1973 New York City mayoral election

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.

1973 New York City mayoral election

November 6, 1973

Candidate Abraham Beame John J. Marchi Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 963,542 274,052 Percentage 56.5% 16.1%   Candidate Albert H. Blumenthal Mario Biaggi Party Liberal Conservative Popular vote 262,600 186,977 Percentage 15.4% 11.0%

Results by Borough   Beame—60–70%   Beame—50–60%   Beame—40–50%

Mayor before election John Lindsay Liberal Elected Mayor Abraham Beame Democratic

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.

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

Candidates

• 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

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

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

Candidates

• 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

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