US elections: Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris in key states
Significant number of votes were yet to be counted and the process had not begun in several states where polling was still on.
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Republican Party candidate and former President Donald Trump was leading Vice President Kamala Harris, who represents the Democratic Party, after the results of the United States presidential elections were called in the first set of states on Wednesday.
Trump had won Florida, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Alabama, among other states. This took his electoral college tally to 230 as of 10.20 am Indian time on Wednesday, according to AP.
The popular votes determine the electoral college seats candidates win in every state. A candidate needs to win at least 270 out of the 538 electoral college votes in order to be elected as the president.
Trump, who served as the president between 2017 and 2021, was also leading in several other states, including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Harris had won New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado and New Mexico. This took her electoral college tally to 205 as of 10.20 am Indian time.
The Democratic Party candidate was leading in New Hampshire, Maine and Minnesota.
A significant number of votes were yet to be counted even in several states where American news agencies and local news organisations had called the race.
The election is expected to come down to just a few battleground...
