Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States.

With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.

His path to victory was also carved by wins in the swing states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

The win caps a historically tumultuous campaign that included two assassination attempts.

Trump is the first person since Grover Cleveland in 1893, to win non-consecutive presidential terms.

Hailing a "magnificent victory", the Republican told a jubilant crowd in Florida: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate".

Beaten Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is yet to concede or address supporters.