Democrats are set to take control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate, wresting majorities from Republicans, according to a projection by CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner.

Voting in the US midterm elections has ended, with polling stations in Alaska being the last to close.

Vote counting is still underway at many polling stations, but preliminary results in numerous states and congressional districts already point to outcomes that are unlikely to change significantly.

Preliminary figures indicate that Democrats will win a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, where they need at least 218 seats. As of 06:00 GMT, Democrats had gained 24 seats, bringing the current breakdown to 213 for Democrats and 122 for Republicans. According to projections by CBS, the BBC’s US partner, Democrats could win at least 245 seats in the House, while Republicans could secure at least 166.

Preliminary counts also indicate that Democrats are taking control of the Senate. As of 06:00 GMT (09:00 Moscow time), Democrats had secured at least 53 of the chamber’s 100 seats.

Democrats moved into the lead in the Senate race after Democratic candidate Josh Turek won in Iowa, giving the party its 51st seat in the upper chamber.

Earlier in the vote count, it became clear that Republican Senate candidates had lost in several states where the party traditionally enjoys strong support. In Texas, for example, where Democrats had not won in more than 30 years, Democrat James Talarico comfortably defeated Ken Paxton, a candidate endorsed by Trump.

In Maine, Democratic candidate Troy Jackson defeated incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had represented the state in the Senate for many years and has now conceded defeat.