Zohran Mamdani won most votes of a candidate NYC primary history
The city Board of Elections' unofficial figures showed that in round three of the Democratic Party's ranked-choice voting primary last year, the democratic socialist netted 565,639 votes after 102,000 votes were transferred from other candidates.
'With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City History,' the state Assemblyman from Queens boasted on X.
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Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani received more votes than any other mayoral candidate in New York City primary election history, according to Board of Election figures.
Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
The previous record for a Democratic mayoral primary has been held since 1989, when David Dinkins bested Ed Koch in a non-ranked-choice election with 547,000 votes.
In the 2021 democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams received just over 404,000 votes in the final round of ranked choice — with around 50,000 of those votes getting transferred to him.
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Mamdani's totals are expected to grow as while a small percent of ballots are still being counted.
A campaign representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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