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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 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