[Referendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-8-1966; Referendum of 11-3-1970; Referendum of 11-8-1983]
The elected officials of the City shall be: Mayor, members of the Board of Aldermen, Town Clerk, members of the Board of Education and members of Planning and Zoning Board as hereafter constituted, two Registrars of Voters, and as many constables as are provided by law, who all shall hold office for a term of two years respectively and until their successors have qualified, and members of the Board of Education and members of the Planning and Zoning Board who shall be elected for terms as hereinafter provided. Every elected official of the City shall take office on the second Monday after his election, except as hereinafter provided.
[Referendum of 11-8-1966; Referendum of 11-6-1973]
A meeting of the electors of the City shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1959, and biennially thereafter, for the purpose of electing, in accordance with the provisions of the charter, the City officials as provided in Section 1 above, except that one-half of the members of the Board of Education shall be elected at the November, 1975 biennial election for a term of two years and commencing with the November, 1977 election and biennially thereafter all members of the Board of Education shall be elected for terms of two years. (Any elected Town of Milford official whose term expires on or after the first Monday of October, 1959, and before the second Monday of November, 1959, and further any elected Town of Milford official whose term expires after the second Monday of November, 1959, shall serve out his term until his successor has qualified.)
[Referendum of 11-21-1968; Referendum of 11-4-1975; Referendum of 11-8-1977; Referendum of 11-8-1983]
Not more than two members of the Board of Aldermen elected from each aldermanic district, and not more than two members of the Board of Education elected from each aldermanic district, and not more than a bare majority of the constables may be members of the same political party at any time. When two or more persons are to be appointed to any office, board or commission, if the number appointed is even, no more than half the members shall be named from any one political party; if the number to be appointed is odd, no more than a bare majority shall be named from any political party.
[Referendum of 11-7-1972; Referendum of 11-4-1975]
(a) 
The provisions of the general statutes relating to town officials shall govern the conduct of all elections held under the provisions of this act except as follows. At all elections held within the City, there shall be not fewer than five aldermanic districts, containing as nearly as possible an equal number of residents.
(b) 
An aldermanic district will be deemed for the purposes of this Charter to be a political subdivision within the City, the boundaries of which district will determine elected representation on the Board of Aldermen, Board of Education and Planning and Zoning Board. Aldermanic districts shall contain such voting district or districts within their boundaries as hereinafter provided. The Board of Aldermen may, at any time, alter the boundaries of the aldermanic districts or establish additional aldermanic districts.
(c) 
Each aldermanic district shall contain such voting districts in the City as are in existence on the effective date of this revision. Such voting districts shall not be considered to be political subdivisions of the City of Milford. The Board of Aldermen may, at any time by Ordinance, alter the boundaries of any voting district or establish additional voting districts within any or all aldermanic districts, there shall be a polling place in each voting district. The boundaries of a voting district shall not cross the boundaries of an Aldermanic District.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-4-1975]
No person shall be eligible for election to any City office or appointment to any board or commission who is not at the time of his election or appointment an elector of the City and any person ceasing to be an elector of the City shall thereupon cease to hold elective or appointive office in the City. Any elected official who ceases to be a resident of the aldermanic district which he represents shall cease to hold office.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-3-1970; Referendum of 11-8-1983)
The Board of Aldermen at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose may; by majority vote, fill any vacancy in an elective office except members of the board of education who shall be appointed as provided in the general statutes, and members of the Planning and Zoning Board who shall either be appointed or elected as hereinafter provided. Such appointee shall be a member of the same political party as his predecessor in said office and he shall serve until the next City election. Upon taking office of Mayor permanently, any elected City official shall resign his position within the City government. Said vacancy shall be filed according to the provisions of this charter.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963]
During the term for which he was elected no elected official of the City of Milford shall hold any other public office or employment whatever, elective or appointive, within the City government, except that of commissioner of the superior court, Mayor and notary public.
Except as specifically provided herein, the general statutes relating to the making and registration of electors, the conduct of elections, the canvassing of votes and the declaration of the result, shall be applicable to all municipal or special elections held in accordance with the provisions of this charter. The Board of Aldermen shall provide by ordinance for the manner of warning City elections and such additional regulations in respect to elections and such additional regulations in respect to elections not inconsistent with the statutes or this charter as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this section.