Zohran Mamdani’s first Instagram post after NYC mayoral win has no caption
: Nov 05, 2025 11:10 am NYC Mayoral Election: Zohran Mamdani, 34, defeated Curtis Sliwa and former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. Moments after scripting hory after winning the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani took to Instagram, paying tribute to the New York subway, the lifeline of the city that connects millions of New Yorkers. Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, and his wife Rama Duwaji after marking their ballots at a polling station on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg Photo) He posted a simple video where a train stops at the City Hall station, with a subway announcement saying, “The next and the last stop is City Hall”. Watch Mamdani’s first Instagram video after winning the NYC mayoral election: Mamdani, 34, becomes the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US. The Indian-origin politician, who identifies himself as a democratic social, bagged 948,202 votes (50.6 per cent), with 83 per cent of the votes in. He had been the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election for months and on Tuesday defeated Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and political heavyweight former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate and received US President Donald Trump’s endorsement only on the eve of the election. On his big night, Zohran Mamdani, son of filmmaker Mira Nair and Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani, invoked Jawaharlal Nehru’s 1947 speech, Tryst with Destiny”. Mamdani invokes Nehru on big night”I’m reminded of Jawahar Lal Nehru’s words. A moment comes but rarely in hory when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Tonight, New York has done just that. This new era demands clarity, courage, and vision, not excuses,” he told his supporters. The New York mayor-elect also addressed a huge crowd at his campaign headquarters in Brooklyn with a victory speech. He was joined wife Rama Duwaji and his parents on stage. News / Trending / US / Zohran Mamdani’s first Instagram post after NYC mayoral win has no caption See Less
