The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. In Veneto the election was narrowly won by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition, which won also nationally, but Liga VenetaâÂÂLega Nord was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% in single-seat constituencies and 29.3% among party lists.
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalition !colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies !colspan="5" align="center" valign=top|Proportional system !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Total |- |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |align="center" valign=top|votes |align="center" valign=top|votes (%) |align="center" valign=top|seats |align="center" valign=top|Party |align="center" valign=top|votes |align="center" valign=top|votes (%) |align="center" valign=top|seats |align="center" valign=top|tot. |align="center" valign=top|seats
|- |rowspan="5" align="left" valign=top|The Olive TreeâÂÂProgressivesâÂÂLAV |rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|1,061,861 |rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|33.8 |rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|15
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Democratic Party of the Left |align="right"|374,836 |align="right"|11.8 |align="right"|1
|rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|4 |rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|19
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian People's Party-UD-PRI-SVP-Prodi |align="right"|257,552 |align="right"|8.1 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Communist Refoundation Party |align="right"|166,793 |align="right"|5.3 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian Renewal-Socialists-Patto |align="right"|165,675 |align="right"|5.2 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Federation of the Greens |align="right"|79,394 |align="right"|2.5 |align="right"|-
|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord |rowspan="1" align="right"|1,031,223 |rowspan="1" align="right"|32.8 |rowspan="1" align="right"|15
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord |align="right"|928,033 |align="right"|29.3 |align="right"|4
|rowspan="1" align="right"|4 |rowspan="1" align="right"|19
|- |rowspan="4" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|1,015,697 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|32.3 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|7
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Forza Italia |align="right"|542,488 |align="right"|17.1 |align="right"|2
|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|5 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|12
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|National Alliance |align="right"|371,207 |align="right"|11.7 |align="right"|2
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|CCD-CDU |align="right"|171,711 |align="right"|5.4 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|PannellaâÂÂSgarbi List |align="right"|29,942 |align="right"|1.0 |align="right"|-
|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union |rowspan="1" align="right"|9,996 |rowspan="1" align="right"|0.3 |rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union |align="right"|63,934 |align="right"|2.0 |align="right"|-
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|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame |rowspan="1" align="right"|4,459 |rowspan="1" align="right"|0.1 |rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame |align="right"|9,780 |align="right"|0.3 |align="right"|-
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|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Others |rowspan="1" align="right"|20,302 |rowspan="1" align="right"|0.6 |rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|others |align="right"|9,490 |align="right"|0.3 |align="right"|-
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|- |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,141,181 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|37 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,170,835 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|13 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|13 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|50 <small>Source: Regional Council of Veneto</small>
<small>Source: Regional Council of Veneto</small>
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalition !colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|PR !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Total |- |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |align="center" valign=top|votes |align="center" valign=top|votes (%) |align="center" valign=top|seats |align="center" valign=top|seats |align="center" valign=top|seats |- |rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|The Olive TreeâÂÂProgressivesâÂÂLAV |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|938,606 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|33.9 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|8 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|2 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|10 |- |rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|840,404 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|30.4 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|3 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|4 |- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|839,339 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|30.3 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|8 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|9 |- |rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|72,541 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|2.6 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|39,096 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1.4 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Others |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|38,257 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1.4 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |- |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|2,768,243 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|17 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|6 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|23 <small>Source: Regional Council of Veneto</small>