Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: When Will We Know Who Has Won US Election?

Washington: Polling is underway across United States to elect 47th President, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in a tough fight. In 2024 presidential polls, 51 separate elections, one in every state, and each with its own rules and practices for counting votes make this election gruelling and fragmented. vember 5 "Election Day", will portray a final picture that could take hours or days to emerge due to neck-and-neck contest between two rivals.

race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remains extremely tight in seven key swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, rth Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

re is set national time for voting to begin in US on vember 5. While most states will begin voting at 7 am as per local time, some might start as early as 5 am or as late as 10 am depending on time zones. US follows four main time zones Eastern Time (ET), Central (CT), Mountain (MT), and Pacific Standard Time (PT).

US Elections 2024 Results: When Will We Kw Who Has Won?

It's uncertain how long it will take to anunce final winner this time. A result could be declared on election night, following morning, or possibly after days or even weeks.

Although, after a winner of a US presidential election is anunced, it doesn't mean person is officially elected. candidate isn't considered president-elect until electoral votes are formally cast and counted.

Electoral College is made up of 538 electors, and a candidate must secure at least 270 electoral votes to win. This is kwn as "electoral vote," and when citizens cast ir vote on Election Day is referred to as "popular vote."

In 2020 election, voting occurred on vember 3, but US TV networks didn't declare Joe Biden winner until late morning of vember 7. Even n, Associated Press waited ar 10 days to call rth Carolina for Trump, and Georgia wasn’t officially decided for Biden until 16 days after election, following a hand recount.

How President is elected?

• US Presidential candidate must secure a minimum of 270 electoral votes out of a total of 538.
• One electoral vote is equal to a member of Congress a particular state has in America.
• For example, in India, every state has parliamentary seats, a total of which is 543. To win election, one must secure halfway mark of 272.
• In same way, in United States, each state has a specific electoral vote.
• US citizens don’t directly vote for Presidential candidates but for members representing major political parties.
• One member is equal to one electoral vote.
• So, whichever candidate gets majority of 270 electoral votes, that particular candidate becomes president-elect.
• All electoral votes go to overall winner of statewide popular vote, except in two states Maine and Nebraska.
• In se 2 states, electoral votes are based on winner of popular vote in each congressional district and two additional votes go to winner of statewide popular vote

To simplify this, one member of Congress or electoral vote is equivalent to a Member of Parliament in India.