General elections were held in

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in 1996 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 24 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 5 November. All candidates ran as independents, with 36 candidates contesting the 14 Senate seats and 35 for the 16 House of Delegates seats Incumbent

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was re-elected President, whilst

Thomas Remengesau Jr. Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. (born 28 February 1956) is a Palauan people, Palauan politician; in 2013 he was elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of ...

was re-elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 77% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81% on 5 November.

Results

President

Toribiong withdrew his candidacy prior to the second round following his poor performance compared to

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and the collapse of the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, which Toribiong stated should receive the government's full attention.Nohlen ''et al''., p757

Vice-President

Senate

House of Delegates

References

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