Alfonse M. D'Amato won with 53.0% of the vote (2,378,197 votes), ahead of Mark Green with 38.4% (1,723,216 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.6 percentage points (654,981 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 14.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 45.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
4,484,859 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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