1969 New York City mayoral election

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The 1969 New York City mayoral election was a contentious race in which incumbent Mayor John Lindsay, running on the Liberal Party line after losing the Republican primary, narrowly won re-election in a three-way contest.

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1969 New York City mayoral election canonical 2

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instanceOf 1969 election in the United States ⓘ
New York City election ⓘ
mayoral election ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electedOfficeTermContinuation second term for John Lindsay as Mayor of New York City ⓘ
electionDate 1969-11-04 ⓘ
electionSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electionType municipal election ⓘ
electorate registered voters of New York City ⓘ
generalElectionBallotLineOfIncumbent Liberal Party of New York ⓘ
governingBodyAffected New York City municipal government ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection John Lindsay ⓘ
incumbentLostPrimary true ⓘ
incumbentRanForReelection true ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
mainCandidate John J. Marchi ⓘ
John Lindsay ⓘ
Mario Procaccino ⓘ
nextElection 1973 New York City mayoral election ⓘ
notableFeature Republican vote split between Liberal-backed incumbent and official Republican-Conservative nominee ⓘ
incumbent mayor ran and won on a third-party line ⓘ
numberOfCandidates 3 ⓘ
officeholderAfterElection John Lindsay ⓘ
partyOfCandidate John J. Marchi – Conservative Party of New York State ⓘ
John J. Marchi – Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
John Lindsay – Liberal Party of New York ⓘ
Mario Procaccino – Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
partyOfWinnerBallotLine Liberal Party of New York ⓘ
partyOfWinnerPreviousAffiliation Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
popularVote John J. Marchi – 542,411 ⓘ
John Lindsay – 1,015,913 ⓘ
Mario Procaccino – 972,704 ⓘ
positionContested Mayor of New York City ⓘ
previousElection 1965 New York City mayoral election ⓘ
primaryLostBy John Lindsay ⓘ
primaryLostParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
resultMarginDescription narrow victory for John Lindsay ⓘ
tookPlaceInDecade 1960s ⓘ
tookPlaceInState New York ⓘ
votePercentage John J. Marchi – 22.6% ⓘ
John Lindsay – 42.4% ⓘ
Mario Procaccino – 40.6% ⓘ
wasContentious true ⓘ
wasThreeWayRace true ⓘ
winner John Lindsay ⓘ

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1965 New York City mayoral election → nextElection → 1969 New York City mayoral election ⓘ
New York City mayoral elections → notableElection → 1969 New York City mayoral election ⓘ