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POLL: Are You Surprised By The At-Large City Council Election Results?

Victory wasn't in every candidate's sights, but did things turn out as you thought?

Seven candidates were running for four seats, and the incumbent candidates--Ayanna Pressley, Felix Arroyo, John Connolly, and Stephen Murphy--all won re-election

While incumbents getting re-elected is nothing new, not everyone believed their victory was a foregone conclusion. 

Check out this numerical breakdown of the results, courtesy of the City of Boston elections site

Find out what's happening in Charlestownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Ayanna S. Pressley
37506 21.42% Felix G. Arroyo
35465 20.26% John R. Connolly
32803 18.74% Stephen J. Murphy
26712 15.26% Michael F Flaherty
25790 14.73% Will Dorcena

8736 4.99% Sean H. Ryan
7373 4.21%

And when you're done scanning the numbers, vote in our poll, and let us know what you think in the comments.  Patch wants to know whether folks were caught off-guard or if this was business-as-usual.  

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