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Counting of electoral votes (January 6, 2025)
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) (won) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
This page provides an overview of the congressional certification process for the 2024 presidential election. Congress convened a joint session on January 6, 2025, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the result of the presidential election. On January 6, Vice President Kamala Harris announced former President Donald Trump (R) as the winner with 312 electoral votes.
During the session, one-fifth of U.S. House members and one-fifth of U.S. Senate members could submit a written objection after the body read the vote count from a particular state or the District of Columbia. No objections were raised. Before 2025, the law only required one U.S. House member and one U.S. Senate member to submit a written objection. The threshold was raised by the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022.
If a written objection had been made, the two chambers of Congress would have separated to debate for two hours and vote on whether to continue counting the votes in light of the objection. Both chambers would have had to vote by a simple majority to concur with the objection for it to stand, otherwise the objection would have failed. For more information about the objection process, click here.
To read more about the counting of electoral votes that took place from January 6-7, 2021, Click here.
Certification of the electoral votes
| Counting of electoral votes by state (January 6, 2025) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Electoral votes | Winner | Status | |
| Alabama | 9 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Alaska | 3 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Arizona | 11 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Arkansas | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| California | 54 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Colorado | 10 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Connecticut | 7 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Delaware | 3 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| District of Columbia | 3 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Florida | 30 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Georgia | 16 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Hawaii | 4 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Idaho | 4 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Illinois | 19 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Indiana | 11 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Iowa | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Kansas | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Kentucky | 8 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Louisiana | 8 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Maine | 4 | Harris (3) Trump (1) |
Counted without objection | |
| Maryland | 10 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Massachusetts | 11 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Michigan | 15 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Minnesota | 10 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Mississippi | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Missouri | 10 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Montana | 4 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Nebraska | 5 | Trump (4) Harris (1) |
Counted without objection | |
| Nevada | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| New Hampshire | 4 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| New Jersey | 14 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| New Mexico | 5 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| New York | 28 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| North Carolina | 16 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| North Dakota | 3 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Ohio | 17 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Oklahoma | 7 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Oregon | 8 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Rhode Island | 4 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| South Carolina | 9 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| South Dakota | 3 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Tennessee | 11 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Texas | 40 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Utah | 6 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Vermont | 3 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Virginia | 13 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| Washington | 12 | Harris | Counted without objection | |
| West Virginia | 4 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Wisconsin | 10 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
| Wyoming | 3 | Trump | Counted without objection | |
Counting of electoral votes (2021)
Following the 2020 presidential election, congress convened a joint session on January 6, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the result of the presidential election. As president of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence (R) presided over the proceedings. On January 7, Pence declared former Vice President Joe Biden (D) the winner of the presidential election with 306 electoral votes.
The proceedings were interrupted on January 6 when supporters of President Donald Trump (R) breached the Capitol and the building went into lockdown. After the Capitol was secured, Congress reconvened after 8 p.m. ET to continue with the count.
During the session, one member each from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate could submit a written objection after the body read the vote count from a particular state or the District of Columbia. The two chambers of Congress would separate for debate for up to two hours before voting by a simple majority to concur with or reject the objection. In 2022, Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. The law raised the threshold for members of Congress to object to a state's electors from one member from each chamber of Congress to one-fifth of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.[1]
Electoral College timeline
The section below provides a timeline of events related to the Electoral College in the 2024 presidential election.[2]
- November 5, 2024: Election day.
- December 11, 2024: Deadline for states to issue certificates of acertainment.
- December 17, 2024: Electors cast votes.
- December 25, 2024:Electoral votes are received by the President of the Senate and the Archivist.
- January 3, 2025: On or before this date, the certificates are transmitted to Congress.
- January 6, 2025: Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes.
- January 20, 2025: Inauguration day.
See also
- Presidential election, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Electoral College in the 2024 presidential election
- Can members of Congress object to Electoral College results? (2024)
- What does the Electoral Count Reform Act mean for the 2024 presidential election?
Footnotes
