Political organization says South Asian and Indo-Caribbean voter turnout surged for NYC mayoral election

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South Asian and Indo-Caribbean voter turnout surged in the NYC mayoral primaries by up to 40% in some communities, says the organization DRUM Beats, which called it “historic.”

This turnout, DRUM said was, “an effort that contributed to the powerful election of the NYC Democratic Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani.”

Taking credit for the increase, the organization’s Political Director Jagpreet Singh, is quoted saying, “This effort was no easy task.” Adding, “Our members from all across the city, of all ages, speaking over 10 languages,” had been working since October 2024, “to make sure our communities were informed, voting, and organized.”

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The organization gave the following breakdown of the increase in voter turnout –

“Bangladeshi voters increased turnout from 25% of registered democratic voters in 2021 to nearly 40% in the 2025 primary; Pakistani voters rose from 21% to 33%; Indian voters from 25% to 31%; Nepali voters from 28% to 29.5%; Indo-Caribbean voters from 15% to 19%”

It also said some neighborhoods like Kensington, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park, showed significant increase in voter turnout.

DRUM Beats calculated that over the course of the mayoral primaries, its members  —Knocked on over 10,000 doors; Held over 20,000 phone conversations; Engaged over 150,000 South Asian and Indo-Caribbean New Yorkers; Reached voters in basement mosques, Parkchester iftars, Nepali cultural festivals, and beyond; Engaged community leaders and organizations to knit together coalitions in neighborhoods and in ethnic communities; Conducted outreach in over 10 languages including Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Guyanese Creolese, Urdu, Hindi, Tibetan, Pashto, Dari, Bantawa, and more.

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