When District 7 voters went to the polls Sept. 9 in Boston’s preliminary election, they faced a wide field of options.

Eleven candidates had piled into the race as proposed options to fill the empty council seat that represents parts of Roxbury, Dorchester, Fenway and the South End.

The seat was vacated by former Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who resigned from the position earlier this year, facing charges of wire fraud and theft in a kickback scheme. She was convicted Sept. 5 .

Following the preliminary election, in a close competition that left the top five candidates with only 100 votes separating them, voters were left with the top two candidates, separated by 50 votes, who will face-off in the Nov. 4 general election.

Said Ahmed

The first-place candidate in the prelimina

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