Americans have chosen Republican businessman Donald Trump to succeed Barack Obama as president. Trump won 306 electoral votes with 46 percent support against 232 electoral votes and 48 percent support for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Clinton fell short in key states, including Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Republicans also defended their majorities in Congress. They are projected to win 236 seats in the House of Representatives, where 218 are needed for a majority, and 51 seats in the Senate.
Presidential results
232
Clinton
Trump
306
48%
270 to win
45.9%
States flipped from 2012 highlighted
Senate results
48 (+2)
Democrats
Republicans
52
53.6%
50
42.2%
Senators Angus King and Bernie Sanders group with Democrats
House results
194 (+6)
Democrats
Republicans
241
48%
218
49.1%
Analysis
David Downing: This election redraws the political map of the United States.
Boris Ryvkin: The emerging nationalist challenge to the post-national consensus has achieved its most important victory to date.
András Tóth-Czifra: There is palpable anxiety about Trump’s victory in Europe.
