Americans await the results as citizens across the nations cast their final votes on Election Day. Donald Trump

Democrats stood at 204 seats claimed and Republicans were at 213. In order to take control of the House, 218 seats are needed. Early Wednesday morning, Americans learned that former President Donald Trump was elected to serve a second term,

More than a week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives has yet to be decided. Out of the 435 seats in Congress’s lower chamber, 12 have yet to be called. How many of these seats — most of them concentrated in slower-counting Western states such as California and Arizona — does each party need for a 218-seat majority?

As of Tuesday, Republicans had won 214 seats to Democrats’ 205, according to election results by the Associated Press.