1996 Palauan general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Kuniwo Nakamura Yutaka Gibbons Party Independent Independent Popular vote 6,052 3,356 Percentage 64.33% 35.67%

presidential before election Kuniwo Nakamura Independent Elected presidential Kuniwo Nakamura Independent

Vice presidential election

Candidate Thomas Remengesau Jr. Kione Isechal Party Independent Independent Popular vote 6,672 3,038 Percentage 68.71% 31.29%

Vice President before election Thomas Remengesau Jr. Independent Elected Vice President Thomas Remengesau Jr. Independent

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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,^[1] 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 Jr. was re-elected vice president. Voter turnout was 77% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81% on 5 November.

Toribiong withdrew his candidacy prior to the second round following his poor performance compared to 1992 and the collapse of the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, which Toribiong stated should receive the government's full attention.^[2]