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Biden won the election on November 3, receiving 81.3 million votes (51.3 percent) to Trump's 74.2 million (46.8 percent)[623][624] and 306 Electoral College votes to Trump's 232.[625]

False claims of voting fraud, attempt to prevent presidential transition
Further information: Big lie § Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election, Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, and 2020–21 United States election protests
2020 Electoral College results, Trump lost 232–306.
At 2 a.m. the morning after the election, with the results still unclear, Trump declared victory.[626] After Biden was projected the winner days later, Trump said, "this election is far from over" and baselessly alleged election fraud.[627] Trump and his allies filed many legal challenges to the results, which were rejected by at least 86 judges in both the state and federal courts, including by federal judges appointed by Trump himself, finding no factual or legal basis.[628][629] Trump's unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voting fraud were also refuted by state election officials.[630] After Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director Chris Krebs contradicted Trump's fraud allegations, Trump dismissed him on November 17.