Polls have closed in all the key battleground states that are expected to determine the winner of the U.S. presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump has won 247 electoral vote heavy prizes of Texas and Florida, as well as the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia. Harris took New York and California, as well as Virginia with 214 electoral votes
All eyes are on five remaining key swing states in the contest to reach 270 votes in the Electoral College: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The candidates need 270 electoral votes to win the presidential contest, with the most fierce battles taking place in the seven swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Election results could take days until they are called, experts have warned. Media organizations will likely call the results based on data from election analysts and researchers before official results are announced by states and local governments.
Some states, like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, can’t begin processing absentee and mail-in ballots until Election Day.
Results for the 2020 election won by President Joe Biden took four days, while it took 35 days to announce George W. Bush had won the White House in 2000.
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