Alfonse M. D'Amato won with 44.9% of the vote (2,699,652 votes), ahead of Elizabeth Holtzman with 43.5% (2,618,661 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.3 percentage points (80,991 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 10.1 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
6,014,914 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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