Raymond Watson collected 51 percent of the votes today to become Scotland Neck’s new mayor, according to unofficial results. The votes will be canvassed next Tuesday.

Watson got 448 votes to incumbent James Mills’ 434.

Watson swept Mills in Precinct 2 voting by an 89 percent margin while the incumbent won in Precinct 1, collecting 86 percent of the votes.

Fifty-one percent of the town’s voters came out for the special election.

A new election was ordered after irregularities were found in the November mayoral election.