11 Nov 2012

Obama confirmed as winning Florida

1:38 pm on 11 November 2012

Election officials in Florida have confirmed that US President Barack Obama won the presidential vote in the state in last week's election.

Florida was the last state to declared a result from the 6 November poll.

Mr Obama gained 50% of the vote to 49.1% for his republican rival Mitt Romney, a result which widened the president's overall victory margin.

Mr Obama has now won 332 electoral college votes and Mr Romney 206.

The BBC reports the result will not come as a surprise to either President Obama or Governor Romney as it has been assumed that the president would win since late on Tuesday.