Robert C. Byrd won with 68.5% of the vote (387,170 votes), ahead of Cleve Benedict with 30.8% (173,910 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 37.7 percentage points (213,260 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 37.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 36.8 points toward Democrats.
565,314 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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