Robert C. Byrd won with 77.8% of the vote (469,215 votes), ahead of David T. Gallaher with 20.2% (121,635 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 57.6 percentage points (347,580 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 57.6 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.3 points toward Democrats.
603,477 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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