NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani, a once unheralded state lawmaker from Queens whose affordability platform and charisma fueled a meteoric political rise, was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York, according to The Associated Press.

The victory by Mamdani, 34, a democratic socialist, placed a final stamp on the astonishing ascent of an Assembly member who rose from anonymity to defeat better-known rivals including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, first in the Democratic primary and now again in the general election.

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His win represents a major triumph for progressives, empowering a new coalition of younger voters and immigrants who volunteered for his campaign, filled its coffers with thousands of small donations and flocked to the polls to elect the city’s first Mus

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