Midterm elections results: Two days on this is where the races stand

The eventual result of the US midterms remains unclear astir 2 days aft polls closed, with power of Congress inactive hanging successful the balance.

Control of the Senate present hinges connected the result of 3 states: Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, wherever a run-off predetermination volition beryllium held connected 6 December.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are inching person to a 218-seat bulk successful the House of Representatives.

President Joe Biden has hailed the results arsenic a "good time for America".

Electoral officials person repeatedly described the delays announcing the last results arsenic a normal, expected portion of US elections owed to bladed margins betwixt candidates, imaginable recounts and perchance contested elections. Additionally, rules disagree by authorities for however mail-in ballots are counted, and when.

The House of Representatives is leaning towards the Republicans, according to projections from CBS News, the BBC's spouse successful the US.

The Republicans person truthful acold secured 210 seats, compared to 200 for the Democrats. A full of 218 seats are needed to summation a bulk successful the legislative body, which has 435 members.

Control of the Senate remains a toss-up, with the Democrats having secured 48 seats to the Republicans' 49. Four races - Alaska, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia - person yet to beryllium called.

CBS has projected that Arizona is leaning Democrat, portion Nevada could spell to either party.

Alaska - wherever 3 candidates were connected the ballot successful a ranked-choice voting strategy - has not been called, though CBS has projected it volition stay Republican, with 2 Republicans - incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski and challenger Kelly Tshibaka - successful the lead.

In Georgia, the closely-watched Senate contention betwixt incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker volition caput to a run-off successful December.

With a third-party campaigner connected the ballot successful this week's election, neither campaigner secured the 50% of the votes needed for a victor to beryllium declared.

In Arizona, hundreds of thousands of ballots remained uncounted arsenic of Wednesday night, including an estimated 400,000 successful Maricopa County and astir 159,000 successful Pima County, wherever officials person said that a last number is improbable until aboriginal adjacent week.

In summation to a hotly contested Senate contention betwixt Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters, the authorities is big to a high-profile match-up for politician betwixt Democrat Katie Hobbs and Donald Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake.

Votes are inactive besides being tabulated successful Nevada,where thousands of ballots - astir 60,000 - inactive needed to beryllium processed.

Even with results inactive being calculated connected Wednesday, US President Joe Biden said the predetermination was a "good day" for US democracy. An expected 'red wave' of resounding Republican victories failed to materialise contempt precocious ostentation and comparatively debased support ratings for the Biden administration.