Donald Trump had a more dominant night than anyone expected

Donald Trump blew his own expectations - and most experts' predictions - out of the water Tuesday night, winning a vast majority of the delegates up for grabs in New York's Republican primary.

By 11 p.m. ET, with 85% of precincts reporting, Trump had about 60% of the vote and 78 of the state's 95 delegates. Earlier in the day, Trump said that he would consider the night a victory if he took home 75 delegates.

And experts analyzing the results from individual congressional districts estimated the worst-case scenario for Trump would be winning 84 delegates, and the best-case scenario would be 92 delegates.

The Associated Press had Trump winning at least 84 of the Empire State's delegates. Data journalism website FiveThirtyEight projected that by the time all the votes were counted, Trump would win 91 delegates, beating Trump's own expectations as well as those of many political observers.

And Dave Wasserman, an editor at the Cook Political Report, projected that Trump's delegate haul would fall between 88 and 95.

Trump celebrated his big win with a raucous victory speech at New York City's Trump Tower.

"This has been an incredible evening, it's been an incredible day and week," Trump said during the speech. "... You're going to be very proud of this country very soon."

Trump declared that Republicans "don't have much of a race anymore."

Even with this victory, however, Trump still has a long road ahead before he can lock down the Republican nomination for president. And the delegates Trump won in New York don't necessarily ensure that he'll be able to reach the 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the Republican nomination outright before the party's convention in July.

Trump is battling his remaining GOP rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, for delegates. His New York win served as a bounce back from a 13-point loss to Cruz in Wisconsin, where Cruz outpaced Trump by 30 delegates.

Before the New York primary, Trump had won 756 delegates, according to The Associated Press. Cruz, who was poised to be shut out in New York, was in second place with 559.

Trump remains the current frontrunner for his party, but if Cruz and Kasich chip away in the delegate column, it's possible that no candidate will reach the magic number before the convention.

In that case, many delegates who would be bound to Trump on the first ballot of convention voting could vote for whomever they want on subsequent ballots.