# List of elections in 1996

The following elections occurred in the year 1996.
* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
* 1996 Beninese presidential election
* 1996 Comorian presidential election
* 1996 New Zealand general election
* 1996 Nicaraguan general election
* 1996 Samoan general election
* 1996 Tongan general election

## Africa

* 1996 Cape Verdean presidential election
* 1996 Chadian presidential election
* 1996 Comorian legislative election
* 1996 Equatorial Guinean presidential election
* 1996 Gabonese legislative election
* 1996 Gambian presidential election
* 1996 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1996 Malagasy presidential election
* 1996 Mauritanian parliamentary election
* 1996 Nigerien parliamentary election
* 1996 Nigerien presidential election
* 1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election
* 1996 Sierra Leonean general election
* 1996 Sudanese general election
* 1996 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election
* 1996 Ugandan parliamentary election
* 1996 Ugandan presidential election
* 1996 Zambian general election
* 1996 Zimbabwean presidential election

## Asia

* 1996 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election
* February 1996 Bangladeshi general election
* June 1996 Bangladeshi general election
* 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
* 1996 Hong Kong Provisional Legislature election
* 1996 Iranian legislative election
* 1996 Israeli legislative election
* 1996 Israeli prime ministerial election
* 1996 Japanese general election
* 1996 Kuwaiti general election
* 1996 Palestinian general election
* 1996 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election
* 1996 Republic of China National Assembly election (Taiwan)
* 1996 Republic of China presidential election (Taiwan)
* 1996 Sarawak state election
* 1996 South Korean legislative election
* 1996 Thai general election

### India

* Indian general election in Haryana, 1996
* Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996
* 1996 Indian general election
* 1996 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election

### Russia

* Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
* Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections
* 1996 Russian presidential election

## Australia

* 1996 Australian federal election
* 1996 Blaxland by-election
* 1996 Clarence state by-election
* 1996 Lindsay by-election
* 1996 Mundingburra state by-election
* 1996 Orange state by-election
* 1996 Pittwater state by-election
* 1996 Port Macquarie state by-election
* 1996 Southern Highlands state by-election
* 1996 Strathfield state by-election
* 1996 Tasmanian state election
* 1996 Victorian state election
* 1996 Western Australian state election

## Europe

* 1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election
* Albania:
** 1996 Albanian parliamentary election
** 1996 Albanian local elections
* 1996 Armenian presidential election
* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
* 1996 Belarusian referendum
* Bulgarian presidential election
* 1996 Cypriot legislative election
* 1996 Czech legislative election
* 1996 Gibraltar general election
* 1996 Greek legislative election
* 1996 Icelandic presidential election
* 1996 Italian general election
* Italian general election, 1996 (Veneto)
* 1996 Jersey general election
* 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election
* 1996 Maltese general election
* 1996 Montenegrin parliamentary election
* 1996 Portuguese presidential election
* 1996 Portuguese regional elections
* 1996 Romanian presidential election
* 1996 Romanian legislative election

### Austria

* 1996 Burgenland state election
* 1996 European Parliament election in Austria

### European Parliament

After 1995 enlargement of the European Union:
* 1996 European Parliament election in Austria
* 1996 European Parliament election in Finland

### Germany

* 1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
* 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election (de)
* 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election (de)

### Moldova

* 1996 Moldovan presidential election
* 1996 Transnistrian presidential election

### Russia

* Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
* Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections
* 1996 Russian presidential election

### Spain

* 1996 Spanish general election

### United Kingdom

* 1996 Barnsley East by-election
* 1996 Hemsworth by-election
* 1996 South East Staffordshire by-election

#### United Kingdom local

* 1996 United Kingdom local elections

##### English local

* 1996 Manchester Council election
* 1996 Stevenage Council election
* 1996 Trafford Council election
* 1996 Wolverhampton Council election

## Japan

* 1996 Japanese general election

## North America

* 1996–1997 Belizean municipal elections

### Canada

* 1996 British Columbia general election
* 1996 Newfoundland general election
* 1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
* 1996 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election
* 1996 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
* 1996 Prince Edward Island general election
* 1996 Vancouver municipal election
* 1996 Yukon general election

### Caribbean

* 1996 Montserratian general election
* 1996 Tobago House of Assembly election
* 1996 Trinidad and Tobago local election

### United States

* 1996 United States elections
* 1996 United States presidential election
* 1996 United States Senate elections
* 1996 United States gubernatorial elections

#### United States gubernatorial

* 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election
* 1996 United States gubernatorial elections
* 1996 Washington gubernatorial election

#### Alabama

* United States Senate election in Alabama, 1996

#### Arizona

* United States presidential election in Arizona, 1996

#### Arkansas

* United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1996

#### California

* 1996 California State Assembly elections
* 1996 California state elections
* 1996 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections
* 1996 California State Senate elections
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996

#### Delaware

* 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election
* United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996

#### Georgia

* United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996
* United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996

#### Idaho

* United States Senate election in Idaho, 1996

#### Illinois

* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996

#### Kansas

* United States Senate election in Kansas, 1996

#### Louisiana

* United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1996

#### Maine

* United States Senate election in Maine, 1996
* United States presidential election in Maine, 1996

#### Montana

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1996

#### North Carolina

* 1996 North Carolina judicial elections
* 1996 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
* 1996 North Carolina Council of State elections
* 1996 North Carolina gubernatorial election
* United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 1996
* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1996
* United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1996

#### Oregon

* United States Senate special election in Oregon, 1996

#### Puerto Rico

* 1996 Puerto Rican general election

#### South Carolina

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1996

#### Tennessee

* United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1996

#### United States House of Representatives

* United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996
* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1996
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996
* 1996 United States House of Representatives elections

#### United States Senate

* 1996 United States Senate elections
* United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996
* United States Senate election in Alabama, 1996
* United States Senate election in Alaska, 1996
* United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1996
* United States Senate election in Colorado, 1996
* United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996
* United States Senate election in Idaho, 1996
* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996
* United States Senate election in Iowa, 1996
* United States Senate election in Kansas, 1996
* United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1996
* United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1996
* United States Senate election in Maine, 1996
* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1996
* United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1996
* United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1996
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1996
* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1996
* United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1996
* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1996
* United States Senate special election in Oregon, 1996
* United States Senate election in Oregon, 1996
* United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1996
* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1996
* United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1996
* United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1996
* United States Senate election in Virginia, 1996
* United States Senate election in Wyoming, 1996

#### Utah

* United States presidential election in Utah, 1996

#### Virginia

* United States Senate election in Virginia, 1996

#### Washington (U.S. state)

* 1996 Washington gubernatorial election

#### West Virginia

* United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1996

#### Wyoming

* United States Senate election in Wyoming, 1996

## Oceania

* 1996 Niuean general election
* 1996 Samoan general election
* 1996 Tongan general election

### Australia

* 1996 Australian federal election
* 1996 Blaxland by-election
* 1996 Clarence state by-election
* 1996 Lindsay by-election
* 1996 Mundingburra state by-election
* 1996 Orange state by-election
* 1996 Pittwater state by-election
* 1996 Port Macquarie state by-election
* 1996 Southern Highlands state by-election
* 1996 Strathfield state by-election
* 1996 Tasmanian state election
* 1996 Victorian state election
* 1996 Western Australian state election

### New Zealand
#### New Zealand general

* 1996 New Zealand general election

### New Zealand general

* 1996 New Zealand general election

## South America

* 1996 Ecuadorian general election