Boston City Council elections were held on November 4, 2003. Nine seats (five representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 2, 3, 5, and 7 ran unopposed. Six seats (the four at-large positions, plus districts 4 and 6) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 23, 2003.

At-large Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Felix D. Arroyo, Maura Hennigan, and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected. Patricia H. White, daughter of former Mayor of Boston Kevin White, was an unsuccessful candidate in this election.

CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Michael F. Flaherty 20,307 18.21% 36,387 18.33% Felix D. Arroyo 14,379 12.89% 34,685 17.48% Maura Hennigan 15,916 14.27% 33,596 16.93% Stephen J. Murphy 17,597 15.78% 30,510 15.37% Patricia H. White 16,439 14.74% 29,649 14.94% Matt O'Malley 7,025 6.30% 12,929 6.51% Althea Garrison 5,050 4.53% 10,524 5.30% Roy Owens 4,356 3.91% 10,204 5.14% Jacquelyne Payne-Thompson 2,723 2.44%   Phyllis Yetman Igoe 1,940 1.74%   Edward Puglielli 1,705 1.53%   Laura Garza 1,604 1.44%   Arthur "Lucky" Craffey 1,594 1.43%   Joseph Anthony Ureneck 907 0.81%  

District 1 Councillor Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Paul Scapicchio 4,646 85.88% Ken Fowler 764 14.12%

District 2 Councillor James M. Kelly ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 3 Councillor Maureen Feeney ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Charles Yancey 1,901 54.36% 3,679 55.17% Ego E. Ezedi Jr. 1,544 44.15% 2,990 44.83% Arthur L. Sutton 52 1.49%  

District 5 Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 6 Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.

CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% John M. Tobin Jr. 5,463 77.90% 8,473 74.21% Francesca E. Fordiani 1,344 19.16% 2,945 25.79% Wayne A. Sallale 206 2.94%  

District 7 Councillor Chuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 8 Councillor Michael P. Ross was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Michael P. Ross 3,418 81.36% Carmen M. Torre 783 18.64%

District 9 Councillor Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Jerry P. McDermott 3,467 82.31% Daniel Kontoff 745 17.69%

See also List of members of the Boston City Council

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