NYC Mayor Election 2025 Results Live: 'NYC has shown US how to defeat Donald Trump,' New mayor Zohran Mamdani gives victory speech - watch

Three Muslim candidates of Indian-origin - Zohran Mamdani, Aftab Pureval and Ghazala Hashmi - helped the Democrats deliver Donald Trump his first major political setback since his return to power last November.

The trio won key elections in New York City, Cincinnati and Virginia, giving Democrats a symbolic and strategic boost after a series of earlier losses.

While Trump did not personally contest these races, his endorsements and political influence were at play. In New York, Trump backed former governor Andrew Cuomo, who was running as an independent, and had even threatened to withhold federal funds if Mamdani won.

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday invoked India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech.

34-year-old Mamdani, quoted lines from Nehru's "Tryst with destiny" speech, adding that New York has stepped from the old into the new.

"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance," Mamdani said.

Zohran Mamdani scripted history on Tuesday (local time) — and not just for one reason. The 34-year-old Democrat became the first Muslim, first Indian-origin, first South Asian and the youngest-ever mayor of the New York City. In the election, which drew over two million voters, Mamdani defeated Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and former governor Andrew Cuomo.

Mamdani's victory solidifies a generational and ideological shift in America's largest city — long seen as the citadel of capitalism — now to be led by a self-declared democratic socialist.

US President Donald Trump offered his first reaction after Zohran Mamdani’s landmark victory in the New York City mayoral race, attributing the Republican Party’s poor performance to his absence from the ballot and the impact of government shutdowns.

Mamdani, 34, became the city’s youngest and first Muslim mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Trump suggested that these factors played a decisive role in the outcome, as the Democratic socialist surged past historic voter turnout levels in a citywide contest that drew more than 2 million voters.

Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday (local time) made history as he became the first Muslim mayor of New York City. The Ugandan-born, Indian-origin Democrat triumphed over former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a record-breaking election that saw over two million New Yorkers cast ballots.

He took to X to celebrate his significant victory with a brief yet symbolic message by sharing a video, in which a train stops at a subway station in New York City, and a woman's voice can be heard announcing," The next and last stop is City Hall." And, the clip fades into text reading, "Zohran for New York City."

US President Donald Trump's political nemesis Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday won the New York City mayoral election defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

34-year-old Mamdani will be New York City's youngest and first Muslim mayor. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his re-election bid in September but remained on the ballot.

A state assembly member from Queens, Mamdani had entered the contest a year ago as little more than a protest candidate with a thin résumé and virtually no citywide profile.