Shah Haque

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Shah Haque

Asians United Party

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November 4, 2025

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Shah Haque (Asians United Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 25. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 25

Incumbent Shekar Krishnan defeated Ramses Frias, Ricardo Pacheco, and Shah Haque in the general election for New York City Council District 25 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan (D / Working Families Party)	69.8	22,267
	Submit photo	Ramses Frias (R / Conservative Party)	20.1	6,418
	Submit photo	Ricardo Pacheco (Safe&Affordable Party / Stop The Casino Party)	6.0	1,927
	Submit photo	Shah Haque (Asians United Party)	3.8	1,199
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	100

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,911
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 25

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Shekar Krishnan in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	67.2	9,965	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Ricardo Pacheco	32.1	4,758	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.	0.7	108	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,831
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 25

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ramses Frias in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ramses Frias

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 25

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ramses Frias in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ramses Frias

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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 25

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Shekar Krishnan in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Haque in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 25

Shekar Krishnan defeated Shah Haque, Fatima Baryab, and Suraj Jaswal in the general election for New York City Council District 25 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan (D)	61.1	9,466
	Submit photo	Shah Haque (R)	19.3	2,987
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab (Diversity Party)	16.5	2,555
	Submit photo	Suraj Jaswal (L)	2.7	415
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	62

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,485
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 25

Select round: Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Shekar Krishnan in round 7 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	53.4	6,352	1,312	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	46.6	5,549	747	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	0.0	0	-3,045	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	0.0	0	0	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	0.0	0	0	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	39.1	5,040	487	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	37.3	4,802	369	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	23.6	3,045	350	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	0.0	0	-1,986	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	0.0	0	0	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	0.0	0	0	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	33.3	4,553	489	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	32.4	4,433	232	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	19.7	2,695	221	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	14.5	1,986	170	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	0.0	0	-1,687	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	0.0	0	0	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	28.5	4,064	81	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	29.5	4,201	109	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	17.4	2,474	106	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	12.8	1,816	250	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	11.8	1,687	99	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	0.0	0	-1,041	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	27.2	3,983	67	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	28.0	4,092	73	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	16.2	2,368	64	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	10.7	1,566	206	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	10.8	1,588	45	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	7.1	1,041	99	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	0.0	0	-513	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	0.0	0	-282	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	26.3	3,916	1	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	27.0	4,019	5	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	15.5	2,304	0	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	9.1	1,360	2	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	10.4	1,543	2	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	6.3	942	0	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	3.4	513	1	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	1.9	282	1	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Shekar Krishnan	26.3	3,915	0	Advanced (7)
	Submit photo	Yi Chen	26.9	4,014	0	7
	Submit photo	Carolyn Tran	15.5	2,304	0	6
	Submit photo	Alfonso Quiroz	9.1	1,358	0	5
	Submit photo	Fatima Baryab	10.3	1,541	0	4
	Submit photo	Liliana Melo	6.3	942	0	3
	Submit photo	Manuel Perez	3.4	512	0	2
	Submit photo	William Salgado	1.9	281	0	2
		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.	0.2	35	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,902
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Shah Haque advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 25.

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2025

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2021

Shah Haque did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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