New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor on Tuesday, signalling a major leftward shift in city Democratic politics.

The 34-year-old Queens Assemblyman defeated centrist and former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani received a total of 1,036,051 votes (50.39%) versus Cuomo, who garnered 854,995 votes (41.59%), according to unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections .

"Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power," Mamdani said in his vicotry speech. "And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our h

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