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
- 1996 Bangladeshi 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 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
European Parliament
After 1995 enlargement of the European Union:
Germany
- 1996 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
- 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election (de)
- 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election (de)
Moldova
Russia
- Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
- Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections
- 1996 Russian presidential election
Spain
United Kingdom
United Kingdom local
English local
- 1996 Manchester Council election
- 1996 Stevenage Council election
- 1996 Trafford Council election
- 1996 Wolverhampton Council election
Japan
North America
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
Arizona
Arkansas
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
Georgia
- United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996
Idaho
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Montana
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
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
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
Virginia
Washington (U.S. state)
West Virginia
Wyoming
Oceania
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