2012 Election Night Events Timeline
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2012 Poll Closing Times

time zone map

Time Polls Close TZ EV Announcement EV Tally
(EST) Obama Romney Und N/A
6:00 p.m. Indiana(*/EST) 11 Not Closed
Kentucky(*/EST) 8 Not Closed
7:00 p.m. Florida(*/EST) 29 Not Closed
Georgia(EST) 16 Too Close to Call +16 -16
Indiana(*/CST) 11 Called for Romney +11 -11
Kentucky(*/CST) 8 Called for Romney +8 -8
New Hampshire(EST)# 4 Too Close to Call
South Carolina(EST) 9 Too Close to Call +9 -9
Vermont(EST) 3 Called for Obama +3 -3
Virginia(EST) 13 Too Close to Call +13 -13
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney19
Obama3
Undecided38
Not Allocated478
Election Night Pie Chart
7:30 p.m. North Carolina(EST)# 15 Too Close to Call +15 -15
Ohio(EST) 18 Too Close to Call +18 -18
West Virginia(EST) 5 Called for Romney +5 -5
7:35 p.m. South Carolina 9 Called for Romney +9 -9
8:00 p.m. Alabama(CST) 9 Called for Romney +9 -9
Connecticut(EST) 7 Called for Obama +7 -7
Delaware(EST) 3 Called for Obama +3 -3
D.C.(EST) 3 Called for Obama +3 -3
Florida(*/CST) 29 Too Close to Call +29 -29
Georgia 16 Called for Romney +16 -16
Illinois(CST) 20 Called for Obama +20 -20
Maine(EST) 4 Called for Obama (3/4) +3 +1 -4
Maryland(EST) 10 Called for Obama +10 -10
Massachusetts(EST) 11 Called for Obama +11 -11
Michigan(*/EST) 16 Not Closed
Mississippi(CST) 6 Called for Romney +6 -6
Missouri(CST) 10 Too Close to Call +10 -10
New Jersey(EST) 14 Too Early To Call +14 -14
Oklahoma(CST) 7 Called for Romney +7 -7
Pennsylvania(EST) 20 Too Close to Call +20 -20
Rhode Island(EST) 4 Called for Obama +4 -4
South Dakota(*/CST) 3 Not Closed
Tennessee(EST/CST) 11 Called for Romney +11 -11
Texas(*/CST) 38 Not Closed
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney82
Obama64
Undecided120
Not Allocated272
Election Night Pie Chart
8:30 p.m. Arkansas(CST) 6 Called for Romney +6 -6
9:00 p.m. Arizona(MST) 11 Too Close to Call +11 -11
Colorado(MST) 9 Too Close to Call +9 -9
Kansas(*/CST) 6 Called for Romney +6 -6
Louisiana(CST) 8 Called for Romney +8 -8
Michigan(*/CST) 16 Called for Obama +16 -16
Minnesota(CST) 10 Too Close to Call +10 -10
Nebraska(CST/MST) 5 Called for Romney +5 -5
New Mexico(MST) 5 Called for Obama +5 -5
New York(EST) 29 Called for Obama +29 -29
North Dakota(*/CST) 3 Called for Romney +3 -3
South Dakota(*/MST) 3 Called for Romney +3 -3
Texas(*/MST) 38 Called for Romney +38 -38
Wisconsin(CST) 10 Too Close to Call +10 -10
Wyoming(MST) 3 Called for Romney +3 -3
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney154
Obama114
Undecided160
Not Allocated110
Election Night Pie Chart
9:07 p.m. New Jersey 14 Called for Obama +14 -14
9:17 p.m. Pennsylvania 20 Called for Obama +20 -20
9:30 p.m. Wisconsin 10 Called for Obama +10 -10
9:50 p.m. New Hampshire 10 Called for Obama +4 -4
10:00 p.m. Idaho(*/MST) 4 Not Closed
Iowa(CST) 6 Too Close to Call +6 -6
Kansas(*/MST) 6 Already Called
Montana(MST) 3 Called for Romney +3 -3
Nevada(PST) 6 Too Close to Call +6 -6
Oregon(*/MST) 7 Not Closed
Utah(MST) 6 Called for Romney +6 -6
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney158
Obama166
Undecided128
Not Allocated86
Election Night Pie Chart
11:00 p.m. California(PST) 55 Called for Obama +55 -55
Hawaii(HI) 4 Called for Obama +4 -4
Idaho(*/PST) 4 Called for Romney +4 -4
North Dakota(*/MST) 3 Already Called
Oregon(*/PST) 7 Called for Obama ?? +7 -7
Washington(PST) 12 Called for Obama +12 -12
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Obama236
Romney170
Undecided128
Not Allocated4
Election Night Pie Chart
11:01 p.m. Minnesota 10 Called for Obama +10 -10
11:11 p.m. Iowa 6 Called for Obama +6 -6
11:14 p.m. Ohio 18 Called for Obama +18 -18
11:14 p.m. Obama crosses the 270 Electoral Vote Threshold
12:00 a.m. Alaska(*/AKST) 3 Not Closed
12:10 a.m. Colorado 9 Called for Obama +9 -9
?? Arizona 11 Called for Romney +11 -11
?? Missouri 10 Called for Romney +10 -10
?? North Carolina 15 Called for Romney +15 -15
?? Maine 4 Called for Obama (1/4) 1 -1
01:00 a.m. Alaska(*/ALST) 3
Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney
Obama
Undecided
Not Allocated
Election Night Pie Chart
07:00 a.m. Election Night Map
Electoral Vote Count
Romney
Obama
Undecided
Not Allocated
Election Night Pie Chart
11:00 a.m. to Concede
11:34 a.m.

(*/TMZ) - the state resides in two time zones and the polls close at the same local time (i.e. the polls in the time zone further west close one hour later).
(TMZ1/TMZ2) - the state resides in two time zone and the polls close synchronously

# - a portion of the state may have poll closings at a later time.
07:00pm - New Hampshire - permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EST by local option.
07:30pm - North Carolina - allows its County Boards of Elections to decide whether to keep polls open until 8:30 p.m. EST
08:00pm - Kansas - Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option.

Call times are from NBC News and are approximate.

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