Romney holds slim lead over Obama

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