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The following elections occurred in the year 1996. * 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election *
1996 Beninese presidential election Presidential elections were held in Benin in March 1996. The first round, held on 3 March, saw no candidate gain over 50% of the vote, resulting in a second round held on 18 March. Mathieu Kérékou, a former military dictator who had come second i ...
* 1996 Comorian presidential election *
1996 New Zealand general election The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral sy ...
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1996 Nicaraguan general election General elections were held in Nicaragua on 20 October 1996 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p489 Arnoldo Alemán of the Liberal Alli ...
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1996 Samoan general election General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 April 1996. The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 24 of the 49 seats. The Samoan National Development Party won 11 seats, the Samoa Liberal Party 1, and indep ...
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1996 Tongan general election General elections were held in Tonga on 24 and 25 January 1996 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. The nobles were elected on 24 January and the nine people's representatives on 25 January. A total of 61 candidates ran for the l ...


Africa

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1996 Cape Verdean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 18 February 1996. Only one candidate, incumbent António Mascarenhas Monteiro António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro (; 16 February 1944 – 16 September 2016) was the first democratical ...
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1996 Chadian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Chad on 2 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July. They were the first multiparty presidential elections in the history of Chad and occurred at the end of a long transitional process after repeated delays. The ...
* 1996 Comorian legislative election *
1996 Equatorial Guinean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 25 February 1996. Although the country was no longer a one-party state, the elections were boycotted by the opposition, although their names remained on the ballot papers. As a result, the ...
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1996 Gabonese legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Gabon on 15 and 29 December 1996. The result was a victory for the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party, which won 85 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly.1996 Gambian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 29 September 1996. The first since the 1994 military coup led by Yahya Jammeh, they were also the first elections to be held under the new constitution, and the first presidential elections hel ...
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1996 Ghanaian presidential election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor of the Great Alliance (led by Kufuor ...
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1996 Malagasy presidential election Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 3 November 1996, with a second round on 29 December 1996. The election followed the impeachment of incumbent President Albert Zafy and the appointment of his interim successor, Norbert Ratsirahonan ...
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1996 Mauritanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 11 October 1996, with a second round in 16 of the 79 constituencies on 18 October. After the ruling Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) won 60 of the 63 seats decided in the first round ...
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1996 Nigerien parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 23 November 1996. They followed the constitutional changes approved in a referendum earlier in the year, which re-introduced multi-party democracy suspended by an earlier military coup. However, the ei ...
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1996 Nigerien presidential election Presidential elections were held in Niger on 7 and 8 July 1996. They followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in May after a military coup had removed the first democratically elected President Mahamane Ousmane from office in Ja ...
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1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor of the Great Alliance (led by Kufuor ...
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1996 Sierra Leonean general election General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 26 and 27 February 1996 to elect the President of Sierra Leone, President and members of Parliament, with a second round of the presidential election on 15 March. They were the first elections since ...
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1996 Sudanese general election General elections were held in Sudan to elect a President and National Assembly between 2 and 17 March 1996. They were the first elections since 1986 due to a military coup in 1989, and the first simultaneous elections for the presidency and Nati ...
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1996 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
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1996 Ugandan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Uganda on 27 June 1996, following the adoption of a new constitution in October 1995. The new constitution banned political parties, so all candidates ran as independents. The 276 seats in the new Parliament w ...
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1996 Ugandan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Uganda for the first time on 9 May 1996. The result was a victory for incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who received 74% of the vote.1996 Zambian general election General elections were held in Zambia on 18 November 1996 to elect a President and National Assembly. They were boycotted by the main opposition party, the United National Independence Party, together with five other allied parties, following cha ...
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1996 Zimbabwean presidential election Presidential elections was held in Zimbabwe on 16 and 17 March 1996. The elections were contested by the incumbent President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Rhodesia-era Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, and ZANU–Ndonga leader Ndabaningi Sithole. Mugabe w ...


Asia

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1996 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election General elections are held in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for the Regional Governor and Vice-Governor were held on September 9, 1996. Comelec conducted the pilot test for their computerized counting system during this election. Resu ...
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1996 Bangladeshi general election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on ...
* February 1996 Bangladeshi general election * June 1996 Bangladeshi general election *
1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election The 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 11 December 1996 to select the first Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) which term started from 1 July 1997 after the Chinese resumption of the sove ...
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1996 Hong Kong Provisional Legislature election The 1996 Hong Kong Provisional Legislative Council election was held on 21 December 1996 for the members of the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC). The 60 members of the PLC was elected by the Selection Committee (Hong Kong), Selection Committee ...
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1996 Iranian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 March 1996, with a second round on 19 April. The Combatant Clergy Association and its allies emerged as the largest bloc in the Majlis, winning 110 of the 270 seats. Electoral system The constitution ...
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1996 Israeli legislative election General elections were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. For the first time, the prime minister was elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members of the Knesset. The elections for Prime Minister resulted in a surprise victory for Benjamin ...
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1996 Israeli prime ministerial election General elections were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. For the first time, the prime minister was elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members of the Knesset. The elections for Prime Minister resulted in a surprise victory for Benjamin ...
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1996 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of the LDP won the most seats. These wer ...
* 1996 Kuwaiti general election *
1996 Palestinian general election General elections were held for the first time in the Palestinian territories on 20 January 1996 to elect the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislative arm of ...
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1996 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election Sangguiniang Kabataan elections were held on May 6, 1996. The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) (Youth Council) is the governing body in every chapter of the ''Katipunan ng Kabataan'' (Youth Federation). Each ''barangay'' in the Philippines is mandated b ...
* 1996 Republic of China National Assembly election (Taiwan) *
1996 Republic of China presidential election Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 23 March 1996. It was the first direct presidential election in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China. In the previous eight elections the president and vice president had been chosen in a ballot ...
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1996 Sarawak state election The seventh Sarawak state election was held between Saturday, 7 September and Sunday, 8 September 1996 with nomination date on Tuesday, 27 August 1996. The Sarawak State Assembly was dissolved on 15 August 1996 before its expiration on 28 Nove ...
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1996 South Korean legislative election Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 April 1996.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p420 The result was a victory for the New Korea Party, which won 139 of th ...
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1996 Thai general election Early general elections were held in Thailand on 17 November 1996. The result was a victory for the New Aspiration Party, which won 125 of the 393 seats, despite winning fewer votes than the Democrat Party. Voter turnout was 62.4%.Dieter Nohlen, ...


India

* Indian general election in Haryana, 1996 *
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996 The 1996 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its leader G. K. Moopan ...
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1996 Indian general election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
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1996 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister. This was his fourth term in office. S. Ba ...


Russia

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Elections in Astrakhan Oblast Until 2004 only two officials of Astrakhan Oblast were elected by people: the Governor of the oblast and the oblast legislature. The legislative body of the oblast was the Representatives Assembly of Astrakhan Oblast in 1994-2001; since then it was ...
* Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections *
1996 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 16 June 1996, with a second round being held on 3 July. It resulted in a victory for the incumbent President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, who ran as an independent politician. Yeltsin defeated Communist ...


Australia

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1996 Australian federal election The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the Chronology of Australian federal parliaments, 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the Australian House of Representatives, Hou ...
* 1996 Blaxland by-election *
1996 Clarence state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Clarence on 25 May 1996 following the resignation of sitting member, Ian Causley (), to contest federal seat of Page at the 1996 election. On the same day, by-el ...
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1996 Lindsay by-election The 1996 Lindsay by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Lindsay in New South Wales on 19 October 1996. The by-election was triggered by a ruling of the Court of Disputed Returns that the election of the Liberal Party candidate Jacki ...
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1996 Mundingburra state by-election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on ...
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1996 Orange state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 25 May 1996 following the retirement of sitting member, Garry West. On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats of Clarence, Pittwater, South ...
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1996 Pittwater state by-election The 1996 Pittwater state by-election was held on 25 May 1996 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Pittwater following the retirement of sitting member, Jim Longley (). On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats ...
* 1996 Port Macquarie state by-election * 1996 Southern Highlands state by-election *
1996 Strathfield state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Strathfield on 25 May 1996 following the resignation of sitting member, Paul Zammit (), to contest federal seat of Lowe at the 1996 election. On the same day, by ...
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1996 Tasmanian state election The 1996 Tasmanian state election was held on 24 February 1996 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were ...
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1996 Victorian state election The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-mem ...
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1996 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Cou ...


Europe

* 1996 Abkhazian parliamentary election * Albania: **
1996 Albanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 26 May 1996, with a second round of voting for 25 seats on 2 June.1996 Albanian local elections *
1996 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 22 September 1996. The result was a victory for Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who received 51% of the vote. Turnout was 60%. Background The 1996 presidential election was the second presidential election af ...
* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election *
1996 Belarusian referendum A seven-question referendum was held in Belarus on 24 November 1996. Four questions were put forward by President Alexander Lukashenko on changing the date of the country's independence day, amending the constitution, changing laws on the sale ...
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Bulgarian presidential election Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...
* 1996 Cypriot legislative election *
1996 Czech legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 31 May and 1 June 1996,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democrat ...
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1996 Gibraltar general election General elections were held in Gibraltar in May 1996. They were won by Peter Caruana's Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), who took over 50% of the popular vote and eight of the 15 contested seats, defeating incumbent Joe Bossano's Gibraltar Soci ...
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1996 Greek legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democr ...
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1996 Icelandic presidential election Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1996.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p962 The result was a victory for Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who received 41.4% of the vote. Prime ministe ...
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1996 Italian general election The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Romano Prodi, leader of the centre-left The Olive Tree, won the election, narrowly defeating Silvio Berlus ...
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Italian general election, 1996 (Veneto) The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. In Veneto the election was narrowly won by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition, which won also nationally, but Liga Veneta– Lega Nord was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% ...
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1996 Jersey general election Elections were held in 1996 for both Senators and Deputies to the States of Jersey. Election results Archive ...
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1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania in two stages on 20 October and 10 November 1996. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1201 All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 70 based o ...
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1996 Maltese general election General elections were held in Malta on 26 October 1996.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 Although the Malta Labour Party received the most votes, the Nationalist Party won the most seats. Howe ...
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1996 Montenegrin parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro, at the time a constituent republic of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on November 3, 1996, the same day as the first round of the 1996 Serbian local elections.Europa World Year, Book 2, 2004, p. 3696 ...
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1996 Portuguese presidential election The 1996 Portuguese presidential election was held on 14 January. Incumbent president Mário Soares was constitutionally barred from a third consecutive term. The Social Democrats were coming from a clear defeat in 1995 Portuguese legislative el ...
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1996 Portuguese regional elections The Portuguese Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira held their own Regional Legislative election of 1996 on October 13. In the Azores, there were 52 seats in the Regional Parliament in dispute, one more than in the previous election, in 1992 ...
* 1996 Romanian presidential election *
1996 Romanian legislative election General elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, with a second round of the presidential election on 17 November. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591 Opinion polls prior to the electio ...


Austria

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


European Parliament

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1995 enlargement of the European Union The 1995 enlargement of the European Union saw Austria, Finland, and Sweden accede to the European Union (EU). This was the EU's fourth enlargement and came into effect on 1 January of that ...
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1996 European Parliament election in Finland The 1996 European Parliament election in Finland was the first election of the Finnish delegation to the European Parliament. Background In 1996, Finland had a population of 5.1 million (4.1 million voters). The government was a broad coalition ...


Germany

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


Moldova

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1996 Moldovan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 17 November 1996, with a second round on 1 December.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 Whilst incumbent President Mircea Snegur received the most vo ...
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1996 Transnistrian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of Transnistria on 22 December, 1996. They were won by the incumbent Igor Smirnov, who ruled Transnistria since 1991. Smirnov's only opponent was Vladimir Malakhov, who was beaten by Smirn ...


Russia

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Elections in Astrakhan Oblast Until 2004 only two officials of Astrakhan Oblast were elected by people: the Governor of the oblast and the oblast legislature. The legislative body of the oblast was the Representatives Assembly of Astrakhan Oblast in 1994-2001; since then it was ...
* Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections *
1996 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 16 June 1996, with a second round being held on 3 July. It resulted in a victory for the incumbent President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, who ran as an independent politician. Yeltsin defeated Communist ...


Spain

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1996 Spanish general election The 1996 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 3 March 1996, to elect the 6th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 257 seats in the Senate. Ever since ...


United Kingdom

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1996 Barnsley East by-election The Barnsley East by-election was held on 12 December 1996, following the death of the Labour Party Member of Parliament Terry Patchett for Barnsley East, in South Yorkshire, England, on 11 October. Barnsley council leader Jeff Ennis held the sea ...
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1996 Hemsworth by-election The 1996 Hemsworth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 1 February 1996 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire. The vacancy was caused by the death of Hemsworth's Member of Parliament (MP) ...
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1996 South East Staffordshire by-election A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996, following the death the previous December of the sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lightbown. The result was a Labour gain from t ...


United Kingdom local

* 1996 United Kingdom local elections


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


Japan

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1996 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of the LDP won the most seats. These wer ...


North America

* 1996–1997 Belizean municipal elections


Canada

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1996 British Columbia general election The 1996 British Columbia general election was the 36th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and h ...
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1996 Newfoundland general election The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996 to elect members of the 43rd Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Liberal P ...
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1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election The 1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention, held between November 29 and December 1, 1996 at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, elected Dalton McGuinty as the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, replacing Lyn McLeod, who announced he ...
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1996 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, a political party in the Canada, Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party execu ...
* 1996 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election *
1996 Prince Edward Island general election The 1996 Prince Edward Island general election was held on November 18, 1996. It was the first election in the province's history to not use multi-member constituencies, and instead elect a single member in each of 27 districts. (Previously, since ...
* 1996 Vancouver municipal election *
1996 Yukon general election The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic ...


Caribbean

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1996 Montserratian general election General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 November 1996.Gen ...
* 1996 Tobago House of Assembly election *
1996 Trinidad and Tobago local election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on ...


United States

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1996 United States elections The 1996 United States elections were held on November 5. Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bo ...
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1996 United States presidential election The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee ...
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1996 United States Senate elections The 1996 United States Senate elections coincided with the presidential election of the same year, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected president. Despite the re-election of Clinton and Gore, and despite Democrats picking up a net two s ...
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1996 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1996, in 11 states and two territories. Going into the elections, seven of the seats were held by Democrats and four by Republicans. Democrats picked up the open seat in New Hampshir ...


United States gubernatorial

* 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election *
1996 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1996, in 11 states and two territories. Going into the elections, seven of the seats were held by Democrats and four by Republicans. Democrats picked up the open seat in New Hampshir ...
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1996 Washington gubernatorial election The 1996 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1996. Though eligible for a second term, incumbent governor Mike Lowry chose not to run for reelection due to allegations of sexual harassment. This gubernatorial race was espec ...


Alabama

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United States Senate election in Alabama, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic U.S. Senator Howell Heflin decided to retire. Republican Party (United States), Republican Jeff Sessions won th ...


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

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United States Senate election in Idaho, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1996. Incumbent Larry Craig won re-election of his second term against Democrat Walt Minnick. Democratic primary Candidates * Walt Minnick, businessman and former Nixon Ad ...


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 The 1996 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 5 November 1996. The general election was fought between the Democratic nominee, incumbent Governor Jim Hunt and the Republican nominee, state representative Robin Hayes. Hunt won by ...
* 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 The 1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on 5 November 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters in North Carolina chose 14 representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral ...


Oregon

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United States Senate special election in Oregon, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon was held on January 30, 1996 to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bob Packwood, who had resigned from the Senate due to sexual misconduct allegations. In the primaries held on December ...


Puerto Rico

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1996 Puerto Rican general election General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1996. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p552 Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also w ...


South Carolina

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United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1996 The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 5, 1996, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Re ...


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 The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 5, 1996, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Re ...
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996 *
1996 United States House of Representatives elections The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5, 1996, which coincided with the re-election of President Bill Clinton. Democrats won the popular vote by almos ...


United States Senate

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1996 United States Senate elections The 1996 United States Senate elections coincided with the presidential election of the same year, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected president. Despite the re-election of Clinton and Gore, and despite Democrats picking up a net two s ...
* United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996 *
United States Senate election in Alabama, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic U.S. Senator Howell Heflin decided to retire. Republican Party (United States), Republican Jeff Sessions won th ...
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United States Senate election in Alaska, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens ran for re-election to a sixth term (a fifth full term) in the United States Senate. Stevens faced off against ...
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United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor decided to retire. Republican Tim Hutchinson won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate sea ...
* United States Senate election in Colorado, 1996 * United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996 *
United States Senate election in Idaho, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1996. Incumbent Larry Craig won re-election of his second term against Democrat Walt Minnick. Democratic primary Candidates * Walt Minnick, businessman and former Nixon Ad ...
* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996 *
United States Senate election in Iowa, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a third term in office, and he was challenged by U.S. Congressman Jim Ross Lightfoot from Iowa's 3rd ...
* 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 The 1996 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone won reelection to a second term defeating former Republican Senator Rudy Boschwitz in a rematch. Primary elections The primary ...
* United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1996 * United States Senate election in Montana, 1996 *
United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. James Exon decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican nominee Chuck Hagel won the open seat by 14 points, de ...
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United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Bradley decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. The seat was won by Democratic congressman Robert Torricelli. ...
* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1996 *
United States Senate special election in Oregon, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon was held on January 30, 1996 to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bob Packwood, who had resigned from the Senate due to sexual misconduct allegations. In the primaries held on December ...
* United States Senate election in Oregon, 1996 * United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1996 *
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1996 The 1996 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1996 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, won re-election against Democratic challenge ...
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United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1996 The 1996 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 4, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Larry Pressler ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democratic nominee Tim Johnson by 9,000 vot ...
* 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)

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1996 Washington gubernatorial election The 1996 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1996. Though eligible for a second term, incumbent governor Mike Lowry chose not to run for reelection due to allegations of sexual harassment. This gubernatorial race was espec ...


West Virginia

* United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1996


Wyoming

* United States Senate election in Wyoming, 1996


Oceania

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1996 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 23 February 1996. Members of the Niue People's Party won nine seats, with independents taking the other eleven. Premier Frank Lui Frank Fakaotimanava Lui (19 November 1935 – 9 July 2021) was a Ni ...
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1996 Samoan general election General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 April 1996. The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 24 of the 49 seats. The Samoan National Development Party won 11 seats, the Samoa Liberal Party 1, and indep ...
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1996 Tongan general election General elections were held in Tonga on 24 and 25 January 1996 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. The nobles were elected on 24 January and the nine people's representatives on 25 January. A total of 61 candidates ran for the l ...


Australia

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1996 Australian federal election The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the Chronology of Australian federal parliaments, 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the Australian House of Representatives, Hou ...
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1996 Clarence state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Clarence on 25 May 1996 following the resignation of sitting member, Ian Causley (), to contest federal seat of Page at the 1996 election. On the same day, by-el ...
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1996 Lindsay by-election The 1996 Lindsay by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Lindsay in New South Wales on 19 October 1996. The by-election was triggered by a ruling of the Court of Disputed Returns that the election of the Liberal Party candidate Jacki ...
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1996 Orange state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 25 May 1996 following the retirement of sitting member, Garry West. On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats of Clarence, Pittwater, South ...
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1996 Pittwater state by-election The 1996 Pittwater state by-election was held on 25 May 1996 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Pittwater following the retirement of sitting member, Jim Longley (). On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats ...
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1996 Strathfield state by-election A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Strathfield on 25 May 1996 following the resignation of sitting member, Paul Zammit (), to contest federal seat of Lowe at the 1996 election. On the same day, by ...
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1996 Tasmanian state election The 1996 Tasmanian state election was held on 24 February 1996 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were ...
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1996 Victorian state election The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-mem ...
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1996 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Cou ...


New Zealand


New Zealand general

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1996 New Zealand general election The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral sy ...


New Zealand general

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1996 New Zealand general election The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral sy ...


South America

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1996 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 May 1996, with a second round of the presidential elections on 7 July. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p379 Although Jaime Nebot of the Social Christia ...


See also

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