1973 New York City mayoral election

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1973 New York City mayoral election
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  1969 November 6, 1973 1977  
  Abraham D. Beame.jpg John Marchi, New York politician, cropped.jpg
Candidate Abraham Beame John J. Marchi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote963,542274,052
Percentage56.5%16.1%

  Albert H. Blumenthal.png Mario Biaggi.jpg
Candidate Albert H. Blumenthal Mario Biaggi
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote262,600186,977
Percentage15.4%11.0%

NYCmayoralelectionresultsbyborough1973.svg
Results by Borough
  Beame—60–70%
  Beame—50–60%
  Beame—40–50%

Mayor before election

John Lindsay
Liberal

Elected Mayor

Abraham Beame
Democratic

The New York City mayoral election of 1973 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973, with the Democratic candidate, New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame winning the mayoralty with a decisive majority amongst a highly divided field.

Contents

Beame, a Democrat, also ran on the Civil Service ballot line.

Beame received a decisive 56.49% of the vote citywide. Beame also swept all five boroughs, breaking 60% of the vote in Brooklyn, winning majorities in Queens and the Bronx, and winning with pluralities in Manhattan and Staten Island. [1]

Beame's distant but closest competitor was the Republican nominee, state senator John Marchi, who received 16.07% of the vote.

Finishing in third was the Liberal Party nominee, Assemblyman Albert H. Blumenthal, who received 15.40%.

Finishing in a distant fourth was the Conservative Party nominee, Congressman Mario Biaggi, who received 10.96%.

Beame defeated his nearest competitor by a landslide 40.42% Democratic margin of victory and was sworn into office in January 1974, replacing outgoing Liberal Party Mayor John Lindsay.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1973 Democratic initial primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueensRichmond[Staten Is.]Total%
Abraham Beame 46,51942,53798,12174,2239,021270,42134%
26%27%41%40%42%
Herman Badillo 74,49657,25858,54634,7422,977228,01929%
41%36%25%19%14%
Albert H. Blumenthal 41,79418,71332,41229,1731,814123,90616%
23%12%14%16%8%
Mario Biaggi 18,21839,89348,95245,9497,775160,78721%
10%25%21%25%36%
[100%]

Runoff

1973 Democratic run-off primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueensRichmond[Staten Is.]Total%
Abraham Beame 78,76096,590200,945153,37717,844547,62660.8%
41%53%69%73%79%
Herman Badillo 113,73885,82791,62856,9334,796352,91239.2%
59%47%32%27%21%
T O T A L192,598182,417292,573210,31022,640900.538 

General election

Candidates

Results

1973 General ElectionpartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueensRichmond[Staten Is.]Total%
Abraham Beame Democratic - Civil Service & Fusion 159,531161,156322,141283,14537,569963,54256.5%
49.8%57.3%63.6%56.7%47.1%
John Marchi Republican -Integrity 44,20037,28773,32890,86028,377274,05216.1%
13.8%13.3%14.5%18.2%35.6%
Albert H. Blumenthal Liberal - Good Government 99,81632,30559,41766,0565,006262,60015.4%
31.2%11.5%11.7%13.2%6.3%
Mario Biaggi Conservative - Safe City 16,66250,44051,39159,6918,793186,97711.0%
5.2%17.9%10.2%11.9%11.0%
subtotal320,209281,188506,277499,75279,7451,687,17198.9
others18,4631.1%
T O T A L
 1,705,634 

note: All the candidates except Marchi had run in the Democratic primary. Candidates votes on their second ballot lines included above were: Beame-Civil Service & Fusion -67,277; Marchi-Integrity - 14,271; Blumenthal - Good Government - 29, 335; Biaggi - Safe City - 8,010. Other vote includes 8,818 Fran Youngstein - Free Libertarian Party; 3,601 Rasheed Storey - Communist; 2,282 Norman Oliver - Socialist Workers; 2,000 Anton Chaiken -Labor; 1,762 John Emanuel - Socialist Labor

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References

  1. "New York City Mayoral Election 1973". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 15, 2014.