1973 New York City mayoral election
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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.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Herman Badillo, U.S. Representative from the Bronx
- Abraham Beame, City Comptroller
- Mario Biaggi, U.S. Representative from the Bronx
- Albert Blumenthal, Assemblyman from the West Side
Results
[edit]| 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% |
| 26% | 27% | 41% | 40% | 42% | |||
| Herman Badillo | 74,496 | 57,258 | 58,546 | 34,742 | 2,977 | 228,019 | 29% |
| 41% | 36% | 25% | 19% | 14% | |||
| Albert H. Blumenthal | 41,794 | 18,713 | 32,412 | 29,173 | 1,814 | 123,906 | 16% |
| 23% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 8% | |||
| Mario Biaggi | 18,218 | 39,893 | 48,952 | 45,949 | 7,775 | 160,787 | 21% |
| 10% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 36% | |||
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Runoff
[edit]| 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% |
| 41% | 53% | 69% | 73% | 79% | |||
| Herman Badillo | 113,738 | 85,827 | 91,628 | 56,933 | 4,796 | 352,912 | 39.2% |
| 59% | 47% | 32% | 27% | 21% | |||
| T O T A L | 192,598 | 182,417 | 292,573 | 210,310 | 22,640 | 900.538 |
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Abraham Beame, incumbent comptroller since 1970 (Democratic - Civil Service & Fusion)
- Mario Biaggi, U.S. Representative from the Bronx (Conservative - Safe City)
- Albert Blumenthal, Assemblymember from the West Side (Liberal - Good Government)
- Anton Chaiken (Labor)
- John Emanuel (Socialist Labor)
- John Marchi, state senator from Staten Island (Republican - Integrity)
- Norman Oliver (Socialist Workers)
- Rasheed Storey (Communist)
- Frank Youngstein (Free Libertarian)
Results
[edit]| 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% |
| 49.8% | 57.3% | 63.6% | 56.7% | 47.1% | ||||
| John Marchi | Republican -Integrity | 44,200 | 37,287 | 73,328 | 90,860 | 28,377 | 274,052 | 16.1% |
| 13.8% | 13.3% | 14.5% | 18.2% | 35.6% | ||||
| Albert H. Blumenthal | Liberal - Good Government | 99,816 | 32,305 | 59,417 | 66,056 | 5,006 | 262,600 | 15.4% |
| 31.2% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 6.3% | ||||
| Mario Biaggi | Conservative - Safe City | 16,662 | 50,440 | 51,391 | 59,691 | 8,793 | 186,977 | 11.0% |
| 5.2% | 17.9% | 10.2% | 11.9% | 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
See also
[edit]| Elections in New York State |
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References
[edit]- ^ "New York City Mayoral Election 1973". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 15, 2014.