NYC Board of Elections: Voter turnout surpasses 2021 total, hours before polls close
People vote at a polling site in the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. Credit: SARAH YENESEL/EPA/Shutterstock
By noon Tuesday, turnout for the 2025 New York City mayoral election had already exceeded the total number of those who voted in 2021, the race that Eric Adams won.
According to the city Board of Elections, 1,195,062 people had voted in the general election before noon — including early voters between Oct. 25 and Nov. 2 — compared to the 2021 total of 1,149,172, which included early voters and those who voted on Election Day through 9 p.m., when the polls close.
The polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Newsday reported Monday that a record-setting 735,317 voters had come out to cast early ballots this year — more than four times the number in 2021, according to the board.
The Democratic primary election that resulted in Zohran Mamdani as the party’s nominee also set records, with participation reaching the highest levels in more than a decade, according to a board report.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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