| Country: | Niger |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1993 Nigerien presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1993 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Nigerien general election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Election Date: | 7–8 July 1996 |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,262,308 |
| Percentage1: | 52.22% |
| Nominee2: | Mahamane Ousmane |
| Party2: | Democratic and Social Convention |
| Popular Vote2: | 477,431 |
| Percentage2: | 19.75% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
Presidential elections were held in Niger on 7 and 8 July 1996. They followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in May after a military coup had removed the first democratically elected President Mahamane Ousmane from office in January. Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, who had been installed as leader following the coup, won the elections in the first round, claiming 52.22% of the vote, with a 66.4% turnout.[1]