# New York City's 25th City Council district

New York City's 25th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Shekar Krishnan.

## Geography

District 25 is based in the northwestern Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst, and Elmhurst.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 3 and 4, and with New York's 6th and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 13th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2023 (redistricting)

Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.
2023 New York City Council election, District 25 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 3,409 | 61.8 |
| | Democratic | Ricardo Pacheco | 1,321 | 23.9 |
| | Democratic | Fatima Baryab | 755 | 13.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 31 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,516 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 4,981 | |
| | Working Families | Shekar Krishnan | 906 | |
| | Total | Shekar Krishnan (incumbent) | 5,887 | 64.8 |
| | Republican | Zhile Cao | 1,829 | |
| | Medical Freedom | Zhile Cao | 95 | |
| | Total | Zhile Cao | 1,924 | 21.2 |
| | Diversity | Fatima Baryab | 1,037 | 11.4 |
| | Write-in | Ricardo Pacheco | 160 | 1.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 70 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,078 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2021

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.
The 25th district hosted one of only three 2021 races in which the eventual winner did not receive the highest number of first-choice votes (the other two being the 9th and 50th districts).
2021 New York City Council election, District 25 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 7 | 6,352 | 53.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Yi Andy Chen | 7 | 5,549 | 46.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Carolyn Tran | 6 | 3,045 | 23.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Alfonso Quiroz | 5 | 1,986 | 14.5% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Fatima Baryab | 4 | 1,687 | 11.8% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Lili Melo | 3 | 1,041 | 7.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Manuel Perez | 2 | 513 | 3.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | William Salgado | 2 | 282 | 1.9% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 35 | 0.2% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 25 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 9,466 | 61.1 |
| | Republican | Shah Shahidul Haque | 2,987 | 19.3 |
| | Diversity | Fatima Baryab | 2,555 | 16.5 |
| | Libertarian | Suraj Jaswal | 415 | 2.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 62 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,485 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Dromm | 10,736 | |
| | Working Families | Daniel Dromm | 1,460 | |
| | Total | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 12,196 | 98.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 147 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,343 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Dromm | 9,923 | |
| | Working Families | Daniel Dromm | 1,100 | |
| | Total | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 11,023 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 43 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,066 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |