George F. Allen won with 52.3% of the vote (1,420,460 votes), ahead of Charles S. Robb with 47.7% (1,296,093 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 4.6 percentage points (124,367 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 4.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 0.5 points toward Democrats.
2,718,301 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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