Biden at 209 electoral votes, Trump at 118

Online Desk : President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results ahead.

The first results are trickling in, with US media projecting wins for the Republican incumbent so far in 18 states including Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia — all states he won in 2016, reports anews.com.

Biden has captured 16 states including his home state Delaware and big prize New York, plus the US capital Washington. As with Trump, so far, all states claimed by Biden were won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.

So far, that gives Biden 209 electoral votes and Trump 118.

The candidates need to win 270 Electoral College votes to lay claim to the White House.