1973 New York City mayoral election
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The 1973 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973. Incumbent mayor John 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.
Registered3,565,147
Turnout1,790,053
50.21% (
31.00 pp)
50.21% (
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November 6, 1973
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| Registered | 3,565,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 1,790,053 50.21% ( 31.00 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by Borough Beame: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 closest competitor was state senator John Marchi, who received 16.07% of the vote running on the Republican and Integrity lines. This was the first election since 1953 in which the winning candidate did not run on the Liberal Party ticket.
Liberal primary
Candidates
- Albert Blumenthal, Assemblyman from the West Side (also running as Democrat)
- J. Stanley Shaw, bankruptcy attorney and Queens party leader[2]
Declined
- John V. Lindsay, incumbent mayor since 1966
- Robert F. Wagner Jr., former mayor from 1954 to 1966[3]
Democratic primary
Background
After Mario 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.
Candidates
- Herman Badillo, U.S. Representative from the Bronx
- Abraham Beame, City Comptroller and nominee for mayor in 1965
- Mario Biaggi, U.S. Representative from the Bronx (also running as Conservative)
- Albert Blumenthal, Assemblyman from the West Side (also running as Liberal)
Withdrew
- Sanford Garelik, President of the New York City Council[4] (ran for re-election)
- Jesse Gray, Assemblyman from Harlem[5]
- Jerome Kretchmer, New York City Environmental Protection Administrator and former Assemblyman from the Upper West Side[6][7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Abraham Beame | 270,421 | 34.53% | |
| Democratic | Herman Badillo | 228,019 | 29.12% | |
| Democratic | Mario Biaggi | 160,787 | 20.53% | |
| Democratic | Albert H. Blumenthal | 123,906 | 15.82% | |
| Total votes | 783,133 | 100.00% | ||
By borough
| 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%] |
Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Abraham Beame | 547,626 | 60.81% | |
| Democratic | Herman Badillo | 352,912 | 39.19% | |
| Total votes | 900,538 | 100.00% | ||
By borough
| 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 |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Sanford Garelik, President of the New York City Council
- John J. Marchi, state senator from Staten Island and nominee in 1969
General election
Candidates
- 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)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Abraham Beame | 896,265 | 52.55% |  20.15 | |
| Civil Service & Fusion | Abraham Beame | 67,277 | 3.94% | 1.55 | |
| Total | Abraham Beame | 963,542 | 56.49% | 21.70 | |
| Republican | John J. Marchi | 259,781 | 15.23% | 1.15 | |
| Integrity | John J. Marchi | 14,271 | 0.84% | N/A | |
| Total | John J. Marchi | 274,052 | 16.07% | 6.62 | |
| Liberal | Albert H. Blumenthal | 233,265 | 13.68% | 22.82 | |
| 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% | 1.58 | |
| 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% | 0.04 | |
| 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% | |||
By borough
| 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 | |||||||