MONROE — Election Day has passed, but official results could open the door for a recount in three races.

“It was very tight,” Marvin mayoral candidate Joseph Barbara said Wednesday. “A lot can change.”

Board of Elections Director John Whitley said candidates may request a recount if they are within 1 percent of the votes of the winner. Unofficial results show that four candidates in three races would qualify for a recount.

In Marvin, Barbara lost to incumbent Mayor John Ciaramella 348 to 342, or 0.87 percent. He has not yet committed to a recount. “We’ll let the people in (the Board of Elections) office do their job.”

In the race for the District 1 council seat in Weddington, the closest race in the county, incumbent Councilwoman L.A. Smith lost to Werner Thomisser 673 to 668, or only a 0.37 percent margin.

“If I am within the 1 percent margin, I have every intention of calling for a recount,” Smith said Wednesday. “I just want to make sure that the results are accurate. With that narrow of a margin, it deserves to be accurate.”

In Indian Trail, two candidates, Danny Figueroa and Kathy Broom, are within 0.43 percent of second-place vote getter Darlene Luther. Figueroa said he has decided to “let it lie” and will not seek a recount; Broom did not return a phone message left Wednesday afternoon.

Official results will be announced 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Board of Elections office below the main branch of the Union County Public Library on Windsor Street. To qualify for a recount, candidates must file a request in writing with the Board of Elections. Candidates will have until 5 p.m. the following business day to submit a recount request. Whitley said that because Wednesday is Veterans Day, the deadline for a recount will be 5 p.m. Thursday.