Donald Trump is projected to lose presidency after Biden wins Pennsylvania.
Joe Biden is projected to be the 46th President of the United States after winning the key battleground of Pennsylvania, propelling him over the 270 electoral college vote threshold required to clinch the White House.
According to last statement, the Trump campaign has indicated their candidate does not plan to concede.
The new President Mr Biden said he was “honoured and humbled” to be elected.
He said: “In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America”.
It was now time to “put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation”, he said. “It’s time for America to unite. And to heal.”
This makes Mr Trump the first one-term president since the 1990s.
This projection is based on the unofficial results from states that have already finished counting their votes, and the expected results from states like Wisconsin where the count is continuing.
His projected win in Pennsylvania takes him to 273 electoral college votes.
The election, which concluded after four days, has seen the highest turnout since 1900.
Mr Biden has won more than 74 million votes so far, the most ever for a US presidential candidate. Mr Trump has drawn more than 70 million, the second-highest tally in history.
President Trump had falsely declared himself the winner of the election when vote counting was unfinished. He has since alleged irregularities in counting, but has not presented any evidence of election fraud.
His campaign has filed a barrage of lawsuits in various states and on Friday, as Mr Biden appeared on the cusp of victory, said: “We are going to win this”.
Following the results Mr Trump has vowed has vowed to contest the election results on several fronts.
Responding to the Pennsylvania results, his campaign put out a statement saying: “This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final.”
A recount will be held in Georgia, where the margins are tight, and Mr Trump wants the same in Wisconsin. He has also vowed to take legal action to the Supreme Court, alleging voting fraud without evidence.
If the election result is challenged, it would require legal teams to challenge this in the state courts. State judges would then need to uphold the challenge and order a recount, and Supreme Court justices could then be asked to overturn a ruling.
By Olimpia Zagnat
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