A voter casts a ballot in the 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race at P.S. 41 in the West Village on Nov. 4, 2025.
Photo by Adam Daly
The polls have now closed in the 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
All that’s left after months of campaigning and 10 days of record voting is the counting of ballots. The NYC Board of Elections is releasing the results of all early voting, Election Day and scanned mail ballots counted throughout the evening Tuesday from across the five boroughs.
The first flash had Mamdani with about 50% of the vote, with 65.8% of the ballot scanners counted. He has about a 135,000-vote lead on Cuomo.
Source: NYC Board of Elections, unofficial results
The mayor’s race that has dominated the headlines for weeks sparked a renewed political energy in New York City. Moments before the polls closed, the NYC Board of Elections announced that 2 million voters had participated in the election — the first time since 1969 that a mayor’s race had that many votes.
After five straight mayoral elections with less than 30% turnout, more than 1.7 million votes had been cast as of 6 p.m. Nov. 4.
As all eyes are on who will be elected New York City’s 111th mayor, the votes will also be coming in for the city comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council races. Numerous judgeships and six ballot questions impacting the state Constitution and City Charter were also on the ballot in this year’s general election.
Watch this space for election updates as they come in. amNewYork reporters will be reporting from the Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa campaign parties. Stay tuned.