--- title: Donald Trump Election Night Celebration: See Photos description: Photographer Dina Litovsky captured scenes of jubilation at Donald Trump’s victory party in New York City on Tuesday evening canonical: https://time.com/4564531/donald-trump-election-night-dina-litovsky/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T19:02:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:38.937Z article:section: Politics og:title: Inside Donald Trump's Election Night Celebration og:description: See behind the scenes as Donald Trump supporters celebrated og:url: https://time.com/4564531/donald-trump-election-night-dina-litovsky/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41f19cec4f34378f/6988adc8cd1bbad10e7030b3/dina-litovsky-election-night-donald-trump-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Inside Donald Trump's Election Night Celebration twitter:description: See behind the scenes as Donald Trump supporters celebrated twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41f19cec4f34378f/6988adc8cd1bbad10e7030b3/dina-litovsky-election-night-donald-trump-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Inside Donald Trump's Election Night Celebration > Sponsored content. 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Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough.Dina Litovsky for TIME by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Nov 9, 2016 7:02 PM UTC Photographer Dina Litovsky captured scenes of jubilation at [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/)’s [victory party](http://time.com/4564113/donald-trump-victory-speech/) in New York City on Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. From cheering supporters to the moment Trump took the stage to greet the crowd for the first time as president-elect, Litovsky chronicled the reaction to the [Republican’s stunning upset](http://time.com/4561400/election-results-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/) over [Democrat Hillary Clinton](http://motto.time.com/4564235/hillary-clinton-gender/). She also captured quieter moments as exhausted Trump supporters waited for results to come in at Manhattan’s Javits Convention Center. Here’s a look at some photographs from her shoot.  Guest register for an election party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Trump faces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the contest for president of the United States. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes at an election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Trump faces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the contest for president of the United States. Dina Litovsky for TIME  at an election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Trump faces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the contest for president of the United States. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes at an election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Trump faces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the contest for president of the United States. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes at an election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Trump faces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the contest for president of the United States. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. Dina Litovsky for TIME  Scenes from President-elect Donald Trump's Victory Party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in New York's Manhattan borough. 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