Within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls the board of supervisors of elections shall determine the vote cast for each candidate or question and shall certify the results of the election to the Town Manager who shall record the results in the minutes of the Council. The candidate for Mayor with the highest number of votes in the general election shall be declared elected as Mayor. The candidates for councilmember with the highest number of votes in each ward in the general election shall be declared elected as councilmember to represent said ward in the town council.