Mayoral Votes Are In! Farkas Declared Unofficial Winner in Historic Race

The dramatic, tight race for the Mayor’s Office is unofficially decided. Voting for the 2025 municipal election officially wrapped up at 8 p.m. last night, October 20, 2025, and the unofficial results point to a victory for Jeromy Farkas.

In a crucial political move that signals the end of the campaign, incumbent Mayor Jyoti Gondek has officially conceded the race.

The election lived up to its billing as a three-way political battle, but the final numbers reveal just how tight the margin was. Unofficial results from Elections Calgary show Jeromy Farkas secured the top spot with 91,605 votes, narrowly edging out Councillor Sonya Sharp, who garnered 90,480 votes. That razor-thin difference of only 1,125 votes underscores the power of every single ballot cast.

Farkas’s victory is widely seen as a mandate for his core platform priorities: a strong focus on fiscal restraint, addressing the proposed 5.4% residential tax hike, and aggressively tackling public disorder and safety concerns on transit and in the downtown core.

The high-stakes drama of the result contrasts sharply with the challenges facing municipal engagement. While this election will shape Calgary's infrastructure, tax rates, and core services for the next four years, early reports indicate a drop in advance voting numbers and widespread "issue fatigue" among voters.

Despite these factors, the result itself proves that every single vote mattered in defining Calgary’s path forward, tilting the leadership away from the previous council's direction.

We’ll get the final unofficial turnout numbers later today, October 21st. The official tally will be released by Elections Calgary on Friday, October 24th, at noon, which will formalize this historic change in the city's leadership.