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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.
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.
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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