New York City: Muslim candidate Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democrat mayoral primary elections, stunning his opponent, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
According to Kuwait News Agency, US local media reported late Tuesday that before the vote count was complete, Cuomo conceded defeat, telling his supporters that Mamdani won the elections.
The media added that with nearly 95 percent of ballot scanners reporting, Democrat Mamdani led the race with more than 43 percent of the vote, compared to Cuomo's 36 percent.
Mamdani, 33-year-old, is a member of the state legislature and would be the city's first Muslim and Indian-American mayor if elected in the final.
He also represents Queens in the New York State Assembly and has the support of two popular left-wing figures, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
His campaign has enthralled the city's approximately one million Muslims, and the candidate has been keen to make his faith a focus of his campaign.