1996 Niuean general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Niue

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| election_date = 26 February 1996

| previous_election = 1993 Niuean general election

| previous_year = 1993

| next_election = 1999 Niuean general election

| next_year = 1999

| seats_for_election = All 20 seats in the Assembly

| majority_seats = 10

| image1 = {{Election image filler|Independent politician|IND}}

| leader1 = –

| party1 = Independents

| last_election1 = 1,150

| seats1 = 11

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 9

| image2 = Sani LAKATANI.jpg

| leader2 = Sani Lakatani

| party2 = Niue People's Party

| last_election2 = 0

| seats2 = 11

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 11

| title = Premier

| before_election = Frank Lui

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Frank Lui

| after_party = Independent politician

}}

{{Politics of Niue}}

General elections were held in Niue on 23 February 1996. Members of the Niue People's Party won nine seats, with independents taking the other eleven.[http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact98/184.htm CIA World Factbook 1998] Premier Frank Lui retained his seat and position.{{cite journal |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13147/v9n1-236-242-politicalrev.pdf |title=Niue in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 |author=Stephen Levine |work=The Contemporary Pacific |volume=9 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1997 |pages=236-42 |accessdate=26 June 2020}}