According to all opinion polls, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States. The number of his electoral votes has risen to 273 after his victory in the state of Pennsylvania, while according to Al Jazeera TV and the Associated Press, the number of votes for Joe Biden has risen to 284. On the other hand, according to CNN, the number of electoral votes of the current President Donald Trump is 213, while according to the Associated Press and Al Jazeera TV, it is 214.
Electoral college elections were held in 50 states of the United States and in the capital Washington DC (District of Columbia) for 538 seats. Out of 51 constituencies, 24 went to Biden, with four states still standing, while Donald Trump won 23 states.
Voting for the 46th presidential election in the United States took place on November 3 (Tuesday), but the results were announced on the fourth day (Saturday) when the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden was announced in the state of Pennsylvania. The state has 20 electoral votes, which gave Biden a majority.
Newly elected US President-elect Joe Biden is now in a transition period, after which he will sit back and form his team until the start of the new year, during which time Donald Trump has been serving as president. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in January 2021.
