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.