ranked.vote // New York City DEM Council Member - 41st Council District

The New York City Primary Election was held on June 24, 2025. Darlene Mealy was the winner out of 8 candidates after 5 elimination rounds.

Darlene Mealy was also the Condorcet winner.

Darlene MealyLawman LynchJammel ThompsonEliminated in round 5Bianca CunninghamEliminated in round 4Jamell HendersonEliminated in round 3Dante ArnwineEliminated in round 3Eli BrownEliminated in round 2Clifton A. HintonEliminated in round 1Write-inEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Darlene MealyLawman LynchJammel ThompsonBianca CunninghamJamell HendersonDante ArnwineEli BrownClifton A. HintonWrite-inExhausted42.1%15.5%13.4%12.8%6.2%42.3%15.6%13.6%12.9%6.3%42.8%16.1%14%13.3%6.7%44.2%17.7%15.6%15.5%7%46.4%22.5%17.9%13.3%50.4%27%22.6%Darlene MealyLawman LynchExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Darlene Mealy
Lawman Lynch
Jammel Thompson
Bianca Cunningham
Jamell Henderson
Dante Arnwine
Eli Brown
Clifton A. Hinton
Write-in
Darlene Mealy65.1%68.8%70.4%70%77.4%77.9%89.4%98.3%
Lawman Lynch34.9%52.4%53.3%58.2%65.8%67.9%84.6%97.4%
Jammel Thompson31.2%47.6%51.6%59.1%64.2%69.4%86.5%97.3%
Bianca Cunningham29.6%46.7%48.4%56.4%70.7%67.1%81.2%97.6%
Jamell Henderson30%41.8%40.9%43.6%62.3%66.9%82.9%97.3%
Dante Arnwine22.6%34.2%35.8%29.3%37.7%54.7%72.5%95.5%
Eli Brown22.1%32.1%30.6%32.9%33.1%45.3%74.7%95.2%
Clifton A. Hinton10.6%15.4%13.5%18.8%17.1%27.5%25.3%89.6%
Write-in1.7%2.6%2.7%2.4%2.7%4.5%4.8%10.4%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Darlene Mealy
Lawman Lynch
Jammel Thompson
Bianca Cunningham
Jamell Henderson
Dante Arnwine
Eli Brown
Clifton A. Hinton
Write-in
Exhausted
Darlene Mealy11.6%11.4%9.1%4%3.6%2.8%1.1%0.2%56.1%
Lawman Lynch19.7%13%11%6.4%7.1%4.9%1.7%0.4%36%
Jammel Thompson11%15.7%4.4%16.6%2.7%7.5%1.5%0.1%40.5%
Bianca Cunningham10.9%15.9%7.4%27.9%10.8%3.9%1.4%0.2%21.5%
Jamell Henderson8.9%9.3%11.4%14.1%5%5.1%1.9%0.5%43.8%
Dante Arnwine12.1%15%8.7%19.1%9.9%5.2%1.8%0.2%28.1%
Eli Brown13.4%12.3%11.5%10%8.4%6.3%3.2%0.2%34.8%
Clifton A. Hinton11.6%9.9%10.5%5%6.6%2.8%9.9%43.6%
Write-in6%7.5%6%7.5%3%1.5%4.5%1.5%62.7%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
4
5
All Candidates
(16,274 voters)
43.6%10.9%7.9%8.2%29.4%
Darlene Mealy
(6,903 voters)
56.1%10.7%5.8%3.3%24.1%
Lawman Lynch
(2,532 voters)
36.0%14.3%9.5%7.7%32.5%
Jammel Thompson
(2,198 voters)
40.5%9.1%8.3%5.1%37.0%
Bianca Cunningham
(2,098 voters)
21.5%10.1%9.9%27.6%30.9%
Jamell Henderson
(1,020 voters)
43.8%11.5%8.4%8.7%27.5%
Dante Arnwine
(655 voters)
28.1%11.5%10.5%12.1%37.9%
Eli Brown
(620 voters)
34.8%8.5%12.1%5.6%38.9%
Clifton A. Hinton
(181 voters)
43.6%9.4%8.3%6.6%32.0%
Write-in
(67 voters)
62.7%3.0%10.4%3.0%20.9%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Darlene Mealy
Lawman Lynch
Exhausted
Jammel Thompson22.3%24.1%53.6%
Bianca Cunningham16.2%32.7%51.1%
Jamell Henderson18.5%23.9%57.5%
Dante Arnwine21.4%35.7%42.9%
Eli Brown23.4%24.7%51.9%
Clifton A. Hinton18.2%19.9%61.9%
Write-in16.4%16.4%67.2%

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