New Delhi: Zohran K. Mamdani has been elected as mayor of New York City in an election that saw more than two million voters cast their ballots for the first time since 1969. Mamdani’s victory is a remarkable political outcome for a candidate, who a year ago was unexpected to win the city’s top job.

As a 34-year-old state assembly member, Mamdani built a campaign focused on the affordability crisis, with a strong use of social media and extensive canvass, all of which turned the race around. The candidate defeated his nearest challenger, the former Democratic Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, by a close 10 percentage points, to become the first Muslim mayor of New York.

The insurgent campaign by a backbench state-lawmaker was launched at a time when the Democratic old-guard in New Yor

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