Washington, Dec 15 (TIWN) Hours after the US Electoral College officially certified his victory in the November 3 presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden called his and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's triumph as the "clearest demonstration of the will of the American people".

On Monday, Biden and Harris’s victory was sealed in the Electoral College after electors from every state gathered at Capitols across the country.

They voted 306 for Biden and 232 for President Donald Trump.

Members of Congress are expected to certify the Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021, after which Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President on January 20.

“Respecting the will of the people is at the heart of our democracy even when we find those results hard to accept,” The Hill news website quoted Biden as saying in a speech near his home in Delaware late Monday.

“But that’s the obligation of those who have taken on a sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.