| Election Name: | 1976 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Delaware |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1980 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Election Date: | 2 November 1976 |
| Nominee1: | James D. McGinnis |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 110,328 |
| Percentage1: | 50.36% |
| Nominee2: | Andrew Foltz |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 107,075 |
| Percentage2: | 48.87% |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Before Election: | Eugene Bookhammer |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James D. McGinnis |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1976 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 1976 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Delaware. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Delaware House of Representatives James D. McGinnis defeated Republican nominee Andrew Foltz, American nominee Margaret Mercer and Prohibition nominee Robert Appling.
On election day, 2 November 1976, Democratic nominee James D. McGinnis won the election by a margin of 3,253 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Andrew Foltz, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. McGinnis was sworn in as the 19th lieutenant governor of Delaware on 18 January 1977.[1]