New York City mayoral election, 1973

November 6, 1973



Candidate	Abraham Beame	John J. Marchi
Party	Democratic	Republican
Alliance	Civil Service	Integrity
Popular vote	963,542	274,052
Percentage	56.49%	16.07%


Candidate	Albert H. Blumenthal	Mario Biaggi
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Alliance	Good Government	Other
Popular vote	262,600	186,977
Percentage	15.40%	10.96%

Results by Borough

Beame—60-70%

Beame—50-60%

Beame—40-50%

Mayor before election

John Lindsay
Liberal

Elected Mayor

Abraham Beame
Democratic

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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.

Results

1973 General Election	party	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond [Staten Is.]	Total	%
Abraham Beame	Democratic - Civil Service & Fusion	159,531	161,156	322,141	283,145	37,569	963,542	56.5%
Abraham Beame	Democratic - Civil Service & Fusion	49.8%	57.3%	63.6%	56.7%	47.1%	963,542	56.5%
John Marchi	Republican -Integrity	44,200	37,287	73,328	90,860	28,377	274,052	16.1%
John Marchi	Republican -Integrity	13.8%	13.3%	14.5%	18.2%	35.6%	274,052	16.1%
Albert H. Blumenthal	Liberal - Good Government	99,816	32,305	59,417	66,056	5,006	262,600	15.4%
Albert H. Blumenthal	Liberal - Good Government	31.2%	11.5%	11.7%	13.2%	6.3%	262,600	15.4%
Mario Biaggi	Conservative - Safe City	16,662	50,440	51,391	59,691	8,793	186,977	11.0%
Mario Biaggi	Conservative - Safe City	5.2%	17.9%	10.2%	11.9%	11.0%	186,977	11.0%
subtotal		320,209	281,188	506,277	499,752	79,745	1,687,171	98.9
others							18,463	1.1%
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

1973 Democratic initial primary	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond [Staten Is.]	Total	%
Abraham Beame	46,519	42,537	98,121	74,223	9,021	270,421	34%
Abraham Beame	26%	27%	41%	40%	42%	270,421	34%
Herman Badillo	74,496	57,258	58,546	34,742	2,977	228,019	29%
Herman Badillo	41%	36%	25%	19%	14%	228,019	29%
Albert H. Blumenthal	41,794	18,713	32,412	29,173	1,814	123,906	16%
Albert H. Blumenthal	23%	12%	14%	16%	8%	123,906	16%
Mario Biaggi	18,218	39,893	48,952	45,949	7,775	160,787	21%
Mario Biaggi	10%	25%	21%	25%	36%	160,787	21%
	[100%]

1973 Democratic run-off primary	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond [Staten Is.]	Total	%
Abraham Beame	78,760	96,590	200,945	153,377	17,844	547,626	60.8%
Abraham Beame	41%	53%	69%	73%	79%	547,626	60.8%
Herman Badillo	113,738	85,827	91,628	56,933	4,796	352,912	39.2%
Herman Badillo	59%	47%	32%	27%	21%	352,912	39.2%
T O T A L	192,598	182,417	292,573	210,310	22,640	900.538

References

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

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