Barack Obama has defeated the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney in an extraordinarily tight battle for the White House.
The Democrat was swept back to the White House, holding off the Republican challenger in the key states of Ohio and Iowa.
Romney was unable to penetrate the Democrat firewall put up around Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan despite spending millions of dollars on TV ads.
Voter turnout was reported to be high, with long queues at some polling stations following the most expensive presidential battle in US history at a cost of $2 billion.
The president had spent the day playing basketball in a gym near his home in Chicago and told reporters he was “confident we’ve got the votes to win”.
President Obama sent another tweet thanking his supporters: “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are. Thank you.- BO”
Congrats to President Obama and his family
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