The battle to clinch victory in the Granite State was intense as both candidates were at a crossroads, basis early trends. With Donald Trump's voting percentage shooting up again after an early lag against Nikki Haley. The former president was at least 8 to 10 points short of the Diplomat turned politician.

However, as the voting count went up, Trump maintained an above 50 per cent support from Republicans in New Hampshire and had been declared as a projected winner by CNN, NBC and Associated Press. While, Haley on the other end bagged almost 46 per cent votes at around 8:10 pm, GMT-6 when overall 17 per cent votes were counted.

(With inputs from agencies)