1996 Palauan general election

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, 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, Sr. was re-elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 77.0% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81.4% on 5 November.

Results

President

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Kuniwo Nakamura	4,900	52.7	6,052	64.3
Johnson Toribiong	3,092	33.2	Withdrew
Yutaka Gibbons	1,131	14.1	3,356	35.7
Invalid/blank votes	127	-	715	-
Total	9,432	100	10,123	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Toribiong withdrew from the second round due to his poor performance compared to 1992 and the collapse of the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, which Toribiong stated should receive the government's full attention.

Vice-President

Candidate	Votes	%
Thomas Remengesau, Sr.	6,672	68.7
Kione Isechal	3,038	31.1
Invalid/blank votes	413	-
Total	10,123	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independents	9,487	100	14
Invalid/blank votes	736	-	-
Total	10,123	100	14
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independents	9,665	100	16
Invalid/blank votes	568	-	-
Total	10,123	100	16
Source: Nohlen et al.