2025 New York City mayoral election
On June 25, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Zohran Mamdani, with 2,154,524 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on June 24, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, 2025 New York City mayoral election, with 464,118 views.
An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliwa and independent former Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo. This election featured the highest turnout for a New York City mayoral election since 1993, mainly due to significant young voter registration. Mamdani succeeded Democratic incumbent Eric Adams on January 1, 2026. He also became the first Muslim and first South Asian mayor of New York City, as well as its youngest since 1892.
