US Elections 2016 Live Updates: Donald Trump Elected 45th President Of The United States

12.58 PM IST

Here is a hex-map of the US as it stands now. It is now more or less clear that there will be a Donald Trump Presidency, unless the other side is able to pull off a miracle. Thank you all for staying with us. Do login to our website to read more on the US Presidential election results and analysis .

12.08 PM IST

Republicans retain control of Senate.

12 noon IST

Trump is maintaining lead in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, while Clinton is up by 3,500 votes in New Hampshire

11.54 AM IST

11.46 AM IST

Key figures at this stage:

Utah called for Donald Trump with six electoral votes. Now he is 244-215 ahead in the electoral vote.

MI: With 80 per cent of votes in, Trump leads by 77,000

WI: 87 per cent of votes in, Trump leads by 84,000

Az: 65 per cent of votes in, Trump leading by 60,000

PA: 97 per cent of votes in, Trump is ahead by 51,000

NH: Clinton ahead by 700 votes, with 87 per cent of votes in

Minnesota: 84 per cent of votes in, Clinton leads by 71,000 votes

11.37 AM IST

For 30 years, elected officials, both republicans and democrats, have made promises that they did not keep. People don't want that. They want someone to tell the truth and bring about fundamental change. People listened to what the media said, they listened to the narrative of how great the other side was and what a misogynist Trump was. Then they stepped back and said “we don't understand this. We are tired of Washington and we want change” – Corey Lewandowski on CNN.

11.30 AM IST

With 85 per cent of votes in, Trump is still leading by over 90,000 votes in Wisconsin. Democrats were hoping they would make up some of the deficit in Milwaukee County, but that has not happened.

Michigan: With 77 per cent of votes in, Trump is still leading by about 58,000 votes.

With 96 per cent of votes in, Trump leads Clinton by just under 50,000 votes in Pennsylvania.

Clinton is leading by 25 votes in New Hampshire.

11.21 AM IST

Jeffrey Lord on CNN calls Hillary Clinton the Jeb Bush of Democratic party.

11.20 AM IST

A quick stat check:

Michigan: With 75 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 34,000

Wisconsin: 83 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 86,000 votes

Arizona: 64 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 60,000

NH: Trump ahead by 864 votes, with 81 per cent votes in

Utah: 29 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 81,000

Penn: 93 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 25,000

Minnesota: 77 per cent votes in, Clinton leads by 90,000

Maine: 75 per cent votes in, Clinton leads by 17000

11.15 AM IST

With Clinton carrying Nevada, the electoral tally stands at 238-215  in favour of Trump.

11.05 AM IST

Donald Trump has retaken the lead by 15 votes in NH. While an object of amusement for now, this close contest and the 4 votes depending on it might become crucial if HRC somehow manages a comeback in MI and PA where with 92 per cent of votes in, she is trailing Trump by just about 2,000 votes.

11.00 AM IST

It is now more likely that Donald Trump is winning. CNN has put Trump ahead with 232 electoral votes, against Clinton's 209. This leaves Trump just 38 votes from victory.

This can happen if Trump wins any three or four of the big states he is currently leading in. Among them are Michigan (16 votes - probable), Wisconsin (10 - likely), Arizona (11 - likely), New Hampshire (4 - tossup), Iowa (6 - certain) and Utah (6 - certain).

It is time to think about President Donald Trump.

10.57 AM IST

With 79 per cent votes in, Hillary has taken the lead by just 18 votes in New Hampshire.

10.55 AM IST

Fox News calls Nevada for Hillary Clinton. Six Electoral Votes of the the state go to her.

10.51 AM IST

With 92 % votes in, Donald Trump is up by just 2800 votes against Clinton in Pennsylvania. Clinton is leading Trump comfortably in Minnesota, she also leads in Maine by 15,000 votes.

10.49 AM IST

Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Hilary Clinton in Pennsylvania by 8,000 votes

10.37 AM IST

Fox News calls Iowa and Wisconsin for Donald Trump and puts electoral college map at 254- 209 in Trump's favour. These states are not yet called by CNN . In Michigan, from 13,000, Trump's lead has increased to 53,000.

10.20 AM IST

CNN calls Georgia for Donald Trump. In the Electoral College, Donald Trump leads 232 to 209 now.

10.14 AM IST

Trump has won Florida, and this takes him to 216 electoral votes with Clinton trailing at 209. Trump now needs just 54 votes to win the White house. The route to a win flows through Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and New Hampshire. Clinton won Washington state with 12 electoral votes.

10.12 AM IST

CNN calls Washington for Clinton.

10.05 AM IST

CNN calls Florida for Trump. Interestingly, if Clinton claws her way back in Michigan but Trump hangs on the lead in Wisconsin, we may see Trump falling one short of 270 but one vote ahead of Clinton.

10.02 AM IST

Donald Trump seems set to flip Iowa as well. He has overcome early deficit and is now leading.  Meanwhile with 2/3rd votes counted in Wisconsin, Trump has stretched his lead to 70,000, while Clinton is up by similar margin in Pennsylvania.

9.57 AM IST

HRC making something of a comeback in MI where she has cut Trump's lead to just 14,000 votes with 55 % votes in.

9.56 AM IST

We are told that HRC did not visit the state of Wisconsin even once since winning the Democratic nomination. Important to note that she lost primaries in WI and Michigan.

9.50 AM IST

Clinton takes Oregon. Donald Trump will win four of the five electoral votes in Nebraska.

9.48 AM IST

Fox News projects Trump will carry Florida.

9.44 AM IST

One reason why Clinton has done less well than before is because the women vote has been less than enthusiastic even though it was Trump who was the misogynist. Exit polls show that women voted lower for Clinton than expected.

Commentators on CNN are now asking not what is Trump's road to 270 but what is Clinton’s path to the White House.

Earlier, it was said that no Republican has made it without Ohio. This time not only has Trump wrapped it up, but is now threatening Democratic sure-wins like Michigan and Wisconsin. The buzz is that these two states will decide the presidency, and Trump is leading in both places.

Even in Pennsylvania, where Clinton is winning, her margins are nowhere near where it was expected. With CNN giving California with 55 votes to Clinton, she is ahead with 197 votes to Trump's 171. But this is without counting Florida, which is clearly heading Trump's way with 29 votes. This will put him ahead by a nose at this stage.

The bottomline: Trump is on his way, barring nasty shocks.

9.38 AM IST

CNN reports Donald Trump takes North Carolina (15 electoral votes). This is a significant win for Trump, as this was a swing state. It went for President Barack Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.

9.31 AM IST

As per CNN, Hillary Clinton takes California with its massive 55 votes. Trump takes Idaho (four votes).

9.20 AM IST

CNN projects Colorado for Hillary Clinton. These are nine more much-needed votes for Clinton.

9.10 AM IST

CNN projects Virginia for Hillary Clinton

9.04 AM IST

MI 32 % Trump leading by 35 k

Wi 42 % Trump leading by 28 k

Fl 95 % Trump leading by 1.35 lakhs

Arizona 52 % Trump leading by 33k

NC 84 % Trump leading 1.44 lakhs

Georgia 49 % Trump leading 3.47 lakhs

NH 47 % Trump leading by 10k

Virginia 87 % HRC leading by 55k

Colarado 65 % HRC leading by 92 k

Iowa 19% HRC leading by 54k

Pennsylvania 51 % HRC leading by 1.67 lakhs

9.00 AM IST

Electoral college map: Trump -167 Clinton -109

8.56 AM IST

CNN projects Ohio for Trump.

8.54 AM IST

In Florida, Miami Dade, Broward and Palm beach, all Democratic strongholds have reported between 97 and 99 per cent of votes. Clinton is still trailing by 1.5 Lakhs. Does she have a comeback left in the state now?

8.47 AM IST

In NC, Trump is up by about 1.2 lac votes with 83 per cent of votes in. More worryingly, there are not many Democrat leaning counties left to count in the state now.

Hillary Clinton wins New Mexico while Donald Trump wins Missouri. He is leading the electoral vote by 149-109.

8.45 AM IST

US Stock futures are down 2.7 per cent. Currency market jitters as Mexican peso plunging against US dollars. Gold is up 3 per cent, almost 1300 dollars to an ounce.

8.42 AM IST

R Jagannathan: Trump has reached half his target of the needed electoral college majority of 270 with 139 votes more or less in the bag. Clinton is behind at 104, but is doing well in Pennsylvania while California is still to come. But Trump seems likely to win Florida, and we cannot rule out some legal tangles if the margin is low. But that seems unlikely unless the margin is down to a few hundred votes. Ohio is more or less a win for Trump.

The path of Donald Trump is now through New Hampshire, Nevada and North Carolina and he is running ahead in them (Nevada still to report trends). But Clinton is pulling ahead in Michigan, another swing state, but it could swing another way.

In terms of popular vote, Trump is more than a million votes ahead, scoring 48.9 percent to Clinton's 48 percent.

This race is close and Trump is still in it, pushing Clinton hard.

8.40 AM IST

Stats:

Ohio: 67 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 3.94 lakh

Virginia: 83 per cent votes in, Clinton leads by 15000

Florida: 95 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 1.05 lakh

Colorado: Clinton leads by 70,000

NH: Trump ahead by 5,000 with 41 per cent votes in

Michigan: 24 per cent votes in, Trump ahead by 50,000

Wisconsin: Trump ahead by 50,000 with 28 per cent votes in

In nationwide popular vote Trump is leading by 1.1 million votes.

8.32 AM IST

Trump will carry the state of Montana with its three electoral votes.

8.28 AM IST

Nate Silver's latest update: "Stating the obvious, but it’s very hard for Clinton to win the Electoral College if she loses Michigan along with Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, none of which look particularly safe for her right now. Even if she were to hold the rest of her firewall and win Nevada, she’d be stuck at 263 electoral votes and would need to do something unexpected like flip Arizona or Georgia into her column."

8.25 AM IST

Clinton has taken lead in Virginia by 2,000 votes

8.24 AM IST

Some more numbers:

Florida: With 95 per cent votes in, Trump leading by 1.12 lakh

Virginia: 80 per cent votes in, Trump leading by 10,000

Georgia: 50 per cent votes in, Trump leading 3.65 lakh

NC: 78 per cent votes in, Trump leading 85,000

Michigan: 20 per cent votes in, Trump up by 41,000

NH: 30 per cent votes in, trump leads by 1,800

Wisconsin: 21 per cent votes in, Trump leading by 43,000

Colorado: 51 per cent votes in, Clinton leading by 88,000

Pennsylvania: 25 per cent votes in, Clinton leading by 2.69 Lakh

8.19 AM IST

Trump takes lead in Wisconsin.

8.18 AM IST

In Virginia, Clinton is now down by just 5,000 votes with 14 per cent of precincts still remaining. Clinton still has a good chance of winning the state

8.16 AM IST

CNN projects Republicans will keep control of the House of Representatives.

8.14 AM IST

R Jagannathan: Despite some early nail-biting, the trend is now looking less bad for Donald Trump. The pollsters had talked about more than a two-thirds chance of winning the election, but that is not how it looks now, with Trump making gains - even if marginally - in several battleground states, including North Carolina, New Hampshire, Arizona and Nebraska. Only Nevada is still to start giving trends.

Even if Trump loses, there is little doubt that he has put up a strong showing, suggesting that America wants change, real change.

8.13 AM IST

Hillary Clinton wins Connecticut and Donald Trump will win Louisiana.  The electoral vote map stands at 136-104 in Trump's favour.

8.11 AM IST

Wolf Blitzer for the first time admits that Trump Campaign may have a credible path to White House.

8.10 AM IST

Some more interesting stats:

Florida: 94 per cent of votes in, Trump leads by 1.3 lakhs

Ohio: 53 per cent 2.35 lakh lead for Trump,

Virginia: 77 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 42,000

Georgia: Trump leading by 3.8 lakh, 41 per cent votes in

NC: 76 per cent votes in, Trump leads by 550,00

Michigan: 17 per cent votes in, Trump leading by 29,000

New Hampshire: 22 per cent votes in , Trump ahead by 900

Wisconsin: 12 per cent votes in, Clinton leads by 25,000 votes

Colorado: 42 per cent votes in, Clinton ahead by 55,000

Pennsylvania: 17 per cent of votes in, Clinton leading by an impressive 1.54 lakh

8.03 AM IST

Meanwhile, the Senate race is tied in at 42 seats each for both parties, while in the US House, Republicans are leading by 107-79

7.59 AM

Even if Clinton finally wins, it cannot be said that Trump was a walkover, as many commentators in India predicted. He has pulled ahead significantly in Ohio, which is probably in the bag. In New Hampshire, it is neck-and-neck, and Florida seems to go into the Trump side. MIchigan is giving Trump some hopes, also Virginia.

In this election, the final set of polls that showed Clinton ahead by around three percent probably got it right. Right now CNN is projecting 128 electoral votes for Trump and 97 for Clinton, but big states like Pennsylvania and California lie ahead, and these could go to Clinton.

In short, very few surprises so far. If the polls hold, it means Clinton will become the first woman to win the presidency. But it is still too early to call this election.

7.55 AM IST

NYT Upshot forecast now gives Clinton only a 59% chance of winning the Presidency. Earlier it was 85%.

7.49 AM IST

Donald Trump is now leading 128-97 in the electoral college map.

Trump will carry Texas with 38 electoral votes. He will also carry Arkansas with six electoral votes.

In Ohio, Trump leads by 1.85 lakh votes with 45% of the votes in. Trump also leads by 80,000 votes (with 70% votes in) in Virginia. North Carolina will be another cliff-hanger. Trump currently leads by 20,000 votes with 75% of the votes counted.

7.46 AM IST

R Jagannathan: Donald Trump now looks likely to carry Florida by a small margin, and Ohio is back in his leads. Clinton is set to carry New York, and Pennsylvania does not look likely to pull any surprises.

Trump is winning in the traditional Republican strongholds of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas (the Clintons' home state). Trump has to win North Carolina and at least one more state, but Colorado and New Hampshire do not seem to be coming his way so far.

So does Trump have a path to the White House? Not yet. No great surprises, but one or two negative ones

7.42 AM

So, here’s the scene. Trump ahead in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia. If he also takes Iowa (which he is projected to win), he becomes POTUS. He doesn't need Nevada (which is also expected to be very close).

7.38 AM

With 55 % votes in Donald Trump has a 2.5 lakh lead in Texas. In Florida he has done better than every Republican candidate in the last 16 years. He is leading by 1.4 lakh votes.

In Ohio he is leading by 52,000 with 39 % of votes in. Trump leads Georgia by 3.4 lakh votes (29 % votes in).

7.37 AM

Hillary Clinton will carry her home state of New York.

Donald Trump will win Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.

7. 28 AM

As expected, the rural votes in Ohio are coming in and Clinton's lead is steadily shrinking, now she is up by just 18,000 votes. In Texas she led briefly before Trump retook the lead.

Similar story in North Carolina as her lead which was 1.3 lakh at one time is now down to less than 50,000 votes.

7.24 AM IST

Polls will close in 14 more states minutes from now including the home state of of both candidates.

Meanwhile, here are some numbers.

• Virginia: Trump leads by 1.28 lakh votes (60% votes in)
• Florida: Trimp leads by 1.10 lakh votes (91% votes in)
• North Carolina: Clinton leads by 60,000 votes (61% votes in)
• Ohio: Clinton leads by 37,000 votes (34% votes in)

7.17 AM IST

Ohio: Clinton up by 50,000 with 34 per cent of votes in.

Florida: Trump up by 103,000 votes with 91 per cent votes in.

North Carolina: Clinton’s lead is narrowed to 66,000 votes with 61 per cent of votes in. Trump is again pulling healthy margins in the smaller rural areas.

7.12 AM

7.08 AM IST

As expected, Trump has been getting good support from his white rural vote base. States like Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama have been called for Trump. We can expect a strong Trump performance in Pennsylvania and Michigan also.

7.05 AM IST

Ohio seems to be slipping out of Trump's grasp, while Florida is edging towards him. North Carolina is going to Clinton, while Virginia is leaning towards Trump. Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, but Texes seems to be going to towards Clinton right now.

But the trends clearly show that the pollsters may well be right, with Clinton winning it. Trump is the one who is slipping.

7.03 AM IST

Donald Trump projected as winner in Alabama and South Carolina.

7.02 AM IST

Trump has built the lead of 63,000 in Florida with 91 per cent of votes in.

Trump is leading in Virginia by 130,000 votes with 45 per cent of votes in.

Georgia: Trump by 169,000

Michigan: Hillary leading by 20,000.

In Texas, almost half the votes in, Clinton is leading by 56,000

6.58 AM IST

Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach still have significant votes to come in. These are all democratic areas, so Clinton camp should still feel good about the state. Trump's lead of 21,000 at this stage may not be enough.

Important race alert: Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican senator to win the senate seat in Illinois. Marco Rubio has won retained his seat in Florida.

6.52 AM IST

NYT: Trump Wins Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee

6.51 AM IST

Florida is turning out to be a cliff-hanger, with Donald Trump briefly ahead after 85 per cent of the votes counted, but Clinton also went ahead a few minutes later.

6.49 AM IST

Clinton back in lead by 4,000 votes with 87 per cent votes in Florida.

6.47 AM IST

Florida: Clinton up by 80,000 votes with 77 per cent of the votes in while in NC with 50 per cent of votes in, she is leading by 185,000  votes.

06.40 AM

R Jagannathan: White House race tilting Clinton's way; Hispanic vote is becoming decisive

The next half hour will tell us if Donald Trump has lost Florida, and right now, it seems like he will indeed lose it, with more than three-quarters of the votes in, and Clinton leading 49-48. Clinton seems to be doing better than how Obama did in many of the counties in 2012. This means the Hispanic vote is swinging strongly in favour of Clinton. If Trump finally loses Florida, it means that his tirades against Hispanic immigration has cost him a shot at the presidency.

In North Carolina, another must-win state, Clinton is ahead, and also on Ohio, right now. CNN is projecting the states of Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, Illinois, and District of Columbia for Clinton, while Trump is ahead in Oklahoma, Mississippi, and one or two more smaller states.

It is possible that Trump is going to lose.

6.38 AM IST

With early votes coming in from the Democratic stronghold of Franklin county in Columbus, Clinton leads Trump in Ohio. 16 states and DC closing now.

Results Illinois, New Jersey Massachusetts , Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware and DC are all called for Hillary Clinton.

Oklahoma, Tennessee and Mississippi are all called for Donald Trump.

6.33 AM IST

In North Carolina, Clinton is ahead by almost one lakh of votes with 36 per cent of votes in while in Florida, she is ahead by 170,000 votes with nearly 3/4th of the vote in. Right now she is outperforming President Obama in 2012.

6.25 AM IST

In about 6 minutes from now,  a bunch of polls close. The total electoral votes at stake from these states stand at 172. Meanwhile, in Florida Clinton has extended her lead to nearly 2 lakh votes with 71% votes in.

6.20 AM IST

The early trends this time may well be misleading, as it is some of the small and traditional Republican states that are seeing some results, with Trump taking Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia; he may well take Georgia, but Florida, Ohio, North Carolina still up for grabs. But Trump is ahead in Florida.

If Trump loses Ohio, it may well be game over, but it is early hours yet, and Clinton is in the lead. Ohio is a must-win for Trump, and this state has been on the winning side for 28 out of 30 presidential races. This time it could be different, if Trump wins Ohio and loses the presidency. But then this time the race is different from all previous ones.

6.17 AM IST

Florida: Trump up by 1.18 lakh votes with 55% of votes in.

North Carolina: Trump leads by 52,000 votes with 10% of votes in.

6:15 AM IST

Republican senator Rob Portman has retained his senate seat in Ohio with a comfortable win. In Florida, the incumbent Republican Seantor Marco Rubio is leading comfortably.

Popular vote update - So far Donald Trump has won 38.30 lakh votes against 32.56 lakh for Clinton.

6.09 AM IST

CNN reported early leads for Trump in Florida and then the lead switched to Clinton. Clinton was leading in Virginia. Florida is key to Trump. If he can pull it off, and this is by no means certain given the Hispanic vote which he has alienated, he will bag 29 electoral votes. If Trump loses Florida, he is one step away from defeat, as he will then have to pull off an upset victory in many more states than earlier believed possible. Trump's 270 votes depend crucially on Florida.

Alerts at this hour show Trump and Clinton neck-to-neck in Florida, and Trump ahead in Georgia, but a Trump adviser has been quoted as saying that "it will need a miracle" to pull off a win. Are Trump advisors beginning to accept the inevitability of defeat? Trump has won West Virginia, as expected.

6:01 AM IST

Florida Update:

With 30 per cent of votes in, Clinton is ahead by about 50,000 votes. Twenty nine electoral votes are at stake here. The northern part of the state that is considered conservative leaning is yet to come in so we can still see a close contest here.

5:53 AM IST

With 15 per cent of votes in, Trump is leading Clinton by over 60 thousand votes in Florida.

5.51 AM IST

A key feature of this election is the extreme efforts put in by a sitting President in favour of his party's candidate. While Barack Obama has been backing Hillary to the hilt, and so has his wife Michelle. Vice-President Joe Biden has been on the stump too. The Establishment clearly fears Trump.

In sharp contrast, Trump has not had the enthusiastic backing of his own party, with many past Republican presidents even saying they may not vote for him. This is what makes him a true disrupter, for he has broken the mould of the two-party system. Trump's support is not the traditional Republican vote. He is losing some of it, and gaining some from the Democrats too.

5.48 AM IST

The right way to read the election, no matter who wins, is as a watershed. That America is deeply divided has never been clearer than now. Clinton stands for The Establishment, and Trump is the Challenger, the Outsider, the man who promises to up-end things. If Clinton wins, she will have to reach out to those angry voters who are backing Trump. If, unexpectedly, Trump crosses the 270 seat electoral vote hump, he will have a tougher task to unite the country, for he has alienated the Latinos and Afro-Americans. It is a fair assumption that Trump will have a tougher time trying to deliver on his promises, for he will face lots of opposition, but Clinton is merely promising more of the same.

But the sobering thought is this: America's problems run deep, from economy to social and demographic composition. The long-term trend is towards a gradual loss of White power, which means this is one of the last elections in which they can make a difference. It also means that post-Trump, the Republicans have to reach out to the reality of this demographic shif

5.38 AM IST

The New York Times has confirmed that

- Trump wins Kentucky and Indiana

- Hillary Clinton Wins Vermont

5.32 AM IST

5:22 AM IST

Election trivia:

This is only the fourth time that both candidates belong to the same state. Incidentally, three out of four times, the state was New York , Ohio was the other.

If Hillary wins tonight as she is expected to and if she fails to carry Ohio, as the polls show - she will be the first president since John F Kennedy to reach the White House without going through Ohio. In the last 30 elections, Ohio has sided with the winner an amazing 28 times.

If Trump wins tonight, he will be the first man since Gen Eisenhower to become President without holding any public office prior. Of course, Eisenhower was a distinguished General of the Allied forces in second world war.

5:13 AM IST

The US presidential vote this year, the most contentious and divisive in recent years, is now in its home stretch, with polls closing in the eastern states and the first exit polls about to come in. In less than a few hours from now we will know if Hillary Clinton has done what was expected or Donald Trump has pulled off an upset. It is a race of two unpopular candidates, but the voter has put that aside for there is much at stake. The angry voter, who Trump is banking on, wants change. The concerned voter, anxious about Trump's threat to throw out Hispanic illegal immigrants, and also about his misogyny and underlying racism, wants the status quo that Clinton represents.

It is obvious that this race is Clinton's to lose. The early trends - in Kentucky and Indiana - show Trump ahead, but these are two sure states for Trump. No surprises here. Indiana is the state of Trump's running mate Mike Pence. ‎The race will not be decided here, but in key battleground states like Florida, North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, Nebraska, and New Hampshire. If Trump has to win he has to win them all, and if Clinton is to win, she has to win just one.

5:03 AM IST

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday said that there were reports of voter fraud happening across the country, claiming that some people were trying to vote for Republicans only for their selection to change to Democrats.

“It’s happening at various places today, it’s been reported,” he said. “The machines, you put down a Republican and it registers as a Democrat, and they have had a lot of complaints about that today,” The Washington Post quoted Trump as saying during a telephone interview on Fox News.

5:00 AM IST.

Good Morning, Dear Readers.

Voting in the US presidential election has begun to close in some of the East Coast states, with Indiana and Kentucky to be the first ones. These two will be followed by six other states in the next hour or so. At Swarajya, we will be closely following the results in this live blog. Stay tuned for updates!