Donald J. Trump has won the American presidential election, improving upon his 2020 performance in both red and blue states and capturing enough swing states to reach 270 Electoral College votes.
In the keenly contested race, Trump garnered 71,260,693 votes, representing 51% while Kamala Harris got 66,333,183 representing 47.5% of the total votes.
Trump needed 270 electoral college votes to win but garnered 277 as Harris got 224.
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Donald J. Trump was elected the 47th president on Wednesday, four years after his defeat by Joseph R. Biden Jr.
His victory was confirmed just after 5:30 a.m. Eastern time when he captured the battleground state of Wisconsin, putting him above the threshold of 270 electoral votes.
The full count is not over, but Mr. Trump appears on course to win the popular vote. He would be the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat marks the second time in eight years that a woman became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee only to fall short of a barrier-breaking victory. Ms. Harris’s campaign said she would address the nation on Wednesday.
Republicans also secured control of the Senate with crucial wins: Bernie Moreno in Ohio, Jim Justice in West Virginia and Deb Fischer, who held on to her seat in Nebraska.
The House of Representatives remained up for grabs. Election officials continued to count votes in dozens of races that will determine whether Washington will have a divided government or if Republicans will hold both houses of Congress and the presidency.
