The will begin its American election results programme at 18:30 EST, with Clive Myrie hosting from the Capitol as polls close on the East Coast. The coverage will run across One, the News Channel, iPlayer and News YouTube, giving viewers and listeners a single place to follow the count as it unfolds.
The programme starts as Americans choose members of Congress in the US midterm elections. All 435 House seats are on the ballot, while 35 of 100 Senate seats are being contested because senators serve six-year terms.
Washington DC coverage
Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry will present from the 's Washington DC studio. Sarah Smith and Anthony Zurcher will give their take from Washington DC, while Ros Atkins will drill down into the key results as they come in.
The is also putting its coverage on multiple tracks at once. News will provide a comprehensive text and video offer, a live page with the latest updates, reaction and analysis, and an interactive results service that lets audiences watch the vote count in every state.
East Coast polls and Senate context
The coverage begins only once polls close on the East Coast, even though the results tracker will cover races across every state. That includes the 35 Senate races being decided now, alongside the 65 seats not up for election this year, of which 34 are held by Democrats and 31 by Republicans.
That structure gives the room to show both the live count and the wider balance of the chamber. For readers following the Senate map, the tracker is not limited to the seats in play; it also shows the seats sitting out this cycle, which helps place each result in the wider arithmetic of Congress in the US.
Washington and Radio 4
Special coverage from Washington starts at 18:00 EST with James Coomarasamy and Asma Khalid. Breakfast will then have a round-up of the results on One from 01:00 EST on Wednesday 4 November, with analysis of what the results mean for Donald Trump's final two years in office.
Listeners in the UK can follow the special coverage on Radio 4, while listeners outside the UK can hear the same broadcast on the World Service. The Today programme on Radio 4 will carry reaction from Washington from 01:00 EST on Wednesday 4 November, giving audiences another way to follow the count after the first wave of results has landed.
