With the U.S. Election Night 2024 right around the corner, here’s a handy timeline for when to expect those first results to start rolling in—translated into Berlin time for our European night owls! Each state has its own pace for reporting, especially in places like Pennsylvania, where counting could stretch over a few days. Keep this schedule close as the suspense builds and results trickle in!
This is based on the great article by ABC’s 538 team: When Will We Know 2024 Election Results? I’ve turned it into a handy list ranked by when we can expect full results and when polls close in my European timezone CEST.
12:00 AM Central European Standard Time (6:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time)
- Alaska: Polls close; expected full results by Nov. 15, with ranked-choice results by Nov. 20.
- Hawaii: Polls close; expected full results by Wednesday.
1:00 AM CEST Time (7:00 PM ET)
- Indiana: Polls close; most results expected by Wednesday.
- Vermont: Polls close; expected results before 6:00 AM CEST time (midnight ET).
- Virginia: Polls close; most results expected on election night, full by Nov. 8.
- Georgia: Polls close; expected 90% reporting by 4:30 AM CEST (10:30 PM ET), full by Wednesday 11:00 PM CEST (5:00 PM ET).
1:30 AM CEST Time (7:30 PM ET)
- North Carolina: Polls close; expected 98% reporting on election night, full within 10 days.
- West Virginia: Polls close; most results by 6:00 AM CEST (midnight ET), final mail-ins by Nov. 12.
2:00 AM CEST Time (8:00 PM ET)
- Alabama: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Connecticut: Polls close; most results expected by Wednesday.
- Delaware: Polls close; expected full results by 6:00 AM CEST (midnight ET).
- District of Columbia: Polls close; most results expected on election night.
- Florida: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Illinois: Polls close; expected full results within three to four days, up to Nov. 19.
- Maine: Polls close; expected results on election night, with ranked-choice results later.
- Maryland: Polls close; expected full results by 6:00 AM CEST (midnight ET), with mail-ins up to Nov. 15.
- Massachusetts: Polls close; election night results with final mail-ins by Friday.
- Mississippi: Polls close; most results expected on election night, full by Nov. 13.
- Missouri: Polls close; expected full results by 6:00 AM CEST (midnight ET).
- New Hampshire (most): Polls close; mostly reported by 7:00 AM CEST (1:00 AM ET).
- New Jersey: Polls close; expected 90% on election night, full by Nov. 11.
- Oklahoma: Polls close; expected full results by 7:00 AM CEST (1:00 AM ET).
- Pennsylvania: Polls close; expected results by Wednesday or Thursday.
- Rhode Island: Polls close; expected mostly complete on election night.
- South Carolina: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Tennessee: Polls close; 95% expected by 5:15 AM CEST (11:15 PM ET) on election night.
2:30 AM CEST Time (8:30 PM ET)
- Arkansas: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
3:00 AM CEST Time (9:00 PM ET)
- Arizona: Polls close; final results expected 10-13 days after Election Day.
- Kansas: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Michigan: Polls close; most results on Tuesday, full by Wednesday.
- Minnesota: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Nebraska: Polls close; 96% on election night, remaining results by Nov. 8.
- New York: Polls close; most results on election night, mail-ins by Nov. 12.
- South Dakota (part): Polls close; expected mostly complete by 7:00 AM CEST time (1:00 AM ET).
- Texas (part): Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Wisconsin: Polls close; most results expected by 7:00 AM CEST (1:00 AM ET).
- Wyoming: Polls close; expected full results by 8:00 AM CEST (2:00 AM ET).
4:00 AM CEST Time (10:00 PM ET)
- Idaho (part): Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Iowa: Polls close; expected full results on election night.
- Montana: Polls close; results continue after 6:00 AM CEST (midnight ET).
- Nevada: Polls close; full results expected within several days.
- Utah: Polls close; first results on election night, final mail-ins by Nov. 12-19.
5:00 AM CEST Time (11:00 PM ET)
- California: Polls close; full results expected within two weeks, up to Dec. 5.
- Oregon: Polls close; up to 80% on election night, final results by Nov. 12.
- Washington: Polls close; first results on election night, with updates continuing into November.
6:00 AM CEST Time (12:00 AM ET next day)
- Alaska (Aleutian Islands): Polls close; expected full results by Nov. 15, ranked-choice by Nov. 20.
