In the final round, Mamdani picked up 99,069 additional votes from his eliminated challengers, nearly double the 53,493 votes gained by Cuomo in the tabulation. The strong showing is likely a result of the heavily-promoted “Don’t Rank Cuomo” strategy which urged voters to leave him off their ballot entirely.

Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked-choice voting, and how it helped Zohran Mamdani secure a decisive victory.

The next round of ranked choice voting results in New York City's primary elections are set to be released Tuesday. Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory in the Democratic primary for mayor,