Donald Trump Wins US Presidential Election & Defeats Kamala Harris

Republican candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday won the US presidential election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris

Republican candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday won the US presidential election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris

He marks a stunning comeback and reclaiming the White House just four years after his previous term ended, Fox News projected

Trump will be the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892 and only the second in history

According to races called by the Associated Press up to 01.05 pm (IST), 267 electoral votes had gone to Republican candidate Trump and 214 to Democratic Party's Harris

Trump was first elected president in 2016, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and vowing to "Make America Great Again"

He lost re-election to President Biden in 2020 during the global coronavirus pandemic but re-claimed the White House in 2024 after a nearly two-year campaign

Trump has already won the swing states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. He is also leading in several other states

Trump also won Florida, a one-time battleground that has shifted heavily to Republicans in recent elections

He also notched early wins in reliably Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina and Indiana

Harris won Virginia, a state Trump visited in the final days of the campaign, and took Democratic strongholds like New York, New Mexico and California

Harris also won New Hampshire and an Electoral College vote in Nebraska that was contested by Republicans

Trump, 78, would be the oldest president ever elected he would also be the first defeated president in 132 years to win another term in the White House

He survived one assassination attempt by millimeters at a July rally. Secret Service agents foiled a second attempt in September