The followings are the names of states and the number of their electoral votes won by US Republican candidate George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry as of 11:00 p.m. Tuesday (0400 GMT Wednesday) in the 2004 presidential election.

A candidate needs a total of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

States won by Bush Number of electoral votes

Indiana 11

Kentucky 8

Georgia 15

West Virginia 5

Alabama 9

Oklahoma 7

Tennessee 11

Virginia 13

North Carolina 15

South Carolina 8

Kansas 6

Nebraska 5

North Dakota 3

South Dakota 3

Texas 34

Wyoming 3

Louisiana 9

Mississippi 6

Utah 5

Arkansas 6

Missouri 11

Idaho 4

Total 197

    States won by Kerry Number of electoral votes

Vermont 3

Delaware 3

Connecticut 7

District of Columbia 3

Illinois 21

Maryland 10

Massachusetts 12

New Jersey 15

Maine 3*

New York 31

Rhode Island 4

Pennsylvania 21

California 55

Total 188

* The fourth electoral vote in Maine remained too close to call.

Source: Xinhua