US Congress on Thursday (IST) certified a total of 306 electoral college votes in favour of President-elect Joe Biden, thus confirming enough votes to declare him the winner in the US election over Donald Trump. The Republican leader on the other hand finally conceded and agreed to enable an "orderly transition".

This comes hours after a massive group of thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol and rioted through the assembly in a bid to overturn the results.

Democrat Joe Biden is now cleared to be sworn in as the US president on January 20 as Vice President Mike Pence declared on Thursday that Congress had confirmed the Electoral College tally of states' results showing Biden the winner in the US election. As the Congress confirmed Biden’s win, Donald Trump said there will be an orderly transition when the Democrat leader takes office as president in less than two weeks.

US Congress on Thursday (IST) certified a total of 306 electoral college votes in favour of President-elect Joe Biden, thus confirming enough votes to declare him the winner in the US election over Donald Trump. The Republican leader on the other hand finally conceded and agreed to enable an "orderly transition".

This comes hours after a massive group of thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol and rioted through the assembly in a bid to overturn the results.

Democrat Joe Biden is now cleared to be sworn in as the US president on January 20 as Vice President Mike Pence declared on Thursday that Congress had confirmed the Electoral College tally of states' results showing Biden the winner in the US election. As the Congress confirmed Biden’s win, Donald Trump said there will be an orderly transition when the Democrat leader takes office as president in less than two weeks.