Daniel P. Moynihan won with 65.1% of the vote (3,232,146 votes), ahead of Florence M. Sullivan with 34.2% (1,696,766 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 30.9 percentage points (1,535,380 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 30.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 32.3 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
4,967,729 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
More races: all races, candidates and analysis.