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The New York City mayoral election of 1985 occurred on Tuesday November 5 1985 with Democratic incumbent Mayor Ed Koch being re-elected to a third term by a landslide margin.Koch received an overwhelming 78.02% of the vote citywide. Koch also swept all five boroughs by landslide margins breaking 70% of the vote in Manhattan and Queens and breaking 80% of the vote in Brooklyn the Bronx and Staten Island.