New York: Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayoral polls, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani also scripted history by becoming the first Muslim and the person of South Asian descent to be the mayor of New York City.

At 34, he is also the youngest mayor of the city in over a century. The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born democratic socialist went on to win June's Democratic primary by 12 percentage points. He quickly became popular among the masses.

Who Is Zohran Mamdani?

Born in Uganda to Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran moved to New York at the age of seven. He became a naturalised US citizen in 2018 and married a Syrian artist earlier in 2025. Read Also Donald Trump, Elon Musk Slam Zohran

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