Republican candidate, Donald Trump now has 248 electoral votes while Democrat, Kamala Harris has 216.

Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

Trump has won in North Carolina which is one of the 7 swing states and is very likely to take Georgia.

To win, Harris will probably need to sweep Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — but Trump has an advantage in all three.

Stay with us for updates.

[Source : CNN/New York times]

Trump projected to win Kentucky, Kamala Harris will win Vermont

Trump has 8 electoral votes, Harris has 3

The first US election results are in, with CNN projecting Kamala Harris will win Vermont and Donald Trump will win Kentucky.

Trump has 8 eletoral votes so far while Harris has 3.

Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada are seen as pivotal to their path to victory.

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[Source : cnn]

Early US polls close but key swing states are still in the final hours of voting

Trump posts an allegation of election cheating

Early US polls have closed but key swing states are still in the final hours of voting.

Republican candidate Donald Trump has cast his ballot in Florida as Kamala Harris made an appearance at a Washington DC phone bank, amid a number of fake bomb threats at polling stations across the country.

Donald Trump has already taken to his social media platform of choice, Truth Social to post an allegation of election cheating.

It's a claim that was debunked within minutes by the Philadephia DA on Twitter but no doubt we will see lots of back and forth on this issue over the coming hours.

The ABC NEWS Verify team is staying across multiple social media platforms throughout the day to keep across mis- and disinformation as it comes to hand.

Exit polls in booths across the country are early indications of where the election could end up as observers ask voters where they stand after they've cast their vote.

In Nevada, 46 percent of people viewed Trump favourably versus 45 per cent who backed Harris.

In Arizona, both candidates were at 46 percent.

In Pennsylvania, one of the most crucial swing states, 47 percent of voters backed Trump while Harris had 46 percent.

Georgian voters favoured Harris three percentage points higher (49 percent) than Trump (46 percent).

In parts of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, almost a third of voters were angry about the direction of the country.

[Source : abc.net.au]