Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2005. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 5, 7, and 8 were unopposed. Five seats (the four at-large members, and district 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27, 2005.
At-large
Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Felix D. Arroyo, and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seat formerly held by Maura Hennigan was won by Sam Yoon. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston; she was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino in the general election. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston.
write-in votes
District 1
General election
Councillor Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.
Special election
Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm. This created a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on June 13, 2006, with the preliminary election on May 16, 2006. Salvatore LaMattina was elected to serve the remainder of Scapicchio's term.
District 2
General election
Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
Special election
Kelly died in January 2007, creating a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on May 15, 2007, with the preliminary election on April 17, 2007. Bill Linehan was elected to serve the remainder of Kelly's term.
write-in votes
District 3
Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
District 4
Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
write-in votes
District 5
Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 6
Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.
District 7
Councillor Chuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 8
Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 9
Councillor Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.