Barack Obama has been re-elected as US president, winning 303 electoral votes, by defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
Barack Obama has won a second term as US president, defeating his Republican rival Mitt Romney in a closely contested battle that seemed almost too close to call till the end.
Barack Obama has been re-elected as US president (File pic)
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Obama, who four years ago was elected as the US' first African American president, won 303 electoral votes.
As celebrations broke out across the country, a victorious Obama tweeted: "Four more years."
"We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you," said another tweet from Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and a white American mother.u00a0
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