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Boston City Council election was held on November 3, 1981, with preliminary elections on September 21, 1981. This election was the final one before the Council transitioned from having 9 members (all at-large) to having 13 members (9 district representatives and 4 at-large).
Six of the nine incumbents (Raymond Flynn, Christopher A. Iannella, Frederick C. Langone, Patrick F. McDonough, Dapper O'Neil, & Joseph M. Tierney) ran for reelection. Lawrence DiCara, Rosemarie Sansone, and John W. Sears chose not to run.
The top 18 candidates in the preliminary election moved on to the November general election. The top nine candidates in the November election were seated on the city council.
| Candidates | Preliminary Election [2] | General Election [3] |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | |
| Raymond Flynn (incumbent) | 31,898 | 53,136 |
| Christopher A. Iannella (incumbent) | 25,462 | 44,621 |
| Dapper O'Neil (incumbent) | 24,240 | 40,474 |
| Frederick C. Langone (incumbent) | 23,000 | 39,780 |
| Joseph M. Tierney (incumbent) | 17,649 | 35,185 |
| Michael J. McCormack | 14,178 | 33,861 |
| Terence P. McDermott | 11,981 | 31,707 |
| Maura Hennigan | 14,325 | 31,637 |
| Bruce Bolling | 15,273 | 30,672 |
| James M. Kelly | 14,941 | 30,079 |
| Patrick F. McDonough (incumbent) | 17,165 | 29,591 |
| Edmund McNamara | 12,007 | 29,301 |
| David Scondras | 11,616 | 28,571 |
| Charles Yancey | 12,378 | 27,007 |
| Francis X. Coppinger | 11,034 | 21,675 |
| Craig Lankhorst | 10,301 | 20,769 |
| Pamela J. Gilman | 10,070 | 14,776 |
| Gerard P. McHale | 10,407 | 14,173 |
| Joseph W. Casper | 9,906 | |
| Frederick T. Scopa | 9,444 | |
| John F. Melia | 8,788 | |
| Stephen G. Michaels | 8,325 | |
| Brian Hickey | 8,222 | |
| John P. Grady | 7,855 | |
| Richard B. Hogan | 7,794 | |
| Edward M. McCormack | 7,610 | |
| William G. Broderick | 7,134 | |
| Joseph E. Maher | 6,269 | |
| Maureen Craven Slade | 5,759 | |
| Althea Garrison | 5,442 | |
| Joseph T. Fitzpatrick | 3,947 | |
| David F. Burnes | 3,784 | |
| David Alan Mittell Jr. | 3,660 | |
| Francis X. Goode | 3,227 | |
| Thomas P. Casserly | 3,005 | |
| Warren I. Brown | 3,001 | |
| John S. MacDonald | 2,881 | |
| Edward J. DeSantis | 2,688 | |
| John B’Smith III | 1,936 | |
| John K. Rees | 1,791 |
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