Nine candidates are elected to the Boston City Council.

They are James Coffey, John Connolly, William Foley Jr., Peter Hines, Christopher Iannella, John Kerrigan, Patrick McDonough, Edward McLaughlin Jr., Joseph White. McLaughlin is the top vote getter with 95,328. He resigns and is replaced by Thomas Sullivan on January 9, 1961. White resigns and is replaced by Frederick Langone on May 1, 1961.