Jon Tester won with 49.2% of the vote (199,845 votes), ahead of Conrad Burns with 48.3% (196,283 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.9 percentage points (3,562 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 0.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.1 points toward Republicans.
406,505 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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