Frederick Mansfield is elected mayor of Boston.

Mansfield (D), with 70,035 votes, defeats Malcolm Nichols (R), with 68,312, William Foley, with 60,776, Henry Parkman, with 29,012, Joseph O’Connell, and Judge Michael Sullivan. Turnout is 218,361 or 78.2%. A fiscal conservative, Mansfield lives at 15 Elm Hill Avenue.