The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996.
The election was won in Sardinia by the centre-left The Olive Tree (which included the Sardinian Action Party), which won also nationally.
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalitions!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies!colspan="5" align="center" valign=top|Proportional system!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Total|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|align="center" valign=top|votes|align="center" valign=top|votes (%)|align="center" valign=top|seats|align="center" valign=top|Parties|align="center" valign=top|votes|align="center" valign=top|votes (%)|align="center" valign=top|seats|align="center" valign=top|tot.|align="center" valign=top|seats|-|rowspan="6" align="left" valign=top|The Olive Tree–Progressives–PSd'Az|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|482,169|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|48.8|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|8|rowspan="1" align="left"|Democratic Party of the Left|align="right"|202,142|align="right"|20.3|align="right"|1|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|2|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|10|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Communist Refoundation Party|align="right"|83,813|align="right"|8.4|align="right"|1|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian Renewal-Socialists-Patto|align="right"|69,969|align="right"|7.0|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian People's Party-UD-PRI-SVP-Prodi|align="right"|60,974|align="right"|6.1|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Federation of the Greens|align="right"|20,713|align="right"|2.1|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinian Action Party|align="right"|38,002|align="right"|3.8|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="4" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|456,253|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|46.1|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|6|rowspan="1" align="left"|Forza Italia|align="right"|227,596|align="right"|22.9|align="right"|1|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|2|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|8|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|National Alliance|align="right"|182,648|align="right"|18.3|align="right"|1|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|CCD-CDU|align="right"|60,205|align="right"|6.0|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Pannella-Sgarbi List|align="right"|20,537|align="right"|2.1|align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinia Nation|rowspan="1" align="right"|42,246|rowspan="1" align="right"|4.3|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinia Nation|align="right"|23,355|align="right"|2.3|align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Others|rowspan="1" align="right"|8,332|rowspan="1" align="right"|0.8|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|others|align="right"|6,270|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|rowspan="1" align="right"|-|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|989,000!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|14!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|996,224!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|4!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|4!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|18|}Source: Ministry of the Interior
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalitions!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Prop.!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Total|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|align="center" valign=top|votes|align="center" valign=top|votes (%)|align="center" valign=top|seats|align="center" valign=top|seats|align="center" valign=top|seats|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|The Olive Tree–PSd'Az|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|421,331|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|50.0|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5|-|rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|Pole for Freedoms|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|376,042|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|44.7|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|3|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|4|-|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinia Nation|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|44,713|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5.3|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|842,086!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|6!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|9|} Source: Ministry of the Interior