Jr. Harry F. Byrd won with 57.2% of the vote (890,778 votes), ahead of E. R. Zumwalt with 38.3% (596,009 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.9 percentage points (294,769 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 38.3 points.
1,557,500 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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