| Country: | Orange Free State |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1893 Orange Free State presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1893 |
| Election Date: | February 1896 |
| Image1: | Marthinus Steyn, Orange Free State president.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Martinus Theunis Steyn |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,877 |
| Percentage1: | 83.42% |
| Nominee2: | John G. Fraser |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,367 |
| Percentage2: | 16.58% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Pieter Jeremias Blignaut |
| After Election: | Martinus Theunis Steyn |
Presidential elections were held in the Orange Free State in February 1896.[1] They were held after the former President Francis William Reitz resigned due to bad health in 1895.[2] The two candidates were High Court judge Martinus Theunis Steyn and John G. Fraser.[2] Whilst Steyn supported the proposed merger of the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Fraser was in favour of closer links with the neighbouring Cape Colony and the United Kingdom.[2]
The election resulted in a convincing win for Steyn,[1] who received 83% of the vote. He was inaugurated as President on 4 March 1896 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Bloemfontein.[2]