Daniel Patrick Moynihan won with 49.7% of the vote (2,646,541 votes), ahead of Bernadette Castro with 37.3% (1,988,308 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.4 percentage points (658,233 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.5 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
5,328,486 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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