Jr. Donald W. Riegle won with 52.5% of the vote (1,831,031 votes), ahead of Marvin L. Esch with 46.9% (1,635,087 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.6 percentage points (195,944 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 5.6 points.
3,490,412 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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