Richard G. Lugar won with 68.1% of the vote (1,430,525 votes), ahead of Jack Wickes with 31.9% (668,778 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 36.3 percentage points (761,747 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 36.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 14.2 points toward Republicans.
2,099,303 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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