Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of the United States. Trump, his family members and supporters are elated to have been elected president for a second term. JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, thanked everyone after the election victory.
President-elect Donald Trump's party, the Republican Party, is ahead in the lower house of the US Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. So far, Republicans are ahead in 198 seats in the 435-seat House. And the candidates of the Democratic Party are ahead in 180 seats.
51 seats are needed for a majority in the Senate. The Republican Party has already secured 52 seats.
Donald Trump is the second person to contest three consecutive presidential elections and win the first and third terms. The last such incident happened only once before in 1892. Grover Cleveland became the president then. As a result, Trump broke the record of 132 years by winning this election.