The1973 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973. Incumbent mayorJohn Lindsay did not run for a third term in office.New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame was elected to succeed him with a decisive majority amongst a highly divided field.
Beame also swept all five boroughs, breaking 60% of the vote inBrooklyn , winning majorities inQueens and theBronx , and winning with pluralities inManhattan andStaten Island .[ 1] state senator John Marchi , who received 16.07% of the vote running on the Republican and Integrity lines. This was the first election since1953 in which the winning candidate did not run on theLiberal Party ticket.
Albert Blumenthal , Assemblyman from the West Side (also running as Democrat )J. Stanley Shaw, bankruptcy attorney and Queens party leader[ 2] AfterMario Procaccino won the 1969 Democratic primary with only 33 percent of the vote as the only conservative in the field, primaries were reformed to require at least 40 percent to win outright. If no candidate received more than 40 percent, the race would proceed to a run-off election between the top two vote-getters.
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% [100%]
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
Abraham Beame , incumbent comptroller since 1970 (Democratic and Civil Service & Fusion)Mario Biaggi , U.S. Representative from the Bronx (Conservative and Safe City)Albert Blumenthal , Assemblymember from the West Side (Liberal and Good Government)Anton Chaiken (Labor) John Emanuel (Socialist Labor) John Marchi , state senator from Staten Island (Republican and Integrity)Norman Oliver (Socialist Workers) Rasheed Storey (Communist) Frank Youngstein (Free Libertarian) 1973 New York City mayoral election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Abraham Beame 896,265 52.55% Civil Service & Fusion Abraham Beame 67,277 3.94% Total Abraham Beame 963,542 56.49% Republican John J. Marchi 259,781 15.23% Integrity John J. Marchi 14,271 0.84% N/A Total John J. Marchi 274,052 16.07% Liberal Albert H. Blumenthal 233,265 13.68% Good Government Albert H. Blumenthal 29,335 1.72% N/A Total Albert H. Blumenthal 262,600 15.40% N/A Conservative Mario Biaggi 178,967 10.49% Safe City Mario Biaggi 8,010 0.47% N/A Total Mario Biaggi 186,977 10.96% N/A Libertarian Fran Youngstein 8,818 0.52% N/A Communist Rasheed Storey 3,601 0.21% Socialist Workers Norman Oliver 2,282 0.13% N/A U.S. Labor Anton Chaiken 2,000 0.12% N/A Socialist Labor John Emanuel 1,762 0.10% N/A Total votes 1,705,634 100.00%
1973 General Electionparty 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
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