Richard G. Lugar won with 53.8% of the vote (978,301 votes), ahead of Floyd J. Fithian with 45.6% (828,400 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.2 percentage points (149,901 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 8.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 0.7 points toward Republicans.
1,817,287 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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