Electoral College count affirms Obama's win Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:05 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013 In a joint session, Congress formally certified that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were the winners in the November election with 332 electoral votes, well more than the 270 required. Senate pages carried two dark wooden boxes that contained the results of the electoral votes that had been counted in the state capitals last month. The low-key session was in sharp contrast to the drama in January 2000, when Vice President Al Gore, the loser in the disputed election, presided over the certification of an electoral count that gave the presidency to his rival, Republican George W.