(This live blog is now over).

After a campaign marked by polarisation, misinformation, insults, celebrity endorsements and more, millions of Americans have cast their vote for the 47th president of the United States. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives were also up for grabs, as were one-third of the 100 seats in the Senate.

To elect a president, it’s the electoral votes that count. That means a candidate could win the presidential election by winning a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes, even if they lose the popular vote (which happened in 2000 and 2016). Most states have a winner-takes-all system; only Maine (four electoral votes) and Nebraska (five electoral votes) split them. Here’s what we know so far about the results.

12:23pm. Vote counting continues, but the Associated Press says that Trump has won Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, giving him 277 in total--and the majority needed to win the presidency. The man who was the 45th president, then refused to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election and whose words helped to ignite the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021--will now become the country’s 47th president.

9:25am. US ambassador to Luxembourg  spoke during an election watch party at The Spot in Luxembourg City. “The first lines of the American Constitution are: ‘We the people.’ Not ‘they the people,’ not ‘you the people.’ ‘We the people.’ ‘We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union.’ [It’s] a recognition that America was not perfect in 1789, and it’s not perfect in 2024--but to work towards a more perfect union. That one line captures the essence of why we are here today. The American people have spoken,” he said. “This is an exercise in democracy that we as Americans are proud of.”

9:22am. According to the AP, Kamala Harris has 224 electoral votes; Trump has 267. We are still waiting for results from Alaska, Arizona, two districts in Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and Wisconsin.

8:28am. Trump has won the swing state of Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes, reports the AP. Trump is now addressing supporters at campaign headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida.

8:11am. New Hampshire goes to Harris; Republicans take majority in the Senate.

6:59am. The Associated Press has called the swing state of Georgia for Trump, giving him 16 more electoral votes. Democrat Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 election.

6:30am. The Associated Press has called the race for North Carolina for Republican Donald Trump, bringing Trump to 230 electoral votes to 210 for Harris. For the news agency, “Trump  threshold by carrying Georgia and Pennsylvania or by carrying Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. He also can win by carrying Wisconsin and Arizona, as well as other combinations involving Nevada.” Races in swing states like Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania have yet to be called, adds the AP.

Earlier today: Former agriculture minister  (LSAP) is part of a delegation of five Luxembourg MPs who are election observers. He at 2:34am CET: “At the moment, many polling stations are still open in many different US states, and people are still voting. As OSCE PA International Observer, we are checking that everything is going correctly. Here in LA, polling stations only close at 20:00 hrs (05:00 hrs). More info to come……”