Polling stations opened across the United States on Tuesday (November 3) as Americans began voting in the 2026 US midterm elections, a crucial political contest that will determine which party controls Congress for the remaining two years of President Donald Trump's term.

Polling stations opened across the United States on Tuesday (November 3) as Americans began voting in the 2026 US midterm elections, a crucial political contest that will determine which party controls Congress for the remaining two years of President Donald Trump's term.

The elections will see all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate go to polls. The results are being closely watched as a major electoral test for Trump and his Republican Party.

For Indian viewers following the elections, polling will continue overnight, with the first voting stations opening on Tuesday afternoon and the final ones expected to close on Wednesday morning (November 4), according to Indian Standard Time (IST).

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