Jesse Helms won with 54.5% of the vote (619,151 votes), ahead of John Randolph Ingram with 45.5% (516,663 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.0 percentage points (102,488 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.0 points.
1,135,814 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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