Social Media has a field day after Zohran Mamdani's historic win as NYC mayor

Social media users across the world celebrate Mamdani's win with a flood of positive messages and memes

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani made history on November 4 after winning in the New York City mayoral elections and becoming the city’s first Muslim and socialist mayor.

The 34-year-old state assemblyman defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa to secured his place as the city's first Muslim mayor. Additionally Mamdani is also the first mayor of South Asian descent and the first born in Africa. After taking office on January 1, 2026, he will also be the youngest mayor in New York in over a century.

While his campaign was focused on making New York more affordable through rent stablisation,  universal child care, and fare-free buses among other policies, Mamdani's social media savvy campaign also resonated deeply among young voters specifically.

As such, users on these platforms had a field day when Mamdani emerged victorious on Tuesday. Whilst positive, the most clever and funny reactions involved quips on the mayor-elect's background, often playing on the islamophobic and racist rhetoric that has been used to slander Mamdani.

While some users joked about "Sharia law" taking over NYC, others poked fun at Mamdani's critics as they anticipated their "crash-outs" after seeing him win.

a muslim man becoming mayor of ny on the day dick cheney dies. what a world.

— Nat Purser (@NatPurser) November 4, 2025

I’m flying in to New York tomorrow, is there a grace period before sharia law kicks in or do I have to veil when I land?

— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) November 5, 2025

just had my last pork fried rice before mamdanistan

— tubi original movie villain (@paulycristo) November 5, 2025

Mamdani’s been mayor elect for 20 minutes and the stray cat on my block just tried convincing me to join hamas

— Dylan Ali (@dylanali_) November 5, 2025

debra messing is about to crash the instagram app worldwide https://t.co/PNyc6uryuV

— matt (@mattxiv) November 5, 2025

every white boy in brooklyn’s about to learn how to pronounce biryani

— ce n'est pas erica (@sourhoestarter) November 5, 2025

Inshallah we will turn every Blank Street Coffee location in Manhattan into a Qahwah House

— meghan (@banhmigoddess) November 5, 2025

In his victory speech, Mamdani declared “Hope is alive,” and expressed gratitude toward New Yorkers, saying, “This power is yours. This city belongs to you.”

In line with his campaign, the mayor-elect concluded his speech just as the iconic Bollywood song "Dhoom Machale" started blaring on the speakers.