Incumbent Jerramiah Healy has declaredvictory in the five-way Jersey City mayoral election.

Healy got 53 percent of the vote Tuesday. Former state assemblyman Louis Manzo was second with 26 percent.

Healy appeared to avoid the prospect of a runoff election with Manzo by winning more than half of the more than 29,000 ballots cast. Absentee ballots have to be counted before the outcome is final.

Jersey City has 139,186 registered voters, making voter turnout about 21 percent, the same as in the 2005 mayoral race.

In neighboring Hoboken, Councilman Peter Cammarano and Councilwoman Dawn Zimmer will face off in a June 9 runoff for mayor after neither got the needed 50 percent of the vote in a race with four other challengers.

Election Results