In the first voting of the US election day, Obama defeated his rival by 15 votes to six in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, BBC reported Tuesday.

The town, which has a 60-year tradition of being first in the nation to vote, opened its polls at midnight, with turnout of 100%.

In a practice that stretched back to 1948, Dixville Notch'sВ 21 registered voters cast their ballots in the 10 minutes after midnight.

The 2008 vote was the first time the town had voted Democrat for 40 years.

George W Bush won there in 2004 on his way to re-election.

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