New York City surpassed its latest mayoral turnout benchmark on Tuesday afternoon, with 1.19 million voters already registered in the hours before polls closed at 9 p.m., surpassing the 2021 total of 1.15 million voters.
Election Commission data quoted The New York Post showed a record pace by midday, while official Bank of England data showed 735,317 early voters alone, already a modern high ahead of Election Day. Polling stations are open throughout the city from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday. (RELATED: Democrats' New Policy Theory Faces First Stress Test)
“If you are in line before 9 p.m., you can stay in line to vote,” the city’s official website. speaks.
When we launched this campaign, we said we wanted to knock on a million doors in the five boroughs by the June primary.
Some people laughed. It's time for you to work. We've reached 1.6 million.
So we said, let's do it again. Another million.
We've just passed three. pic.twitter.com/DCcIMhOX8Z
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) November 4, 2025
The surge followed a nine-day early voting period that eclipsed the 2021 period by a wide margin, according to the Bank of England and local media tracking daily checks. NBC New York reported 735,317 early votes through Sunday evening; Council also published daily inspections of the area throughout the period.
NEW YORK, I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS TODAY:
If I could accomplish all of these tasks as your governor, imagine what I could do as your mayor.
Gather all your friends who haven't voted yet and take the polls because in this election, more than any past, EVERY VOTING IS ON… pic.twitter.com/83M381aWMx
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) November 4, 2025
By Tuesday afternoon, the number of voters in the record-setting districts included more than 395,000 voters in Brooklyn and 328,000 in Manhattan, 276,000 in Queens, 111,000 in the Bronx and 82,000 in Staten Island, the Post reported, citing Bank of England data.
The dramatic nature of the election cycle matched the turnout. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo lost the June 24 Democratic primary to state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani under the city's ranked-choice election system, then returned as an independent candidate in November. Mamdani, a candidate endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, stuck to that label throughout the race.
On the right, Republicans and moderates are debating whether candidate Curtis Sliwa should step down to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote for Cuomo.
Opinion polls and prediction markets show Mamdani as the overwhelming favorite in the mayoral election.
