Ernest F. Hollings won with 52.7% of the vote (563,377 votes), ahead of Bob Inglis with 45.7% (488,238 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 7.0 percentage points (75,139 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 7.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 16.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
1,069,063 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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