| Election Name: | 1996 Slovenian parliamentary election |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Slovenian parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 Slovenian parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Seats For Election: | All 90 seats in the National Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 46 |
| Turnout: | 73.67% (12.00 pp) |
| Leader1: | Janez Drnovšek |
| Party1: | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia |
| Last Election1: | 22 seats |
| Popular Vote1: | 288,783 |
| Percentage1: | 27.01% |
| Seats1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Marjan Podobnik |
| Party2: | Slovenian People's Party |
| Last Election2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 207,186 |
| Percentage2: | 19.38% |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Leader3: | Janez Janša |
| Party3: | SDSS |
| Last Election3: | 4 seats |
| Popular Vote3: | 172,470 |
| Percentage3: | 16.13% |
| Seats3: | 16 |
| Seat Change3: | 12 |
| Image4: | Lojze Peterle 2011-07-30.jpg |
| Leader4: | Lojze Peterle |
| Party4: | Slovene Christian Democrats |
| Last Election4: | 15 seats |
| Popular Vote4: | 102,852 |
| Percentage4: | 9.62% |
| Seats4: | 10 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Leader5: | Janez Kocijančič |
| Party5: | ZLSD |
| Last Election5: | 14 seats |
| Popular Vote5: | 96,597 |
| Percentage5: | 9.03% |
| Seats5: | 9 |
| Seat Change5: | 5 |
| Leader6: | Jože Globačnik |
| Party6: | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia |
| Popular Vote6: | 46,152 |
| Percentage6: | 4.32% |
| Seats6: | 5 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Leader7: | Zmago Jelinčič |
| Party7: | Slovenian National Party |
| Last Election7: | 12 |
| Popular Vote7: | 34,422 |
| Percentage7: | 3.22% |
| Seats7: | 4 |
| Seat Change7: | 8 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Janez Drnovšek |
| Before Party: | LDS |
| Posttitle: | Elected Prime Minister |
| After Election: | Janez Drnovšek |
| After Party: | LDS |
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 10 November 1996.[1] The result was a victory for Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which won 25 of the 90 seats. Party leader Janez Drnovsek was re-elected Prime Minister by the Parliament on 9 January 1997.