New York City Mayor’s Race Sees Most Votes Cast Since 1969

Voters at a polling station in New York on Nov. 4.Photographer: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg

Zohran Mamdani captured the New York City mayoralty in an election that produced the highest turnout in more than half a century, with over 2 million votes counted Tuesday, according to the city’s Board of Elections.

That total includes about 735,000 cast during the early voting period and 102,000 mail-in ballots.