The Republican Party is five seats away from taking control of the US House of Representatives, a win that would grant Donald Trump unfettered power to push through his agenda.

With votes still being counted from the November 5 elections, Republicans had won 213 seats in the 435-member House, according to US exit poll provider Edison Research.

The GOP needs to win just five more seats for a majority in the House, while the Democrats would need to win 13 of the remaining 17 seats to take control.

With Mr Trump already retaining control of the Senate, taking the House of Representatives would give the GOP full control of Congress.

A trifecta of the House, Senate and the presidency will make it much easier for Republicans to pursue Mr Trump’s ambitious plans for radical immigration reform, tax cuts and import tariffs.

Donald Trump took control of the House and Senate - the two chambers of US Congress - during the 2016 election, but lost his majority in the House in the 2018 midterms. 

After 2018, the House blocked some of Trump’s plans, including preventing him from building a wall on the US-Mexico border after he had declared a national emergency.