| Election Name: | 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1894 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1894 |
| Next Election: | 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1898 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1896 |
| Nominee1: | David Marston Clough |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote1: | 165,806 |
| Percentage1: | 49.17% |
| Nominee2: | John Lind |
| Party2: | Democratic Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote2: | 162,254 |
| Percentage2: | 48.11% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | David Marston Clough |
| Before Party: | Republican |
| After Election: | David Marston Clough |
| After Party: | Republican |
The 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1896. Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent David Marston Clough narrowly defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger John Lind. Lind later won the 1898 gubernatorial election and became the first Democrat elected to the office of Governor of Minnesota since Henry Hastings Sibley left office in 1860. 1896 was the first of three successive elections in which Lind ran for governor at the head of a coalition consisting of the Democratic Party and the majority faction of the People's Party.