Abu Nayeem

Abu Nayeem ran for election for Mayor of St. Paul in Minnesota. Nayeem lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Elections

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Melvin Carter III in round 1 .

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Melvin Carter III	61.6	36,426	0	Won (1)
Submit photo	Dino Guerin	12.6	7,454	0	1
Submit photo	Paul Langenfeld	9.0	5,298	0	1
	Bill Hosko	5.8	3,423	0	1
Submit photo	Dora Jones-Robinson	4.0	2,357	0	1
	Miki Frost	3.5	2,069	0	1
Submit photo	Abu Nayeem	2.6	1,516	0	1
Submit photo	Scott Evans Wergin	0.6	355	0	1
	Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	205	0

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,103
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Candidate

Mayor of St. Paul

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