Thomas F. Eagleton won with 52.0% of the vote (1,074,859 votes), ahead of Gene McNary with 47.7% (985,399 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.3 percentage points (89,460 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 4.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.8 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,066,965 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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