WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris to win Tuesday`s US presidential election he will take office on Inauguration Day on Jan 20, 2025.

Here is a timeline of events between now and then: Nov 26: Trump, the first sitting or former US president to be convicted of a crime, is due to be sentenced in a Manhattan hush money case where he was found guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence an adult film-star. Trump has denied wrongdoing. Sentencing was origi-nally due to take place on Sept 18.

Dec 11: States must submit certified slates of presidential electors by this date to the Archivist of the United States as part of a 2022 federal law intended to avoid a repeat of the chaos after Trump`s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat.

Dec 17: Electors, who together form the Electoral College, meet in their respective states and the District of Columbia to select the president and vice president.

Dec 25: The electoral votes must be received by this date by the president of the Senate a role held by the vice president, cur-rently Harris and the Archivist.

Jan 6, 2025: Vice President Harris presides over the Electoral College vote count at a joint session of Congress, announces the results and declares who has been elected.

Ahead of the count on Jan 6, 2021, then-President Trump lambasted his vice president, Mike Pence, for refusing to try to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden`s victory over Trump.

On that day, the US Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters trying to stop the count.Biden`s win was certified early the next day. Congress has since passed reforms which require approval of one-fifth of the House and Senate to consider a challenge to a state`s results a much higher bar than existed before, when at least one member each in the Senate and the House of Representatives could together trigger a challenge.

Jan 20, 2025: Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will take their respective oaths of office during a swearing-in ceremony that is due to begin at 12pm ET.-Reuters