First-time Cambridge City Council candidate Marjorie C. Decker will lead several new candidates voted to next year's city council, while three-term Councillor Katherine Triantafillou may be fighting for a political future, according to last night's first-round, unofficial election results.

Decker received 1,623 number-one votes in yesterday's election, placing third among the 24 council candidates, while Triantafillou is in ninth place with 1,149 votes, just 141 ahead of David P. Maher.

Cambridge residents elected nine councillors at the polls, but because of Cambridge's proportional representation voting system, final results will not be known until today.

"I'm delighted with Marjorie Decker's strong performance," said Jarrett T. Barrios '90, one of Cambridge's state representatives, at "The Count" at the Cambridge Senior Center.

"She's a candidate that will push a progressive agenda in Cambridge, one that benefits everyone in Cambridge," Barrios added.

Cambridge resident Donald S. Down said Decker had achieved the primary goal of her campaign, which was to get support from diverse groups of Cantabrigians.

"There's the surprise of the election right there," said Down of Decker's total. "She got the Independent vote because of her upbringing and background and the [Cambridge Civic Association] vote because of her work with [state representative Alice K. Wolf.]"

Conservative incumbent Anthony D. Galluccio again led the voting this year, receiving 2,640 number-one votes.