Democrat Zohran Mamdani scripted history as he won the New York mayoral contest.

Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa to become the city's first South Asian and Muslim mayor.

\"It is a mandate for change,\" Zohran Mamdani said after winning the mayoral election. He also added, \"We will fight for you; because we are you.\"

He won the NYC Mayoral election, which witnessed highest turnout in decades, getting 948,202 votes (50.6 per cent), with 83 per cent of the votes in.

Cuomo fetched 776,547 votes (41.3 per cent), while Sliwa got 137,030 votes.

The Indian-origin Democrat has had huge support from the youth and the working class. “Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers,” his campaign had

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