Zohran Mamdani made history in ways than one on Tuesday night by not only becoming the youngest NYC mayor in a century but also being the first to meet his wife on a dating app.

The 34-year-old, who won the race early in the evening, was supported by wife Rama Duwaji, 28, who he met on Hinge back in 2021 before the pair tied the knot earlier this year.

Soon after the democratic socialist took to the stage to deliver his acceptance speech – in which he slammed President Donald Trump – many women expressed their regret at not matching with him when they had the chance.

Responding to a TikTok video of a Halloween costume of Mamdani’s old Hinge profile, a slew of users shared their own dating app experiences with New York’s new mayor.

‘I matched with him and ignored his message,’ one annoyed Hinge user wrote.

‘Didn’t reply because I thought he was unemployed,’ laughed another.

Others were frustrated at having seemingly missed out.

‘You mean when I was living in NYC?? In the middle of the pandemic?? Chronically on Hinge????’ they wrote in despair.

‘Fumble of a generation,’ declared someone else of their apparent failed encounter.

Mamdani met his Brooklyn-based artist wife on the app just months after the then 24-year-old Duwaji had moved to New York from Dubai.

During his campaign, Mamdani gave some insight into his dating life, including how he met his wife.

While appearing on The Bulwark podcast, he cheekily told those looking for love that they shouldn’t dismiss online dating, saying: ‘I met my wife on Hinge so there is still hope on those dating apps.’

The couple announced their engagement in October last year and in February this year said ‘I do’ at City Hall in Lower Manhattan.

They also celebrated their nuptials overseas, with an engagement party and an Islamic wedding, known as a Nikkah ceremony, held in Dubai in December 2024.

On Tuesday night, Mamdani defeated former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a race that saw him take than 50 percent of the vote to become New York’s youngest mayor since 1892, as well as the first Muslim mayor.

While voters were celebrating Mamdani’s win, his glamorous wife – who is set to be the youngest mayoral first lady of New York City – stole the show in her elegant all-black outfit.

Celebrating his win last night, Mamdani told supporters in Brooklyn: ‘I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.’

He directly addressed the president: ‘Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!’

In his ferocious speech promising a ‘new dawn’ for New York, he quoted late socialist politician Eugene Debs, bragged about ‘toppling a political dynasty’ and launched into a blistering attack against President Trump – who has called Mamdani a ‘communist.’

‘If any city can show a nation how to stop Donald Trump, it is the city that gave rise to him,’ said Mamdani, who represents a district in the same borough of Queens where the president was raised.