Richard G. Lugar won with 67.4% of the vote (1,039,625 votes), ahead of James Jontz with 30.5% (470,799 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 36.9 percentage points (568,826 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 36.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.2 points toward Republicans.
1,543,568 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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