The only place that might have been busier than polling places on Election Day in the Big Apple was liquor stores.

New Yorkers eager to celebrate or mourn their presidential candidate raided liquor stores throughout the five boroughs Tuesday night, according to several store employees — many of whom told the Post they noticed a bizarre trend among the customer base.

“People were buying sparkling wine and a bottle of liquor for both (results),” said Sebastian, an employee at The Juice Box in Windsor Terrace in Brooklyn, who added that election night was “crazy” at the store of alcohol.

“We were probably three to four times busier than a normal weekday,” he said, noting that it was busiest in the early afternoon and then later as people finished their work around 5 p.m.

Niccolo Porcello, an employee at Amaro Spirits & Wine in Park Slope, said the business was “very busy” with about three times as many customers as usual.

“I think people were feeling relatively optimistic,” Porcello, 30, told the Post. “Obviously Park Slope is leaning in a particular direction, so there was some sense of optimism. But definitely people were also stocking up all weekend, because it was really busy all weekend.

Some longtime liquor store employees, like Edgar, 38, of Village Wine & Spirit Shop, weren’t as surprised by Tuesday’s booze boom.

“Every election, it’s like this,” Edgar said.

“If there are a lot of people, it’s usually (in) the afternoon,” he added. “Yesterday it was (busy) during the day because people were nervous to see the results. We’ll see if there are people there today.

Wine was the drink of choice among West Village residents last night, the employee said, noting that “in Manhattan, in general, people drink more wine.”

Employees were still restocking wine at Flatiron Wines & Spirits in Manhattan midday Wednesday after hours of non-stop waiting in line Tuesday evening, floor manager Brandon Knapp told the Post.

“It was a little slow during the day, but towards the end of the day, everyone came in saying, ‘I’m so stressed,’” he said. “(In the) last couple of hours, we had lines — and we had three vendors working… we spent hours restocking.”

While Knapp helped several customers choose a Champagne or a nice Burgundy for those expecting a party atmosphere, wine accounted for by far the most sales Tuesday night, he said.

“Half the people said, ‘I have one (bottle) for bad news and I have one for good news,'” Knapp recalled, adding that he “drank a lot and got went to bed early.”

Shawn Lowecki, owner of Shawn Fine Wines & Spirits in Park Slope, said he expects the election-related surge in business to continue — and has even ordered additional inventory in anticipation.

Gabor Molnar, assistant wine and spirits buyer at Lowecki, estimated Tuesday’s business was three to four times that of a normal weekday, but it has slowed since.

“People don’t come in today saying, ‘oh my God, I have to self-medicate,'” Lowecki said — although several clients who came in admitted to him that they took the day off.

The Juice Box in Windsor Terrance was just as quiet Wednesday, employee Sebastian said, but he wasn’t sure it would be for long.

“I don’t know if people will drown their sorrows, party, or just not come,” he said.