The 2023 Boston City Council election will be held on November 7, 2023, with primaries occurring on September 12, 2023.
All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.
Election Schedule
Key dates relating to the election are as follows:
Summary
The council members at the time of both the preliminary election and general election are listed below. The table further indicates if each incumbent ran for re-election, and if so, whether they were re-elected or not.
Council President
At-Large
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| Clifton Braithwaite
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| Ruthzee Louijeune
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| Julia Mejia
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| Erin Murphy
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| Bridget Nee-Walsh
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| Shawn Nelson
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| Henry Santana
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|Catherine Vitale
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|- style="font-weight:bold" |Total | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- |Valid votes | | | | |- |Blank ballots | | | | |- |Invalid ballots | | | | |- |Turnout | | | | |- |Not voted | | | | |- |Registered voters | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | |- | colspan="6" | |- | colspan="6" |Source: Minister of the Interior |}
District 1
Councillor Gabriela Coletta is running unopposed as an incumbent .
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" |Candidates ! colspan="2" | Preliminary election Sep 12 2023 ! colspan="2"| General election Nov 7 2023 |- ! width="75" |Votes ! width="30"|% ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="text-align:left;" | Candidate | # | % | # | % |- | style="text-align:left;" | write-in | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- style="font-weight:bold" |Total | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- |Valid votes | | | | |- |Blank ballots | | | | |- |Invalid ballots | | | | |- |Turnout | | | | |- |Not voted | | | | |- |Registered voters | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | |- | colspan="6" | |- | colspan="6" |Source: Minister of the Interior |}
District 2
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" |Candidates ! colspan="2" | Preliminary election Sep 12 2023 ! colspan="2"| General election Nov 7 2023 |- ! width="75" |Votes ! width="30"|% ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="text-align:left;" | Candidate | # | % | # | % |- | style="text-align:left;" | write-in | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- style="font-weight:bold" |Total | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- |Valid votes | | | | |- |Blank ballots | | | | |- |Invalid ballots | | | | |- |Turnout | | | | |- |Not voted | | | | |- |Registered voters | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | |- | colspan="6" | |- | colspan="6" |Source: Minister of the Interior |}
District 3
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" |Candidates ! colspan="2" | Preliminary election Sep 12 2023 ! colspan="2"| General election Nov 7 2023 |- ! width="75" |Votes ! width="30"|% ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="text-align:left;" | Candidate | # | % | # | % |- | style="text-align:left;" | write-in | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- style="font-weight:bold" |Total | # | % | # | % |- | colspan="6" | |- |Valid votes | | | | |- |Blank ballots | | | | |- |Invalid ballots | | | | |- |Turnout | | | | |- |Not voted | | | | |- |Registered voters | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | | | style="background-color:#F4F4F4;" | |- | colspan="6" | |- | colspan="6" |Source: Minister of the Interior |}