When do US election results come out TONIGHT? What time will the President be announced?
AHEAD of election night, here is a look at when the results will come out and what time the next President will be announced.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have just weeks left until voting day
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent the final days of the race visiting key battleground states in the hopes of swinging the election.
Clinton has failed to regain a clear lead, even after the FBI cleared her of criminality in relation to fresh emails linked to her private email server.
Trump has rebounded in the latest polls after having been widely tipped to lose the election due to a series of sexual misconduct allegations.
When is election day?
Americans have gone to the polls today, Tuesday November 8.
When will the result be announced?
To predict the winner of the election, US media organisations will look at projections from swing states and bellwether states.
There are several bellwether states across the US which typically vote for the eventual winner of the election.
The first bellwether state, Ohio, closes polls at 12.30 GMT in the early hours of tomorrow with projections due shortly afterwards.
It will be followed by Missouri at 1am, New Mexico at 2am and Nevada at 3am UK time.
Trump refuses to say he will accept election result
A number of swing states - including Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - also have enough electoral college votes to decide the result.
Once it becomes clear that a candidate will win the required 270 electoral votes, then pollsters will call the election one way or another.
The earliest time that this is likely to happen is at 11pm GMT, but it could be later depending on how individual states are projected.
A winner will probably be declared by 4am GMT, when voting has closed in all states other than Alaska. This has been the case in the last two elections in 2008 and 2012.
But it is possible that the result might not be known by the end of the day.
In 2000, the announcement was delayed until a Supreme Court ruling handed Florida’s 29 votes to George W Bush, swinging the election in his favour.
The 2016 result will not be formally counted until January 6 2017, when incumbent Vice President Joe Biden will announce the result of the Electoral College vote.
When do polls close across the US – timeline
Polls will close between 12am and 6am GMT, with exit polls coming out straight afterwards.
Each state has a number of electoral college votes proportionate to its size.
12am (all times GMT)
Georgia: 16 votes
Indiana: 11 votes
Kentucky: 8 votes
South Carolina: 9 votes
Vermont: 3 votes
Virginia: 13 votes
12.30am
North Carolina: 15 votes
Ohio: 18 votes
West Virginia: 5 votes
Mrs Clinton is leading national polls
1am
Alabama: 9 votes
Connecticut: 7 votes
Delaware: 3 votes
District of Columbia: 3 votes
Florida: 29 votes
Illinois: 20 votes
Maine: 4 votes
Maryland: 10 votes
Massachusetts: 11 votes
Mississippi: 6 votes
Missouri: 10 votes
New Hampshire: 4 votes
New Jersey: 14 votes
Oklahoma: 7 votes
Pennsylvania: 20 votes
Rhode Island: 4 votes
Tennessee: 11 votes
1.30am
Arkansas: 6 votes
2am
Colorado: 9 votes
Kansas: 6 votes
Louisiana: 8 votes
Michigan: 16 votes
Minnesota: 10 votes
Nebraska: 5 votes
New Mexico: 5 votes
New York: 29 votes
North Dakota: 3 votes
South Dakota: 3 votes
Texas: 38 votes
Wisconsin: 10 votes
Wyoming: 3 votes
Mr Trump could still win if he clinches enough swing states
3am
Iowa: 6 votes
Montana: 3 votes
Nevada: 6 votes
Utah: 6 votes
4am
California: 55 votes
Hawaii: 4 votes
Idaho: 4 votes
Oregon: 7 votes
Washington: 12 votes
6am
Alaska: 3 votes