Biden was elected president with the highest number of votes in US history

Washington:

After a thrilling contest in the US presidential election, the Democratic candidate Joe Biden has finally defeated Donald Trump and has been elected the 46th President of the United States.

"I thank you, Americans, for choosing me to lead this great country," Biden tweeted after winning the presidential election. Whether you vote for me or not, I promise to be your president and fulfill the trust you have placed in me.

Earlier, according to the news agency, Joe Biden has won the election after winning 20 electoral votes in the state of Pennsylvania. According to the American news channel CNN, Biden has won from the state in which he was born. Pennsylvania received 20 electoral votes. Thus, his total number of electoral votes has reached 273, while according to the Associated Press, Biden has also succeeded in Nevada and his electoral votes are reported to be 290.

Biden also has a lead of more than 4 million votes over his rival, President Trump, in the popular vote, and his total votes have exceeded 74.8 million, while the counting of votes in various states is yet to be completed. President Trump received more than 70 million votes, but his electoral tally is still 214. In this way, the winner of the presidential election, Joe Biden, has also earned the honor of getting the most votes in the history of the United States.

Earlier, former President Obama had the honor of getting the most votes. He received more than 69 million votes in the 2008 election. This time around, more than 60 million votes were cast by mail due to the Corona epidemic, which delayed the election result, the highest turnout in the last 112 years in the United States.

In addition to the record for most votes won by a president, Kamala Harris, who ran for vice president, has also become the first woman in American history and a black vice president. In addition, Trump is the first president since 1992 not to be re-elected.

After the results came out, Kamala Harris also tweet a video of a phone conversation with the newly elected president in which she is telling him that we have done this and you will be the next president of the United States.

In a thrilling contest, Joe Biden has always had the upper hand over President Trump, but at no point has this lead been so wide-ranging, and the eyes of the world, including the United States, have been on the results until clear results come out. While Joe Biden had just 20 electoral votes ahead of Trump, waiting for the results of the last six states made the contest even more thrilling, and after finally winning from Pennsylvania, Biden set a milestone of 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidential election.

Earlier, President Trump had claimed in his tweet that he had won the election with heavy majority. Twitter posted a warning on his post stating that the information provided in the post was not verified.

President Trump also said in his tweet that fraud was taking place during the vote count in Pennsylvania. These votes changed the results in Pennsylvania and other states. In Pennsylvania, large numbers of votes were received illegally after 8pm on Election Day. It should be noted that since the start of the election campaign, Twitter has issued a warning on 38 tweets of Trump.

Earlier, President Donald Trump announced that he would approach the Supreme Court, accusing the opposition Democrats of vote-rigging in the presidential election, and the absence of observers during the count in three states - Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia He also appealed to the state of Wisconsin to stop the counting process.

Categories: World News