SANTA CLARA — Republicans Alexandria Bevilacqua and Marcel “Mickey” Webb won election to the Santa Clara town council, according to unofficial vote totals on election night.

Tyler Ellithorpe on the independent “Tippy Canoe” line did not get enough votes to win election to the board.

A total of 169 people voted in the election.

Bevilacqua had 96 votes, 40.68% of the total. Webb had 75 votes, 31.78% of the total. Ellithorpe had 61 votes, 25.85% of the total.

There is a 14-vote gap between Ellithorpe and Webb based on election night vote totals, which include mail-in ballots received before Election Day.

There were 32 mail-in ballots issued to Santa Clara voters, most of which have been returned and are already included in the vote total. There remain nine not received or counted on election night — not enough to overcome that gap.

Absentee ballots will be counted on Nov. 12, the final day for them to arrive at the board of elections, according to Franklin County Republican Election Commissioner Tracy Sparks.

Because of a new state law shifting most of the elections in odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, the seats won Tuesday night will only last for three years instead of four.

Even-year elections would start next year. Because of this, four-year terms elected this year will only get a three-year term and two-year terms will only get a one-year term.