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List of narrow elections
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Many elections have been decided by narrow margins of less than 1 vote in 1000 (a margin of victory of less than 0.1%):
| Race | Margin (Percentage) |
Margin (Votes) |
Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire Senatorial Election, 1974 | 0.001% | 2 votes | 223,363 |
| Louis Wyman edges John A. Durkin after several recounts. The US Senate called for a re-vote (which Durkin won). | |||
| Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1839 | 0.00195% | 2 votes | 102,066 |
| Marcus Morton wins the governorship by only two votes. | |||
| Winchester Parliamentary Election in 1997 | 0.00322% | 2 votes | 62,054 |
| Mark Oaten gains the seat from the Conservatives (the result is later annulled and a by-election held. | |||
| Washington gubernatorial election, 2004 | 0.00459% | 129 votes | 2,810,058 |
| Democrat Christine Gregoire defeats Republican Dino Rossi, following two recounts. | |||
| U.S. presidential election, 2000, Florida electoral votes | 0.00901% | 537 votes | 5,962,657 |
| Florida's electoral votes were pivotal to George W. Bush's electoral college win over Al Gore. | |||
| Somaliland presidential election, 2003 | 0.01637% | 80 votes | 488,543 |
| Dahir Riyale Kahin, of the For Unity, Democracy, and Independence party narrowly bests the Peace, Unity, and Development Party's Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo in a three-way race. [1] | |||
| Attorney General of Virginia election, 2005 | 0.01662% | 323 votes | 1,943,250 |
| Bob McDonnell was certified as the victor over Creigh Deeds following a recount. [2] | |||
| Salt Lake City school board election, 2004 | 0.02579% | 1 vote | 3,877 |
| Alama Uluave squeaked out a one-vote victory over Michael Clara. | |||
| Montana House of Representatives district 12 election, 2004 | 0.04735% | 2 votes | 4,224 |
| Democrat Jeanne Windham defeats Constitution Party candidate Rick Jore. | |||
| Parry Sound—Muskoka district MP; Canadian federal election, 2006 | 0.06064% | 28 votes | 46,171 |
| Conservative MP Tony Clement narrowly edged out Liberal Andy Mitchell. [3] | |||
| Italian general election, 2006 | 0.06583% | 25115 votes | 38,153,343 |
| L'Unione (centre-left) defeats la Casa delle Libertà (conservative) | |||
| Colorado 7th Congressional district election, 2002 | 0.06877% | 121 votes | 175,938 |
| In the first race in this newly-created Congressional district, Republican Bob Beauprez narrowly beat out Democrat Mike Feeley. [4] | |||
| North Carolina State Agriculture Commissioner election, 2004 | 0.07066% | 2,353 votes | 3,330,187 |
| Republican Steve Troxler defeats Democrat Britt Cobb. | |||
| Washington United States Senate election, 2000 | 0.09055% | 2,229 votes | 2,461,379 |
| Democrat Maria Cantwell unseats Republican Slade Gorton, following a mandatory recount. | |||
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