Timothy Gaspar and Jose Ugarte continue Thursday to lead their open races for Los Angeles City Council seats in the southwest San Fernando Valley and South Los Angeles.

The city’s eight odd-numbered districts were on the primary election ballot in Los Angeles. They included Council Districts 3 and 9, which were guaranteed to elect new representatives with no incumbents running for re-election. Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Curren Price termed out after serving 12 years in those districts.

Here’s where results stood Thursday morning.

Los Angeles City Council District 3

Gaspar, the founder and owner of a Woodland Hills insurance agency, was short a 50% plus 1 majority needed to be elected without a runoff in the race to succeed Blumenfield in the 3rd District, with 49.62% in the latest count Thursday morning. Ballot counts typically take days in Los Angeles County, where there are 5.8 million registered voters.

Barri Worth Girvan, a former district director for Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, was second with 38.53%. Christopher Celona, a self- described “compassionate capitalist,” was last in the three-candidate field with 12.1%.

Blumenfield endorsed Gaspar in the race to represent the district, which includes Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Reseda, Winnetka, Tarzana and Warner Center.

Los Angeles City Council District 9

In the race for the open 9th District seat, Ugarte, a top deputy to Price, led the field of six candidates with 40.62%. Estuardo Mazariegos, co-director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was second with 22.31%.

All of the four other candidates received less than 11% of the vote.

The winner will be the first non-Black council member to represent the district since 1963, a reflection of the city’s shifting demographics. The district encompasses downtown and South Los Angeles, including such landmarks such as L.A. Live and the Los Angeles Convention Center and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Other Los Angeles City Council races

All but one of the six incumbents far exceeded the 50% plus one threshold to be reelected without the need of a runoff. The exception was District 1 Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who had 51.96% of the vote in the latest count.

Four challengers all had less than 18% of the vote.

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez was reelected for a second term representing the 13th District in the Hollywood area with 64.5% of the vote in the field of four.

Councilmember Traci Park was reelected for a second term to represented the Westside’s 11th District, defeating her lone challenger, Faizah Malik, 64.83%-35.17%.

Park received 35,043 votes, or 64.83%, while Malik received 19,007 votes, or 35.17%.

In 2011, District 11 voters elected Park to represent Venice, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Del Mar, Playa Vista, among other coastal neighborhoods. She’s now seeking a second term, and has been endorsed by the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the United Firefighters of Los Angeles.

In the neighboring 5th Council District, City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky topped the field of three candidates with 66.11%.

Councilman Tim McOsker, who represents the 15th Council District, defeated 22-year-old community organizer Jordan Rivers, 76.68%-23.32%.

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez ran unopposed for a third and final term representing the 7th Council District in the northeast San Fernando Valley.