Howell Heflin won with 62.8% of the vote (860,535 votes), ahead of Albert Lee Smith with 36.4% (498,508 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 26.4 percentage points (362,027 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 26.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 29.5 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,371,234 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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