Jesse Helms won with 52.5% of the vote (1,087,331 votes), ahead of Harvey B. Gantt with 47.4% (981,573 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.1 percentage points (105,758 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,069,585 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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