Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the U.S. general elections on Tuesday after grabbing at least 297 electoral votes needed to capture the White House, U.S. media said.
　　Projections conducted so far showed that his Republican rival John McCain collected only 145 electoral votes. 270 electoral votes are needed for a candidate to win the U.S. presidency.

　　根据美国各大电视网公布的初步统计结果显示，美国民主党总统候选人、伊利诺伊州国会参议员贝拉克·奥巴马在４日举行的总统选举中击败共和党对手、亚利桑那州国会参议员麦凯恩，当选第５６届美国总统已成定局。
　　据初步统计结果，奥巴马已获得２９７张选举人票，超过当选总统所需的２７０张选举人票。麦凯恩目前获得１４５张选举人票。