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.[1]
|-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party|-| style="text-align:left;" | Nurallaj Misuari[2] | style="text-align:left;" | Lakas-NUCD-UMDP |-|}
|-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party|-| style="text-align:left;" | Guimid P. Matalam | style="text-align:left;" | Lakas-NUCD-UMDP |-|}