| Election Name: | Minnesota Senate election, 1996 |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 1992 |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 2000 |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Seats For Election: | All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Image1: | Roger_Moe.jpg |
| Leader1: | Roger Moe |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Leader Since1: | 1980 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 2nd–Erskine |
| Last Election1: | 45 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 41 |
| Seats1: | 42 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,129,095 |
| Leader2: | Dean Johnson |
| Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Leaders Seat2: | 15th–Willmar |
| Last Election2: | 22 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 25 |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 934,906 |
| Majority Leader | |
| Before Election: | Roger Moe |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Roger Moe |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1996 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to the Senate of the 80th and 81st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 10, 1996.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1997.
The Independent-Republican Party had changed its name back to the Republican Party on September 23, 1995.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∆ | % | ||||||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 67 | 1,129,095 | 42 | 1 | 62.69 | ||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 65 | 934,906 | 24 | 1 | 35.82 | ||
| Reform Party of Minnesota | 8 | 15,289 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 4 | 3,542 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Grassroots Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,389 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Independent | 3 | 19,835 | 1 | 1.49 | |||
| Total | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters)[1] | 2,211,161 | 66.61% | 7.30 | ||||