Graphic showing the number of electoral college votes won by each candidate. Results at 0330 GMT. AFP
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken over the lead from incumbent Barack Obama based on projections by US networks.
Romney has a slight edge with 163 out of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidential race. But in the knife-edge race, Democratic incumbent Obama was on 158 electoral votes with some vote-rich states still to be called.
The results so far:
Obama:
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Illinois 20
Maryland 10
Massachusetts 11
Maine 4
Michigan 16
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 14
New York 29
Pennsylvania 20
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 3
Washington, DC 3
Wisconsin 10
Romney
Alabama 9
Arkansas 6
Georgia 16
Indiana 11
Kansas 6
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 8
Mississippi 6
Montana 3
North Dakota 3
Nebraska 5
Oklahoma 7
South Carolina 9
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 11
Texas 38
Utah 6
West Virginia 5
Wyoming 3
Results still pending
Toss-Up States:
Colorado 9
Florida 29
Iowa 6
Missouri 10
Nevada 6
North Carolina 15
Ohio 18
Virginia 13
Projected Republican
Arizona 11
Alaska 3
Idaho 4
Nebraska 5
Projected Democratic
California 55
Hawaii 4
New Mexico 5
Oregon 7
Washington 12