Evan Bayh won with 61.6% of the vote (1,496,976 votes), ahead of Marvin Scott with 37.2% (903,913 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.4 percentage points (593,063 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 24.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 59.1 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
2,428,233 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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