Republican Party candidate Donald Trump has been unofficially elected as the 47th President of the United States. After a one-sided battle with incumbent Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, she secured the magic number of 270 out of 538 electoral votes.
Fox News reported Wednesday (November 6) that Donald Trump secured 270 electoral votes with the win.
According to Fox News, Donald Trump has 277 Electoral College votes. On the other hand, Democratic party candidate Kamla Harris got 226 votes. There are still 35 Electoral College votes left.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, appearing at a campaign watch party in Florida, said he had won an extraordinary victory. He also said that this will be America's golden age. This is a tremendous victory for the American people, which will help us make America great again, he said.
Donald Trump thanked voters for electing him as the 47th president of the United States, calling the victory a "political victory". During his speech, the crowd in Palm Beach chanted 'America', 'America', 'America'.
Donald Trump was accompanied by his wife Melania Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance. At one point in the speech, Trump thanked voters and wife Melania.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump was already giving a glimpse of victory. On a radio show in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, he said that he will win the presidential election if he wins the state of Pennsylvania.
"We are going to make this country greater than ever," Trump said. If we win Pennsylvania, we will win the entire election; We will win everything.
18 crore 60 lakh voters voted in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Before the vote, international media reports were saying that the hand of making history is in front of the candidate of the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris. On the other hand, the candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, is confident of returning to erase the defeat of the last election. But the polls showed a close fight.
In addition to Kamala Harris-Donald Trump, Green Party's Jill Stein, Libertarian Party's Chase Oliver, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (who has withdrawn from the race but is still on the ballot in most states) and Cornell West (independent) ran.
The US election system is quite complex. The President of the United States is not elected by popular vote. There are 538 Electoral College votes in the 50 states and the famous US capital, Washington DC. 270 Electoral College votes are required to win the election. Each state has a different number of electoral college votes. The party that wins the state gets all the Electoral College votes in that state. That is, winners get all.