These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's Santa Clara County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page, which matched or ran slightly ahead in its later updates.

Milpitas Mayor

  • Carmen Montano: 40.92% (3,817)
  • Hon Lien: 40.57% (3,784)
  • Santosh Sahoo: 9.65% (900)
  • Voltaire Montemayor: 8.87% (827)

Milpitas City Council

2 seats up.

  • Bill Chuan: 24.84% (3,747)
  • Garry Barbadillo: 23.35% (3,522)
  • Seema Kanani: 18.9% (2,851)
  • Jennie Phan: 17.23% (2,599)
  • Dipak Awasthi: 15.67% (2,363)

ABC7 shows Montano with 3,817 votes and Lien with 3,784, both at 41%. ABC7 lists the council race as top two elected.

With a margin this thin, late ballots could flip the result.

All results are unofficial election-night and early-morning counts as of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for days, and certification comes later, so margins can shift, especially in close contests.