1896 South Dakota gubernatorial election
Results

1896 South Dakota gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

People's	Andrew E. Lee	41,187	49.76

Republican	Amund O. Ringsrud	40,868	49.37

Prohibition	J. F. Hanson	722	0.87

Total votes	82,777	100

Majority	319	0.39%

People's gain from Republican

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Lee's victory was by the smallest margin in South Dakota gubernatorial election, he defeated Ringsrud by 319 votes, or 0.39% of votes.

final_sentence: Lee's victory was by the smallest margin in South Dakota gubernatorial election, he defeated Ringsrud by 319 votes, or 0.39% of votes.