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All four towns that had elections Monday saw voter turnout fall below 20 percent, but the outcome was mixed, with a Seekonk selectman bounced, a Plainville selectwoman victorious, and some new and old faces winning in Rehoboth and Wrentham.

In Seekonk, residents soundly voted selectman and former longtime fire chief David Viera out of office, easily electing Carol Bragg and obviously sending a signal to the controversial board. Newcomer Francis Cavaco also lost in the three-way contest.

A ballot question that would have amended the town charter to remove the residency requirement for town officials fell 1,025-627.

Turnout was 19 percent of the 8,971 registered voters, but that was the highest of the towns.

Plainville Selectwoman Andrea Soucy is set to be on the board of selectmen for an even 20 years, as she handily won another three-year term, defeating Maryelayna "Robin" Pollock by 128 votes. Soucy has served on the board of selectmen for 17 years. Pollock is chairwoman of the conservation commission.

Voter turnout was 813 or 15.8 percent of the town's 5,151 registered voters.

Town Clerk Kathleen Sandland said she was surprised by the low turnout, expecting more given the publicity the election received.

In Rehoboth, which had the most races of any town with four contests, only 1,022 or 14 percent of the 7,253 registered voters headed to the polls.

Former longtime selectman Frederick "Skip" Vadnais made a return to the board, strongly holding back candidate Ray Burt.

In a race for local school board, a teacher, Fred Suzman, lost to bus driver and newcomer Richard Barrett by an even wider margin.

The town has a new town moderator, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School teacher Bill Cute, who beat incumbent Wendy-Wolfe Cardarelli 679-316.

And incumbents Tom Charnecki and Otis Dyer defeated Bruce Alderson for two water commissioner posts.

In Wrentham, Nicholas Tobichuk III won a one-year spot on the board of health over Marcia Mavrides by nearly 100 votes in the only contest. Both had never run for public office.

Wrentham saw the lowest turnout. Just 831 or 11.8 percent of the town's 7,007 registered voters cast ballots, which Town Clerk Carol Mollica said was the lowest in her 12 years in office. "It was the first time no one was standing at the door to get in," when the polls opened, Mollica said.

The first voter showed up at 7:10 a.m.

"There was no interest in this election. There was only one contest, and the weather" was rainy, she said.