Jerry Nadler beat Carolyn Maloney on her Upper East Side home turf, numbers show

The “Jerry-mander” worked out well for Congressman Jerrold Nadler.

Nadler’s Democratic primary victory over one-time ally turned rival Rep. Carolyn Maloney was so dominant that he carried all eight Assembly districts in Manhattan’s redrawn 12th Congressional District — including on Maloney’s East Side stomping ground, new figures released by the city Board of Elections reveal.

Nadler and Maloney — veterans of three decades in the House — were pitted against each other after court-ordered redistricting folded Nadler’s West Side domain and Maloney’s East Side base into one district following the judicial rejection of congressional maps drawn by Albany Democrats.

Nadler blew past Maloney on the Upper West Side — where she came in a distant third behind spoiler candidate Suraj Patel in some precincts.

The biggest turnout was in the 67th Assembly District — in the heart of the UWS —  where nearly 18,000 Democrats voted — 3,000 more votes than any other district. Nearly one-fifth of registered voters in the 12th Congressional District is in the 67th AD, which typically has among the highest turnouts in city primaries, analysts said. 

Nadler received 12,687 of the 67th AD’s votes, to 3,021 for Patel and just 2,117 for Maloney.

In the 69th AD, which covers Morningside Heights, 9,440 voters chose Nadler, to 2,118 for Patel and 1,436 for Maloney.

In the 75th AD — covering Hell’s Kitchen, Times Square, and Chelsea — 6,914 Dems chose Nadler to 2,453 for Patel and 1,893 votes for Maloney.

Even more stunning was Maloney’s poor showing across town.

Nadler received more votes than Maloney — 5,626 to 4,731 — in her home Assembly District, the “silk stocking” 73rd. Patel came in a distant third with 2,164 votes.

Nadler also received 5,800 votes to Maloney’s 5,509 votes in the 76th AD. Patel lagged well behind with 3,101 votes.

“The poor showing for Maloney on the East Side surprised me,” said Jerry Skurnik, a political consultant who analyzes voter rolls and data.

Skurnik attributed part of Nadler’s strength — and Maloney’s weakness — to the West Side politician scoring endorsements from both the left-leaning New York Times editorial board and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

“They were independent validators,” he said.

In the newly drawn 12th CD, about 55% of registered Dems were from Maloney’s old district and 45% were from Nadler’s old district.

“But West Side liberals are more likely to vote than Democrats on the East Side in primaries,” said Skurnik.

Jake Dilemani, an Upper East Side district leader and political strategist, added that many well-to-do neighborhood residents were out of town and didn’t bother to vote in the first-ever August primary, which likely hurt Maloney.

“I know for a fact people were on vacation or were in their weekend homes. I know people in my own network who didn’t vote or request absentees [ballots],” he said.

While Dilemani expected Nadler to do well on the more liberal West Side, he said it was shocking that Maloney also lost in her more moderate and conservative neighborhood.

“The next test of this will be: Jerry Nadler has been in Congress for 30 years and there will be a mad dash to replace him,” he said. “Unfortunately what an ungracious end to a very productive congressional career for Carolyn Maloney.”