Frank R. Lautenberg won with 50.9% of the vote (1,117,549 votes), ahead of Millicent Fenwick with 47.8% (1,047,626 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.2 percentage points (69,923 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 9.0 points toward Republicans.
2,193,945 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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