Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City Mayor poll

Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Party, was facing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an independent candidate, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the key mayoral election.

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New York City Democratic mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (AP)

Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary earlier this year, won the New York City Mayoral polls, reported Reuters on Wednesday morning.

Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Party, was facing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an independent candidate, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the key mayoral election.

The Democrat won the NYC Mayoral election, getting 948,202 votes (50.6 per cent), with 83 per cent of the votes in. Cuomo garnered 776,547 votes (41.3 per cent) while Sliwa got 137,030 votes.

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The NYC Board of Elections said that two million votes were cast, for the first time since 1969, with check-ins in Manhattan at 444,439, followed by Bronx (187,399), Brooklyn (571,857), Queens (421,176) and Staten Island (123,827).

With this victory, Mamdani becomes the first Muslim leader in New York City, and its youngest Mayor in generations.

“Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers,” his campaign had said as the young politician continued to garner support among the youth and working class New Yorkers, who have been reeling under the burden of high costs and job insecurities amid a tough economic and political climate in the country.

Indian-descent Mamdani is the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani. He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda and moved to New York City with his family when he was 7. Mamdani became a naturalised US citizen only recently in 2018.

(With inputs from Reuters, AP)

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