Al Franken won with 42.0% of the vote (1,212,629 votes), ahead of Norm Coleman with 42.0% (1,212,317 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.0 percentage points (312 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was even.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 20.1 points toward Republicans.
2,887,646 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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