1973 New York City mayoral election

1973 New York City mayoral election

← 1969 November 6, 1973 1977 →

Candidate Abraham Beame John J. Marchi Party Democratic Republican Alliance Civil Service & Fusion Integrity Popular vote 963,542 274,052 Percentage 56.5% 16.1%   Candidate Albert H. Blumenthal Mario Biaggi Party Liberal Conservative Alliance Good Government Safe City 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

The New York City mayoral election of 1973 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.

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.