United States Senate – DEM Gain
Paul E. Tsongas (D) 1,093,283 – 55.06%
Edward W. Brooke (R-inc) 890,584 – 44.85%
Others 1,833 – 0.09%
Total Votes 1,985,700 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Hold
Silvio Conte (R-inc) 131,773 – 99.89%
Others 145 – 0.11%
Total Votes 131,918 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 2 – DEM Hold
Edward P. Boland (D-inc) 101,570 – 72.82%
Thomas P. Swank (R) 37,881 – 27.16%
Others 28 – 0.02%
Total Votes 139,479 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 3 – DEM Hold
Joseph D. Early (D-inc) 119,337 – 75.18%
Charles K. Macleod (R) 39,259 – 24.73%
Others 134 – 0.08%
Total Votes 158,730 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 4 – DEM Hold
Robert F. Drinan (D-inc) 111,353 – 99.88%
Others 138 – 0.12%
Total Votes 111,491 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 5 – DEM Hold
James Shannon (D) 90,156 – 52.21%
John J. Buckley (R) 48,685 – 28.19%
James J. Gaffney III (I) 33,835 – 19.59%
Others 5 – 0.00%
Total Votes 172,681 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 6 – DEM Hold
Nicholas Mavroules (D) 97,099 – 53.75%
William E. Bronson (R) 83,511 – 46.23%
Others 35 – 0.02%
Total Votes 180,645 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold
Ed Markey (D-inc) 145,615 – 84.83%
James J. Murphy (I) 26,017 – 15.16%
Others 14 – 0.01%
Total Votes 171,646 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 8 – DEM Hold
Tip O’Neill (D-inc) – 102,160 – 74.61%
William A. Barnstead (R) 28,566 – 20.86%
Laura M. Ross (Comm.) 6,193 – 4.52%
Others 9 – 0.01%
Total Votes 136,928 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 9 – DEM Hold
Joe Moakley (D-inc) 106,805 – 91.81%
Brenda Lee M. Franklin (SW) 6,794 – 5.84%
David Freund (Workers) 2,709 – 2.33%
Others 30 – 0.03%
Total Votes 116,338 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 10 – GOP Hold
Margaret Heckler (R-inc) 102,080 – 61.14%
John J. Marino (D) 64,868 – 38.85%
Others 9 – 0.01%
Total Votes 166,957 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 11 – DEM Hold
Brian J. Donnelly (D) 133,644 – 91.71%
H. Graham Lowry (Labor) 12,044 – 8.27%
Others 34 – 0.02%
Total Votes 145,722 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 12 – DEM Hold
Gerry E. Studds (D-inc) 176,704 – 99.91%
Others 155 – 0.09%
Total Votes 176,859 – 100.00%