Election Name: | 1996 Orlando mayoral election |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of Orlando, Florida (1980–2017).gif |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Election Date: | April 16, 1996 |
Turnout: | 12.27% 26.58 pp |
Nominee1: | Glenda Hood |
Party1: | Nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote1: | 7,492 |
Percentage1: | 83% |
Nominee2: | Steve Villard |
Party2: | Nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote2: | 1,448 |
Percentage2: | 16% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Glenda Hood |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Glenda Hood |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1996 Orlando mayoral election was held on Tuesday, April 16, 1996, to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. Incumbent mayor Glenda Hood was reelected.
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff would have been held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.[1]