Paul E. Tsongas won with 55.1% of the vote (1,093,283 votes), ahead of Edward W. Brooke with 44.9% (890,584 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.2 percentage points (202,699 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 10.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.1 points toward Republicans.
1,985,700 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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