Democratic candidate Zehran Mamdani elected New York's first Muslim and South Asian mayor

New York (94 news) Democratic candidate Zehdan Mamdani has won New York's mayoral election, becoming the city's first Muslim and South Asian mayor.

34 Yearly Mamdani 100 He will be the youngest mayor of the city in more than a year. Earlier, the New York City Board of Elections said in a post on X Account that the voter turnout in this election was the highest in five decades.

Mamdani's Republican challenger, Curtis Silva, conceded defeat in the New York mayoral race and told a group of supporters Tuesday night, "A mayor has been elected, obviously I wish him well because if he does well, it will be good for all of us."

 Following the news that Zahran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, former US President Barack Obama congratulated 'all the Democratic candidates who won tonight'.

"This reminds us that whenever we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the people's issues, we can win. We still have a lot of work to do, but the future is looking a little brighter," Obama wrote on his X account.