US Presidential election 2012

India expects Obama 2.0 to be a continuation of the past two years, and is content at the prospect.

The 44th US president asks his country to "keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting". With only Florida among the battleground states still to be declared, Obama had 303 electoral votes, well over the 270 needed to win the White House. Full text of Obama's speech

India today congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election and said  it looked forward to deepening multi-faceted engagement between the two countries in the years ahead.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney conceded defeat in the US election today, telling supporters that he had called President Barack Obama to congratulate him on his victory.

US states backed legalizing marijuana for recreational use, allowing gay marriage and rejected a call to ban public funding for abortions, in a swathe of state-wide ballots on Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama's victory means his economic vision is still alive and about to drive the political conversation with his adversaries. The legacy of Obama's first term is safe and enshrined to history.

Mitt Romney's Republican Party was projected today to maintain control of the House of Representatives amid tight races for the Senate and the White House, US television networks said.

Economy was the top issue on American voters' minds as they went to the polls to decide whether to give President Barack Obama a second term or replace him with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to exit polls.

While eyes were focused on the race for the White House on Tuesday, the battle for control of the nation's two chambers of Congress is vital to hopes of easing Washington's partisan political gridlock.

Polls closed on Tuesday in Ohio -- widely considered the most crucial state in President Barack Obama's re-election bid, with networks saying the race was too close to call.

Capping a long and bitter race for the White House, Americans cast their votes on Tuesday with polls showing Barack Obama and Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in an election that will be decided in a handful of states. Their decision will set the US's course for the next four years on spending, taxes, healthcare and foreign policy challenges.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's campaigns are setting the stage for legal battles in key swing states, particularly Florida and Ohio, if the election result is close enough to be challenged in court. The Guardian correspondent Chris McGreal writes.