Presidential election results

Published November 8, 2008

WASHINGTON, Nov 7: Here is a tally of partial results in the US presidential election, based on projections by US networks, with one state Missouri still too close to call.

As of today with results given in 49 states and the District of Columbia, Obama had 364 and McCain had 163 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, out of a total of 538.

One state Missouri remained too close to call.

States are apportioned electoral votes according to the size of their population, and in most of the 50 states the winner of a state’s popular vote gets all its electoral ones.

OBAMA

California 55

Colorado 9

Connecticut 7

Delaware 3

Florida 27

Hawaii 4

Illinois 21

Indiana 11

Iowa 7

Maryland 10

Massachusetts 12

Maine 4

Michigan 17

Minnesota 10

Nevada 5

New Jersey 15

New Hampshire 4

New Mexico 5

New York 31

Ohio 20

Oregon 7

Pennsylvania 21

Rhode Island 4

Vermont 3

Virginia 13

Washington 11

Washington, DC 3

Wisconsin 10

MCCAIN

Alabama 9

Alaska 3

Arizona 10

Arkansas 6

Georgia 15

Idaho 4

Kansas 6

Kentucky 8

Louisiana 9

Mississippi 6

Montana 3

Nebraska 5

North Carolina 15

North Dakota 3

Oklahoma 7

South Carolina 8

South Dakota 3

Tennessee 11

Texas 34

Utah 5

West Virginia 5

Wyoming 3

TOTAL

Obama 364

McCain 163

—AFP

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