Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman from Queens, has been elected the 111th mayor of New York City, according to The Associated Press.
The race was called with 85% of votes counted and Mamdani won just over 50% of the vote. He defeated Independent candidate former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who won 41.4% of the vote, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, who finished with 7.3%.
Mamdani’s victory marked one of the most surprising political upsets in New York history. As a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, he built his campaign around affordable housing, transit equity and public safety reform – particularly energizing groups of young and immigrant voters across the five boroughs.
He is the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century, and the first Muslim, South Asian and naturalized immigrant to hold the office.
Mamdani is set to take office on January 1, inheriting a city still grappling with rising living costs and deep political divides.
The race capped tonight after months of bitter campaigning. Cuomo, once the state’s most powerful Democrat, struggled to overcome the lingering controversy from his time as governor. Mamdani’s grassroots movement was able to tap into voter frustration with establishment politics and economic inequality.
