Evan Bayh won with 63.7% of the vote (1,012,244 votes), ahead of Paul Helmke with 34.8% (552,732 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 28.9 percentage points (459,512 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 28.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 65.8 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,588,617 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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