Early results from the US presidential election between incumbent Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden show a nail-biting race in crucial battleground states.
Donald Trump is projected to win the states of Florida, and Ohio while Joe Biden is projected to win the state of Arizona according to Fox News report.
But other key states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina are toss-ups.
The vote caps a long and bitter race.
More than 100 million people cast their ballots in early voting before election day on Tuesday – setting US on course for its highest turnout in a century.
Control of Congress is also at stake. As well as the White House, Republicans are vying to hang on to a Senate majority.
Republicans have lost a Senate seat in Colorado, but gained one in Alabama.
Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate leader, and Trump ally Lindsey Graham have both been re-elected.
The House of Representatives is expected to stay in Democratic hands.
The battlegrounds in the Midwest and Rust Belt of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin look as though they could go either way in the White House race.
But another sunbelt state, Texas, is leaning Mr Trump’s way, projects CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.
Cliffhanger counts are also under way in two more critical swing states on the East Coast, Georgia and North Carolina.
Both Florida and Pennsylvania are considered must-wins for Mr Trump if he is to be re-elected to a second term in office.
No surprises have emerged yet in the other states.
With agency report
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