New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Winning one of the most competitive elections, Zohran Mamdani scripted history on Tuesday night by getting elected as the next Mayor of New York.

Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani, the Ugandan-born son of filmmaker Mira Nair and professor Mahmood Mamdani, becomes New York's first Muslim mayor and first person of South Asian descent to lead the city.

"Tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city we can afford, and a mandate for a government that can deliver exactly that," Mamdani told his supporters at a raucous party.

In the largest turnout in a mayoral race in over five decades, over 2 million people vo...