Richard G. Lugar won with 66.6% of the vote (1,427,944 votes), ahead of David L. Johnson with 31.9% (683,273 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 34.7 percentage points (744,671 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 34.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 63.6 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,145,209 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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