1965 New York City mayoral election

1965 New York City mayoral election
Turnout	80.8% (registered voters)
	Results by Borough Beame—40–50% Lindsay—50–60% Lindsay—40–50%
Mayor before election; Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Democratic	Elected Mayor ; John Lindsay; Republican

The 1965 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1965, with Republican Congressman John Lindsay winning a close plurality victory over the Democratic candidate, New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame.

Lindsay received 44.99% of the vote to Beame's 40.98%, a victory margin of 4.01%.^[2] Finishing in a distant third was the candidate of the recently formed Conservative Party, conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr., who received 13.36% of the vote. Lindsay and Beame received the Liberal and Civil Service ballot line respectively. Lindsay won a decisive majority in Manhattan, while winning comfortable plurality victories in Queens and Staten Island. Beame won pluralities in the Bronx and Brooklyn.

^ Cannato 2001, p. 69.
^ "New York City Mayoral Election 1965". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

[FOOTNOTECannato200169-1] Cannato 2001, p. 69.

[2] "New York City Mayoral Election 1965". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

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