Question 7 is still uncalled. "No" leads by about 29,000 votes statewide, while Boston voted 69% yes

Question 7, the statewide measure on minimum lot sizes for single-family homes, still had no projected winner Thursday morning. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, "no" led 50.59% to 49.41%, or 1,238,345 to 1,209,487, with about 94% of the expected vote counted, according to Associated Press figures published by NBC Boston. That is a gap of 28,858 votes.

Our Wednesday story described a near tie: "yes" was briefly ahead by 195 votes early Wednesday. Since then "no" has pulled ahead steadily. By late Wednesday afternoon the AP had "no" at 50.6% with 94.4% counted, Boston.com reported.

The outcome won't change zoning in Boston. The measure amends the state Zoning Act, which doesn't cover the city, and Boston.com noted Boston would be excluded. But Boston's vote was large enough to matter to the statewide count.

Boston's share of the count

Boston's unofficial results, last updated at 3:46 a.m. Wednesday with all 275 precincts reporting, show 119,998 yes and 53,286 no, or 69.25% yes (city results).

By our arithmetic from those figures and the AP's Thursday totals:

• Boston gave "yes" a net margin of 66,712 votes.
• Boston's "yes" votes are about one in 10 of all "yes" votes counted statewide.
• Outside Boston, "no" leads by about 95,600 votes.

These are partial, unofficial numbers on both sides. The city's figures don't yet include provisional, overseas and late-arriving mail ballots, and mail ballots postmarked by Election Day count if they arrive by 5 p.m. Friday.

Where the measure won and lost

The Boston Globe reported that Boston and many nearby cities and suburbs voted yes, with more than 60% in Brookline, Medford, Watertown and Arlington. Lawrence, Lowell, Springfield and Worcester also backed it. Most smaller and more distant towns voted no, as did wealthier suburbs such as Lexington and Wellesley.

Gov. Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu backed the question, the Globe reported. There was no formal opposition campaign, though the Massachusetts Municipal Association spoke against it. Andrew Mikula, who chairs the "yes" campaign, said the results were "very close" and that the campaign would wait for every vote, Boston.com reported.

Is a recount possible?

Any registered voter can petition for a recount of a ballot question, but only if the margin is no more than 0.5% of the votes cast, according to Boston.com. On the yes and no votes counted so far, 0.5% is about 12,200 votes. The current gap is more than twice that. Boston.com noted that the growing "no" lead made a recount harder to pursue.

Question 5 is uncalled too

The AP also had not called Question 5, which would change the state's tax revenue cap. "No" led 52.02% to 47.98% with 95% counted, NBC Boston reported, and advocates on both sides considered it failed as of Wednesday. Our Nov. 4 story has Boston's vote on it.

What our records add

Boston's own lot-size item still has no hearing. City Councilor Brian Worrell's June 3 order for a hearing on eliminating minimum lot sizes in District 4 (docket 1103) has now been in the Planning, Development and Transportation Committee for 155 days. Introducing it, Worrell said District 4 zoning requires lots of 3,000 to 7,000 square feet, and that more than 60 vacant city-owned lots there fall below the 3,000-square-foot minimum (watch at 4:55:14). In Boston, those rules are changed through the city's Zoning Commission, not the ballot.

The council took no position on Question 7. We found no council resolution on it this year (our Oct. 27 story).

What's next

• Friday, 5 p.m.: Deadline for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive.
• Nov. 18: Boston's deadline to certify its official results.
• Early December: Statewide certification, likely on the first Wednesday of the month, WBUR has reported. If it passes, the law would take effect 30 days later.