By NNN-PTI,
Washington : Democratic White House frontrunner Barack Obama has clinched ten states, including the critical New Hampshire, while his Republican rival John McCain emerged victorious in three after voting in the US Presidential polls ended in most of the regions, according to the media here.
CNN said that Obama claimed the states of Vermont (3), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), Illinois (21), Maine (4), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12), New Jersey (15), New Hampshire (4) and District of Columbia (3).
McCain won in Oklahoma (7), Tennessee (11), South Carolina (8) and Kentucky (8), it said.
In all, the television network said Obama won 81 electoral college votes and McCain picked up 34.
But it is not projecting a clear winner in the key battleground states of Florida, Mississippi, Missouri and Pennysylvania where the counting of the votes are in full swing.
One of the significant aspects of the election returns in South Carolina is that the African-American community has overwhelmingly voted for Obama — making up 24 per cent of the voting population.
All eyes are on the major battleground states such as Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania where the polls have closed and counting begun in right earnest and the same goes for the Buckeye State of Ohio where polling has just ended.