Edward M. Kennedy won with 65.0% of the vote (1,693,344 votes), ahead of Joseph D. Malone with 33.9% (884,267 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 31.0 percentage points (809,077 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 31.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.9 points toward Democrats.
2,606,225 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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