Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has clobbered his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the race to the White House.

The business mogul garnered more than 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency after the polls closed on Tuesday.

The 70-year-old real estate developer and former reality-TV star will become the 45th president of the United States and the first candidate to win the presidency without having previously held public office or served in the US military.

His opponent, Clinton, went into Election Day with a lead in the polls, but her hopes of becoming America’s first female president were rapidly shattered as results started coming in.

Trump’s victories in the crucial battleground states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina significantly narrowed her opponent’s path to victory.