Norm Coleman won with 49.5% of the vote (1,116,697 votes), ahead of Walter F. Mondale with 47.3% (1,067,246 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.2 percentage points (49,451 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
2,254,636 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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