The South China Morning Post reported that Bass conceded to Raman by phone. Its latest count showed Raman leading 52% to 48%, with three-quarters of the votes counted; the figures were not presented as the final tally.
Raman was described in the supplied reporting as a democratic socialist or leftist, an India-born urban planner and a political outsider. The Hindu reported that she was the first Democratic Socialists of America-affiliated member of the Los Angeles City Council.
The result places a progressive outsider at the head of Los Angeles after Bass’s defeat in a race described by multiple publications as close or neck-and-neck. The Hindu said Raman is set to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2028 Olympics.
The supplied reports do not establish whether the result had been formally certified. They also do not specify Raman’s inauguration date, while the vote figures reported by the South China Morning Post were based on ballots counted at that point rather than a final tally.
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- South China Morning PostIndia-born leftist Nithya Raman becomes LA mayor, beating incumbent Karen Bass
- The HinduIndia-born Nithya Raman beats Democratic incumbent to become LA mayor
- The GuardianWho is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?
- ClarínIzquierdista Nithya Raman derrota a la titular demócrata y se convierte en alcaldesa de Los Ángeles
- Financial TimesLos Angeles elects democratic socialist Nithya Raman as mayor