At 5:40 a.m. yesterday morning, the Cambridge Election Commission declared the six winners of the Nov. 6 School Committee election, completing a month-long recount process.

The result was the same as the one announced the day after election day, with incumbent Susana M. Segat losing out to Richard “Mokie” Harding Jr. and Nancy Walser.

In the original count, only seven votes separated the original vote totals of the candidates, leading all three to petition for a hand recount.

Over the past two weeks, the election officials have ordered, inspected and counted ballots by hand in the first recount since Cambridge computerized its voting system in 1997.

According to the recount tally, Harding and Walser were each elected, with Segat losing by the razor-thin margin of seven votes.

Although the winners declared yesterday are the same as those announced after election day, Chair of the Election Commission Wayne A. “Rusty” Drugan said the results were a surprise to the Segat campaign.

“We knew the Segat people didn’t expect it,” Drugan said.

Segat was unavailable for comment yesterday.

Winners in the contested election expressed relief about the result.

“I’m really happy to serve another two years,” Walser said. “I was also relieved. It’s been a long haul.”

In the end, seventeen new votes were discovered during the recount. Harding gained seven votes, Walser lost seven votes, and Segat lost one vote.

The recount process of an originally computerized vote tally made the ordeal particularly long and drawn-out, though people present at the recount said the atmosphere was positive and professional.

“It was really very collegial,” Walser said of the interactions between candidates and their representatives at the recount.

Election officials and candidates even had fun at the recount according to Drugan.

“Segat said that we throw a hell of a party,” Drugan said.