| Previous Election: | 1992 Palauan general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2000 Palauan general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | Palau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 24 September 1996 (first round) 5 November 1996 (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Palau in 1996 to elect a president, vice-president, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 24 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 5 November. All candidates ran as independents,[1] with 36 candidates contesting the 14 Senate seats and 35 for the 16 House of Delegates seats Incumbent Kuniwo Nakamura was re-elected President, whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. was re-elected vice-president. Voter turnout was 77% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81% on 5 November.
Toribiong withdrew his candidacy prior to the second round following his poor performance compared to 1992 and the collapse of the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, which Toribiong stated should receive the government's full attention.[2]