8,892}}
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] challenger [[John Freeman Dunn]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson|J C C Davidson]] 8,892–8,875. Dunn would regain the seat in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA372|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
|1956
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Maine}}
|[[1956 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Maine's 1st congressional district|Maine's 1st District]]
|0.0957%
|111
|{{nts|58,024}}
|In the initial count Republican [[Robert Hale (Maine politician)|Robert Hale]] won the race by 29 votes. A recount was held in which more than 4,000 ballots were disputed. Hale sued for a certificate, which the Governor first refused and then issued after asking the Supreme Court of Maine for decisions on matters of law. James Oliver, his opponent, then contested the election in the House. After a review of the disputed ballots, the House Committee ruled that Hale had won by a vote of 58,024-57,913.<ref>{{cite book |title=House Reports, Vol 5 |date=1958 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA87AQAAMAAJ |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1922
|{{flagicon|UK}}
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general]]
|[[Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham, Central]]
|0.0959%
|22
|{{nts|11,481}}
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Reginald Berkeley]] defeated [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] incumbent [[Albert Atkey]] 11,481–11,459. Berkeley was later and briefly a Hollywood screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49|last=NA|first=NA|date=2015-12-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349814671}}</ref>
|-
| 1998 || {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Nevada}}
| [[United States Senate election in Nevada, 1998|United States Senate]]
| [[Nevada]]
| 0.0961% || 401 || {{nts|208,621}}
| Democratic incumbent [[Harry Reid]] defeated Republican [[John Ensign]] who did not contest the results.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105011628/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm|archive-date=2007-01-05|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1998  |publisher=House.gov |access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1986
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Vermont}}
|[[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|Chittenden 7-4 District
|0.09625%
|1
|{{nts|520}}
|Ben Truman (D) defeated [[Terry Bouricius]] (I) by 1 vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=1986 State Representative General Election Chittenden 7-4 District|url=http://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/view/77426/|access-date=19 January 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235323/http://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/view/77426/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bouricius won the 1990 rematch by 54 votes. 
|-
|2000
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Montana}}
|Montana Democratic primary
|[[Montana Office of Public Instruction|Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction]]
|0.09650%
|61
|{{nts|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/recount-affirms-mcculloch-s-win-in-opi-election/article_e76cb763-bb6c-5e0d-b6b7-c2a3d3ce8a68.html|title=Recount affirms McCulloch's win in OPI election|author=Erin P. Billings|work=Helena Independent Record|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> McCulloch would also go on to win the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2168|title=Our Campaigns&nbsp;– MT Superintendent of Public Instruction Race&nbsp;– Nov 07, 2000|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>
|-
|1839
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Virginia}}
|[[1940 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[Virginia's 15th congressional district|Virginia's 15th District]]
|0.09652%
|4
|{{nts|2,074}}
|Democrat [[William Lucas (Virginia politician)|William Lucas]] defeated Whig [[Richard W. Barton|Richard Barton]] 2,074–2,070.<ref>{{Cite periodical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaXQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA234|magazine=The New-Yorker|date=29 June 1839|publisher=H. Greeley & Company|title = Virginia|volume = 7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrZXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA33|title=The Politician's Register; Containing the Result of the Elections which Have Taken Place During the Years 1836–1840, for President, Members of Congress, and State Officers, Etc. Second Edition. [By Nathaniel Hickman.]|last1= States |first1= United |last2=Hickman|first2=Nathaniel|date=1840|publisher=G. H. Hickman}}</ref>
|-
| 1984 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1984 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (federal electoral district)|Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke]]
| 0.09752% || 38 || {{nts|19502}}
| Liberal MP [[Len Hopkins]] narrowly edged out Progressive Conservative Don Whillans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=33&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101023431/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=33&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 33rd Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|California}}
|[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[California's 25th congressional district|California's 25th District]]
|0.0982%
|333
|{{nts|169,638}}
|Republican [[Mike Garcia (politician)|Mike Garcia]] defeated Democrat [[Christy Smith (politician)|Christy Smith]] by 333 votes. On election day, Smith appeared to be up by 1,287 votes but by the next day she was down by 157 votes. Further vote drops extended Garcia's lead and at the end of the month, Smith conceded.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bookout |first1=Jed |title=Mike Garcia Trailed in Every Poll. So How Did He Win Twice in One Year? |url=https://www.lamag.com/article/mike-garcia-victory-ca-25/ |access-date=4 January 2021 |date=3 December 2020}}</ref> 
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Massachusetts}}
|[[2002 Massachusetts general election|Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
|3rd Barnstable
|0.0983%
|17
|{{nts|8,655}}
|Democrat [[Matthew Patrick (American politician)|Matthew C. Patrick]] defeated Republican Larry F. Wheatley.<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 State Representative General Election 3rd Barnstable District|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/20064/|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1884|| {{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York}}
|[[1884 United States presidential election|United States presidential]]
|[[United States presidential election in New York, 1884|New York]]
| 0.09844% || 1,149|| {{nts|563154}}
| 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.<ref>''Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''; [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1884&fips=36&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1884 Presidential General Election Results&nbsp;– New York]</ref>
|-
| 1878 || {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[1878 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal]] || [[Jacques Cartier (electoral district)|Jacques Cartier]]
| 0.09911% || 2 || {{nts|1010}}
| Conservative [[Désiré Girouard]] defeated Liberal incumbent [[Rodolphe Laflamme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?genElection=4&Language=E&Search=Gres&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search |title=Parliament of Canada: History of Federal Ridings: General Elections: 4th Parliament |publisher=.parl.gc.ca |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1894 || {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
| [[1894 Dutch general election|Dutch general (2nd round)]] || [[Beverwijk (electoral district)|Beverwijk]]
| 0.09944% || 3 || {{nts|1510}}
| Catholic incumbent T.L.M.H. Borret defeated Liberal J. van Loenen Martinet.<ref>[https://verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK18940410 Tweede Kamer 10 april 1894], Kiesraad (in Dutch)</ref>
|-
|1852
|{{flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|New York (state)}}
|[[1852 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives]]
|[[New York's 26th congressional district|New York's 26th District]]
|0.09956%
|17
|{{nts|8,546}}
|Democrat [[Andrew Oliver (New York politician)|Andrew Oliver]] defeated the Whig candidate, James H. Woods, 8,546–8,529.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr|url-access=registration|quote=oliver 8546 woods 8529.|title=Guide to U.S. elections|date=2005|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781568029818}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|France}}
| [[2017 French legislative election|French legislative (2nd round)]] || [[Loire's 1st constituency]]
| 0.09972% || 23 || {{nts|11544}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/resultats/loire-42/circonscription-01/|title=Loire, constituency 1 LEGISLATIVE RESULTS 2017 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>
| [[Régis Juanico]] of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS), a supporter of [[Benoît Hamon]], held onto his seat narrowly against Magalie Viallon, candidate of [[La République En Marche!]] (REM).<ref name="legislatives2017">{{cite news|author=Delphine de Freitas|title=Certains candidats élus avec 8 voix d'écart, focus sur les scrutins les plus serrés|url=https://www.lci.fr/elections/resultats-legislatives-2017-valls-collard-aliot-ces-candidats-elus-avec-moins-de-500-voix-d-ecart-2055907.html|publisher=LCI|date=19 June 2017|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
|}

===List of close election results between candidates in a two-round system===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Country&nbsp;/<br />region
! Election !! District/race
! Margin<br />(%) !! Margin<br />(votes) !! Total&nbsp;votes cast for<br />higher-placed<br />candidate
! Description
|-
| 1962 || {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Alabama }}
| [[1962 Alabama Senate election]] || District 22 special Democratic primary{{efn|While the election was held to select nominees for a general election, it is considered to be a special election as it was made necessary by late-term redistricting that took place after the regularly-scheduled Democratic primaries.}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seven Counties To Vote Again Tuesday In Runoff Primaries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-troy-messenger-withdrew/174809800/ |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=[[The Troy Messenger]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=9 September 1962}}</ref> Smith lost the runoff by 442 votes to radio executive L. D. Bentley.
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|Romania}}
| [[2024 Romanian presidential election|Romanian presidential]] || [[President of Romania]]
| 0.0297% || 2,742 || {{nts|1769761}}
| Prime minister [[Marcel Ciolacu]] was narrowly defeated by [[Elena Lasconi]] who went on to face the nationalist [[Călin Georgescu]] in a run-off.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alegeri prezidențiale - Tur 1 |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/prezidentiale24112024/pv/romania/results/ |website=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|access-date=25 November 2024 |language=ro}}</ref> Ciolacu was ahead until 99.91% of the votes were counted. This was the first time since [[2000 Romanian general election|2000]] that a nationalist candidate made it into the second round instead of either the [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberals]] nor the now defunct [[Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)|Democratic Liberal Party]]. It is also first time in the post-communist period that [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democrats]] failed to reach the run-off.<ref>{{cite web |title=Romania in shock after far-right candidate wins first round of presidential election |url=https://news.sky.com/story/romania-in-shock-after-far-right-candidate-wins-first-round-of-presidential-election-13260461|website=Sky News|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> The run-off was eventually cancelled.
|-
| 2022 || {{flagicon|Brazil}}{{flagicon|Rio Grande do Sul}}
| [[2022 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election]] || [[Governor of Rio Grande do Sul]]
| 0.0384% || 2,441 || {{nts|1702815}}
| 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/divulga/votacao-nominal;e=546;cargo=3;uf=rs|title=Resultados TSE - Eleição Estadual Ordinária 2022 - Governador - Rio Grande do Sul - 1º Turno|date=2 October 2022|access-date=23 February 2025|website=[[Tribunal Superior Eleitoral|TSE]]|archive-date=2 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102121453/https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/divulga/votacao-nominal;e=546;cargo=3;uf=rs|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

===List of close election results between parties passing the threshold in party-list proportional races===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Country&nbsp;/<br />region
! Election !! Legislature !! District/race
! Margin<br />(%) !! Margin<br />(votes) !! Total&nbsp;votes&nbsp;cast&nbsp;for<br />higher-placed party
! Description
|-
|rowspan="2"|1992
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} {{flagicon|Czech Republic|1990}}
|rowspan="2"|[[1992 Czech legislative election|Czech legislative]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Czech National Council]]
|rowspan="2"|Statewide results
|0.05%
|3,321
|{{nts|387,026}}
|rowspan="2"|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Přehled voleb do Poslanecké sněmovny od roku 1992 {{!}} ČeskéNoviny.cz |url=https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/prehled-voleb-do-poslanecke-snemovny-od-roku-1992/183462 |website=www.ceskenoviny.cz |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=cs}}</ref>
|-
|0.06%
|3,617
|{{nts|383,705}}
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|[[1996 Czech legislative election|Czech legislative]]
|[[Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic|Chamber of Deputies]]
|National results
|0.07%
|4,277
|{{nts|489,349}}
|Nationally, the centrist [[KDU-ČSL|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
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|[[1999 Austrian legislative election|Austria legislative]]
|[[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]
|National results
|0.0167%
|415
|{{nts|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 of Austria|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.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/29/ianblack.kateconnolly EU leaders urged to keep Haider out. The Guardian, 29 January 2000]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220620083210/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/jan/29/ianblack.kateconnolly/print Archived]</ref> Eventually, an [[First Schüssel government|FPÖ-ÖVP coalition government]] was formed, but under an ÖVP Chancellor.
|-
|2004
|{{flagicon|European Union}} {{flagicon|Cyprus}}
|[[2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|Cyprus
|0.0111%
|37
|{{nts|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, [[European Democracy (Cyprus)|For Europe]] managed to win the last seat instead of [[EDEK Socialist Party|EDEK]] with just 37 votes.
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|La Pampa}}
|[[2017 Argentine legislative election|Argentina legislative]]
|[[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]
|[[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]]
|0.0395%
|76
|{{nts|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
|{{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Berlin}}
|[[2023 Berlin repeat state election|Berlin state]]
|[[Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin|Abgeordnetenhaus]]
|State results
|0.003%
|53
|{{nts|279017}}
|The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] of incumbent mayor [[Franziska Giffey]] got slightly more votes than [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Grüne]] led by [[Bettina Jarasch]] destroying their chances of forming a Green-led government.
|-
|}

===List of parties close to the threshold in proportional races===
{{see also|Electoral threshold#Notable cases}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Country&nbsp;/<br />region
! Election !! Legislature !! District/race
! Party
! Votes<br />(%) !! Votes<br />(#)
! Electoral&nbsp;threshold<br /> in percentage !! Electoral&nbsp;threshold<br /> in votes<!--this will not always result in a whole number, so the number should be rounded up--> !! Margin<br />(%) !! Margin<br />(votes) 
! Description
|-
|-
| 2010 || {{flagicon|Slovakia}}
| [[2010 Slovak parliamentary election|Slovak parliamentary]]
| [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]]
|National results
| [[Slovak National Party]]
| 5.08% || 128,908
| 5% || 126,470
| style="color:green;"| 0.08% || style="color:green;"| 2,438
| SNS narrowly crosses 5% threshold.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Welle (www.dw.com) |first1=Deutsche |title=Slovakia's leftist leader wins Pyrrhic victory as right claims majority {{!}} DW {{!}} 13.06.2010 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/slovakias-leftist-leader-wins-pyrrhic-victory-as-right-claims-majority/a-5679640 |website=DW.COM |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1990 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|North Rhine-Westphalia}}
| [[1990 North Rhine-Westphalia state election|North Rhine-Westphalia state]]
| [[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
| Statewide results 
|[[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]
| 5.05% || 469,098
| 5% || 464,599
| style="color:green;"| 0.05% || style="color:green;"| 4,499
| Grüne narrowly passed the threshold by 0.05%
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Brandenburg}}
|[[2019 Brandenburg state election|Brandenburg state parliament]]
|[[Landtag of Brandenburg]]
|Statewide results
|[[Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters]] 
|5.05%
|63,851
|5%
|63,256
| style="color:green;"| 0.05% || style="color:green;"| 595
|BVB/FW narrowly crosses threshold.
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|[[2006 Hungarian parliamentary election|Hungarian parliamentary]]
|[[Országgyűlés]]
|National results 
|[[Hungarian Democratic Forum]]
|5.04%
|272,831
|5%
|270,403
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 2,428
|MDF narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}
|[[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|Serbian parliamentary]]
|[[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]]
|National results 
|[[Dveri]]–[[Democratic Party of Serbia]]
|5.04%
|190,530
|5%
|188,947
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 1,583
|Dveri–DSS narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|European Union}}{{flagicon|Greece}}
|[[2024 European Parliament election in Greece|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|[[Greece (European Parliament constituency)|Greece]]
|[[Voice of Reason (political party)|Voice of Reason]]
|3.04%
|120,753
|3%
|119,283
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 1,470
|FL narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[1988 Danish general election|Danish general]]
|[[Folketing]]
|National results 
|[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|Christian People's Party]]
|2.04%
|68,047
|2%
|66,583
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 1,464
|KF narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|European Union}}{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|[[2014 European Parliament election in Hungary|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|[[Hungary (European Parliament constituency)|Hungary]]
|[[Politics Can Be Different]]
|5.04%
|116,904
|5%
|115,975
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 929
|LMP wins one MEP.
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|Lithuania}}
|[[2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election|Lithuanian parliamentary]]
|[[Seimas]]
| National results
|[[Liberal and Centre Union]]
|5.04%
|66,078
|5%
|65,499
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 579
|LiCS crosses the threshold by less than 600 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2008_seimo_rinkimai/output_en/rezultatai_daugiamand_apygardose/rezultatai_daugiamand_apygardose1turas.html|title=Voting results in the Multi-member Constituency|date=2008-10-31|work=VRK}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Saarland}}
|[[2012 Saarland state election|Saarland state parliament]]
|[[Landtag of Saarland]]
|Statewide results
|[[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
|5.04%
|24,252
|5%
|24,065
| style="color:green;"| 0.04% || style="color:green;"| 187
|Greens narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|European Union}}{{flagicon|Italy}}
|[[2014 European Parliament election in Italy|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|Italy
|[[The Other Europe]]
|5.03%
|1,108,457
|4%
|1,097,957
| style="color:green;"| 0.03% || style="color:green;"| 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 || {{flagicon|Romania}}
| [[1992 Romanian general election|Romanian general]]
| [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| National results 
|[[Socialist Party of Labour]]
| 3.03% || 328,283
| 3% || 324,766
| style="color:green;"| 0.03% || style="color:green;"| 3,517
| With the PSM, the "[[Red Quadrilateral]] gained a majority of 5 seats in the Chamber.
|-
| 2023 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Hesse}}
| [[2023 Hessian state election|Hessian state]]
| [[Landtag of Hesse]]
| Statewide results 
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 5.03% || 141,608
| 5% || 140,628
| style="color:green;"| 0.03% || style="color:green;"| 980
| FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wahlen.hessen-ltw23.23degrees.eu/wk/00000000000/details | title=Hessen Wahlergebnis }}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Hesse}}
| [[2013 Hessian state election|Hessian state]]
| [[Landtag of Hesse]]
| Statewide results 
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 5.03% || 157,451
| 5% || 156,540
| style="color:green;"| 0.03% || style="color:green;"| 911
| FDP narrowly passed the threshold by 0.03%
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}
|[[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|Serbian parliamentary]]
|[[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]]
|National results 
|Alliance for a Better Serbia
|5.02%
|189,564
|5%
|188,947
| style="color:green;"| 0.02% || style="color:green;"| 617
|CZBS narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|Lithuania}}
| [[2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election|Lithuanian parliamentary]]
| [[Seimas]]
|National results
|[[Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union]] 
|7.02%
|87,182
|7%
|86,893
| style="color:green;"| 0.02% || style="color:green;"| 289
|LVŽS narrowly crosses threshold for coalitions.<ref>https://www.vrk.lt/en/2024-seimo/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/1544/1/2150/rezultatai/en/rezultataiDaugmVrt.html</ref>
|-
| 2023 || {{flagicon|Italy}}{{flagicon|Friuli-Venezia Giulia}}
| [[2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election|Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]
|Statewide results
|[[Slovene Union]] 
|1.02%
|4,016
|1%
|3,950
| style="color:green;"| 0.02% || style="color:green;"| 66
|SSk narrowly crosses threshold for linguistic minorities.<ref name=FVG>[https://elezioni.regione.fvg.it/consultazioni/ELZ_REG/2023-04-02 Elezioni regionali del 2 e 3 aprile 2023]</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}}
|[[2016 Georgian parliamentary election|Georgian parliamentary]]
|[[Parliament of Georgia|Parliament]]
|National results 
|[[Alliance of Patriots of Georgia]]
|5.01%
|88,097
|5%
|87,982
| style="color:green;"| 0.01% || style="color:green;"| 116
|APG narrowly crossed the threshold.
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Thuringia}}
|[[2019 Thuringian state election|Thuringia state parliament]]
|[[Landtag of Thuringia]]
|Statewide results
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] 
|5.01%
|55,493 
|5%
|55,420
| style="color:green;"| 0.01% || style="color:green;"| 73
|FDP narrowly crosses threshold, later forms 28-day government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wahlen in Thüringen |url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2019&zeigeErg=Land |website=Landtagswahl 2019 in Thüringen – endgültiges Ergebnis}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || {{flagicon|Italy}}{{flagicon|Friuli-Venezia Giulia}}
| [[2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election|Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]
|Statewide results
|Open – Left FVG 
|1.51%
|5,957
|1.5%
|5,925
| style="color:green;"| 0.01% || style="color:green;"| 32
|OPEN narrowly crosses threshold for parties inside of coalitions.<ref name=FVG/>
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}}
|[[October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election|Bulgarian parliamentary]]
|[[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National Assembly]]
|National results
|[[Velichie]]
|4.004%
|97,497
|4%
|97,391
| style="color:green;" | 0.004% || style="color:green;" | 106
|Velichie narrowly missed the threshold in the original count with just 36 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Величие": ЦИК ни извади от парламента с нагласени 3.999%, това е демонстрация на мафията срещу народа |url=https://www.moreto.net/novini.php?n=503010 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.moreto.net}}</ref> During the first vote count, the party passed the threshold, until the very last count update.
|-
|1968
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[1968 Danish general election|Danish general]]
|[[Folketing]]
|National results 
|[[Left Socialists]]
|2.003%
|57,184
|2%
|57,093
| style="color:green;"| 0.003% || style="color:green;"| 91
|Left Socialists narrowly crossed the threshold in their first election.
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}}
|[[2020 Georgian parliamentary election|Georgian parliamentary]]
|[[Parliament of Georgia|Parliament]]
|National results 
|[[Georgian Labour Party]]
|1.003%
|19,314
|1%
|19,244
| style="color:green;"| 0.003% || style="color:green;"| 70
|Georgian Labour Party narrowly crosses threshold but withdrew from parliament later.
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{flagicon|Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|1996}}
|[[2018 Bosnian general election|Bosnian general]]
|[[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Representatives]]
|[[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
|[[Party of Democratic Activity]]
|3.001%
|29,726
|3%
|29,676
| style="color:green;"| 0.001% || style="color:green;"| 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centralna izborna komisija BiH |url=http://www.izbori.ba/Rezultati_izbora?resId=25&langId=1#/2/1/0/0/0/0 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.izbori.ba}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Burgenland}}
|[[2010 Burgenland state election|Burgenland state]]
|[[Landtag Burgenland|Landtag]]
|Statewide results
|[[List Burgenland]]
|4.00032%
|7,559
|4%
|7,559
| style="color:green;"| 0.00032% || style="color:green;"| 0
|The party passed the threshold by a single vote. Though this result is controversial, since it was later admitted by [[Austrian People's Party|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Unterrabnitzer Ortschef kündigt Rücktritt an {{!}} derstandard.at {{!}} 08.10.2010 |url=https://www.derstandard.at/1285200372353/wahlbetrug-im-burgenland-unterrabnitzer-ortschef-kuendigt-ruecktritt-an |website=derstandard.at |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || {{flagicon|Czechia}}{{flagicon|Vysočina}}
| [[2020 Czech regional elections|Vysočina regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Vysočina]]
|Regional results
| Pro TOP Vysočinu
| 4.99978% ||7,972
| 5% || 7,973
| style="color:red;"| -0.00022% || style="color:red;"| -1
| Coalition of [[TOP 09]], [[Club of Committed Non-Party Members|KAN]] and [[Koruna Česká (party)|Koruna Česká]] narrowly missed 5% threshold by a single vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nejtěsnější výsledek voleb. TOP 09 chyběl ke vstupu do zastupitelstva jeden hlas {{!}} Echo24.cz {{!}} 03.10.2020 |url=https://m.echo24.cz/a/SZ99G/nejtesnejsi-vysledek-voleb-top-09-chybel-ke-vstupu-do-zastupitelstva-jeden-hlas |website=Echo24.cz |date=3 October 2020 |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1959
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1959 Dutch general election|Dutch general]]
|[[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]
|National results
|[[Reformed Political League]]
|0.6624%
|39,972
|0.6667%
|39,998
| style="color:red;"| -0.00043% || style="color:red;"| -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 of the Netherlands|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 [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leidsch Dagblad {{!}} 16 maart 1959 {{!}} pagina 2 |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1959-03-16/edition/0/page/2 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |date=16 March 1959 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|European Union}}{{flagicon|Greece}}
|[[2019 European Parliament election in Greece|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|[[Greece (European Parliament constituency)|Greece]]
|[[MeRA25]]
|2.999%
|169,635
|3%
|169,684
| style="color:red;"| -0.001% || style="color:red;"| -49
|MeRA25 narrowly missed the threshold making their European party [[Democracy in Europe Movement 2025|DiEM25]] unrepresented in the European Parliament.
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Saarland}}
|[[2022 Saarland state election|Saarland state parliament]]
|[[Landtag of Saarland]]
|Statewide results
|[[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
|4.995%
|22,598
|5%
|22,621
| style="color:red;"| -0.005% || style="color:red;"| -23
|Greens narrowly missed the threshold by 0.005%.<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/gruene-saarland-landtag-1.5556406 23 Stimmen fehlen], Süddeutsche Zeitung, retrieved: 11 June 2022</ref>
|-
|1967
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1967 Dutch general election|Dutch general]]
|[[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]
|National results
|{{ill|The Emergency Council|nl|Noodraad}}
|0.6604%
|45,421
|0.6667%
|45,854
| style="color:red;"| -0.006% || style="color:red;"| -433
|The Emergency Council narrowly missed the threshold by less than 500 votes.
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|Czechia}}{{flagicon|Liberec}}
| [[2024 Czech regional elections|Liberec regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Liberec]]
|Regional results
| [[Stačilo!]]
| 4.993% ||5,670
| 5% || 5,679
| style="color:red;"| -0.007% || style="color:red;"| -19
| [[Stačilo!]] narrowly missed 5% threshold.<ref>{{cite web |title=ZÁPIS O VÝSLEDKU VOLEB DO ZASTUPITELSTVA KRAJE |url=https://www.volby.cz/appdata/kz2024/zapis/6.pdf }}</ref>
|-
|1967
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1967 Dutch general election|Dutch general]]
|[[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]
|National results
|{{ill|Christian-Democratic Union (Netherlands)|lt=Christian-Democratic Union|nl|Christen-Democraten Unie}}
|0.6591%
|45,346
|0.6667%
|45,854
| style="color:red;"| -0.008% || style="color:red;"| -508
|The CDU narrowly missed the threshold by less than 600 votes.
|-
| 2023 || {{flagicon|Italy}}{{flagicon|Friuli-Venezia Giulia}}
| [[2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election|Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]
| Statewide results 
| Together Free
| 3.98% || 15,712
| 4% || 15,799
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -87
| IL narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%.<ref name=FVG/>
|-
| 2024 || {{flagicon|Hungary}}&nbsp;{{flagicon|Budapest}} 
| [[2024 Budapest Assembly election|Budapest Local]]
| [[General Assembly of Budapest|Capital City Assembly]]
| Citywide results 
| [[Momentum Movement]]
| 4.98% || 39,471
| 5% || 39,615
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -144
| MM narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vtr.valasztas.hu/onk2024/valasztopolgaroknak/varmegyek-telepulesek/varmegyek/01?tab=results&filter=capitallist | title=Nemzeti Választási Iroda – Helyi önkormányzati választások }}</ref>
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Hamburg}}
| [[1997 Hamburg state election|Hamburg state]]
| [[Hamburg Parliament]]
| Statewide results 
| [[German People's Union]]
| 4.98% || 40,957
| 5% || 41,126
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -169
| DVU narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
|-
|1971
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[1971 Danish general election|Danish general]]
|[[Folketing]]
|National results 
|[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|Christian People's Party]]
|1.98%
|57,072
|2%
|57,678
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -606
|KF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election.
|-
| 1980 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|North Rhine-Westphalia}}
| [[1980 North Rhine-Westphalia state election|North Rhine-Westphalia state]]
| [[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
| Statewide results 
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 4.98% || 489,225
| 5% || 490,926
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -1,699
| FDP narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
|-
| 1992 || {{flagicon|Romania}}
| [[1992 Romanian general election|Romanian general]]
| [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| National results 
|[[Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania]]
| 2.98% || 322,990
| 3% || 324,766
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -1,776
| PDAR narrowly missed the threshold by 0.02%
|-
|1977
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1977 Dutch general election|Dutch general]]
|[[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]
|National results
|[[Reformatory Political Federation]]
|0.640%
|53,220
|0.667%
|55,451
| style="color:red;"| -0.027% || style="color:red;"| -2,231
|RPF narrowly missed the threshold in their first election.
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|Italy}}{{flagicon|Aosta Valley}}
|[[2020 Valdostan regional election|Valdostan regional council]]
|[[Regional Council of Aosta Valley]]
|Regional results
|[[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right]]
|5.68%
|3,761
|5.71%
|3,788
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -27
|CDX narrowly missed the threshold.
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Bremen}}
|[[2015 Bremen state election|Bremen state parliament]]
|[[Bürgerschaft of Bremen]]
|Bremerhaven
|[[Alternative for Germany]]
|4.97%
|7,936
|5%
|7,985
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -49
|AfD narrowly missed the threshold in Bremerhaven and only get seats from Bremen.<ref>[https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/bluBremerhaven.htm Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Stadt Bremerhaven], wahlen-in-deutschland.de</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|Latvia}}
|[[2022 Latvian parliamentary election|Latvian parliamentary]]
|[[Saeima]]
|National results
|[[Development/For!]]
|4.97%
|45,452
|5%
|45,701
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tvnet.lv/7618201/attistibai-par-no-5-barjeras-parvaresanas-skira-vien-saujina-balsu | title="Attīstībai/Par" no 5% barjeras pārvarēšanas šķīra vien saujiņa balsu | date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1992 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Schleswig-Holstein}}
| [[1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election|Schleswig-Holstein state]]
| [[Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein]]
| Statewide results 
| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 4.97% || 74,014
| 5% || 74,396
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -382
| Grüne narrowly missed the threshold by 0.03%
|-
| 2020 || {{flagicon|Slovakia}}
| [[2020 Slovak parliamentary election|Slovak parliamentary]]
| [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]]
|National results
| [[Progressive Slovakia]]–[[Together – Civic Democracy|Together]]
| 6.97% || 200,780
| 7% || 201,706
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -926
| PS/Spolu needed 7% to meet the threshold as a coalition of two parties.<ref>{{cite web |last1=a.s |first1=Petit Press |title=PS/Spolu has submitted an election complaint. What are the odds the results might change? |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356725/ps-spolu-filed-an-election-complaint.html |website=spectator.sme.sk |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=en |date=12 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || {{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Hamburg}}
| [[2020 Hamburg state election|Hamburg state]]
| [[Hamburg Parliament]]
| Statewide results 
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
|4.97%
|202,059
|5%
|203,118
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -1,059
|FDP missed the 5% threshold.
|-
| 2019 || {{flagicon|Israel}}
| [[April 2019 Israeli legislative election|Israel legislative]]
| [[Knesset]]
|National results
| [[New Right (Israel)|The New Right]]
| 3.22% || 138,598
| 3.25% || 140,052
| style="color:red;"| -0.03% || style="color:red;"| -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;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-right-just-shy-of-electoral-threshold-sets-sights-on-soldiers-votes/ |title=New Right, just shy of electoral threshold, pins hopes on soldiers' votes |website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> however, after absentee ballots were counted the party remained out of the Knesset, and demanded a recount.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-right-demands-recount-after-party-appears-not-to-cross-knesset-threshold/ |title=New Right demands recount after it falls just short of winning Knesset seats |website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2025 || {{flagicon|Germany}}
| [[2025 German federal election|German federal]]
| [[Bundestag]]
|National results
| [[Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance]]
| 4.98% || 2,472,947
| 5% || 2,482,105 
| style="color:red;"| -0.02% || style="color:red;"| -9,158
| The BSW narrowly misses the threshold in their first election.
|-
|1967
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|[[1967 Dutch general election|Dutch general]]
|[[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]
|National results
|Party for the Unmarried
|0.630%
|43,340
|0.667%
|45,854
| style="color:red;"| -0.037% || style="color:red;"| -2,514
|PVO narrowly missed the threshold in their only election.
|-
| 2016 || {{flagicon|Czechia}}{{flagicon|Vysočina}}
| [[2016 Czech regional elections|Vysočina regional]]
| [[Regional Council of Vysočina]]
|Regional results
| Žijeme Vysočinou
| 4.96% ||7,531
| 5% || 7,590
| style="color:red;"| -0.04% || style="color:red;"| -59
| Coalition of [[TOP 09]] and [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Zelení]] narrowly missed 5% threshold by 59 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=hlasy_strany_vys |url=https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107783/84c9b7e5-5d49-a7aa-9e87-0cd756a727ed/hlasy_strany_vys.xlsx?version=1.0 |access-date=19 September 2024|language=cs}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|European Union}}{{flagicon|Slovakia}}
|[[2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia|European Parliament]]
|[[European Parliament]]
|[[Slovakia (European Parliament constituency)|Slovakia]]
|[[Party of the Hungarian Community]]
|4.96%
|48,929
|5%
|49,284
| style="color:red;"| -0.04% || style="color:red;"| -355
|SMK-MKP lost their MEP thus no Hungarian party from Slovakia won seats.
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}}
|[[2014 Slovenian parliamentary election|Slovenian parliamentary]]
|[[National Assembly (Slovenia)|National Assembly]]
|National results
|[[Slovenian People's Party]]
|3.95%
|34,548
|4%
|43,715
| style="color:red;"| -0.05% || style="color:red;"| -9,167
|SLS narrowly missed the threshold for the first time.
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|Slovakia}}
|[[2016 Slovak parliamentary election|Slovak parliamentary]]
|[[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]]
|National results
|[[Christian Democratic Movement]]
|4.94%
|128,908
|5%
|130,388
| style="color:red;"| -0.06% || style="color:red;"| -1,480
|KDH narrowly missed the threshold by 0.06%.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Foret Miroslav |author2=Melas David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-UxEAAAQBAJ&dq=2016+kdh+chyb%C4%9Blo+hlas%C5%AF&pg=PT101 |title=Marketingový výzkum v udržitelném marketingovém managementu |date=23 November 2020 |publisher=Grada Publishing, a.s. |isbn=978-80-271-4062-6 |language=cs |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Distribution of elections by winning margin==
Close elections not only demonstrate the effect of individual voters, they may reflect extra efforts from candidates or supporters when elections are close.<ref name="eggers">{{Cite journal |last1=Eggers |first1=Andrew C. |last2=Fowler |first2=Anthony |last3=Hainmueller |first3=Jens |last4=Hall |first4=Andrew B. |last5=Snyder |first5=James M. |date=2015-01-01 |title=On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from Over 40,000 Close Races |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280078057 |journal=American Journal of Political Science |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=259–274 |doi=10.1111/ajps.12127 |issn=1540-5907}}</ref><ref name="Grimmer">{{Cite web |author1=Justin Grimmer |author2=Eitan Hirsh |author3=Brian Feinstein |author4=Daniel Carpenter |year=2012 |title=Are Close Elections Random? Working Paper |publisher=Stanford|url=https://web.stanford.edu/~jgrimmer/CEF.pdf}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Election contests, by winning margin
|-
! rowspan=2|Geographic area
! rowspan=2|Dates
! rowspan=2|Includes<br />towns?
! rowspan=2|No. of<br />election<br />contests
! rowspan=2|No. of<br />ties
! rowspan=2|No. won<br />by 1 vote
! colspan=7|% of elections where winning margin was up to
! rowspan=2|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%||[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/71802/Web02-state/#/ CO SoS]
|-
|Massachusetts||2014–17||most||456||0||0||0.2%||0.2%||1.5%||2.4%||4.8%||10.7%||98.7%||[http://electionstats.state.ma.us/ MA SoS]
|-
|West Virginia||2014–17||few||879||0||2||0.6%||1.0%||3.0%||4.4%||8.8%||21.3%||100.0%||[http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/Default.aspx WV SoS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420140144/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/Default.aspx |date=2018-04-20 }}
|}
From 2007 to 2024, over 800 US elections ended in ties or a margin of one vote.<ref name="pilf-ties">[https://publicinterestlegal.org/tied-elections/ Tracking Elections that Ended in Ties & Close Results], Public Interest Legal Foundation, accessed 2024-10-16</ref>
In the United States in 2018, 88 state legislative elections were decided by less than half a percent.<ref name="bp-18">{{Cite web |title=Margin of victory analysis for the 2018 state legislative elections |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Margin_of_victory_analysis_for_the_2018_state_legislative_elections |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Election audits]]
*[[Elections]]
*[[Electoral integrity]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Close election results}}
[[Category:Lists of elections]]