John Lindsay Liberal Abraham Beame Democratic The New York City mayoral election of 1973 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973.

Incumbent mayor John Lindsay did not run for a third term in office.

New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame was elected to succeed him with a decisive majority amongst a highly divided field.

[1] Beame's closest competitor was state senator John Marchi, who received 16.07% of the vote running on the Republican and Integrity lines.

If no candidate received more than 40 percent, the race would proceed to a run-off election between the top two vote-getters.