The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996.
The election was won in Sardinia by the centre-left The Olive Tree (which included the Sardinian Action Party), which won also nationally.
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalitions !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|Parties |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="6" align="left" valign=top|The Olive TreeâÂÂProgressivesâÂÂPSd'Az |rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|482,169 |rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|48.8 |rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|8
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Democratic Party of the Left |align="right"|202,142 |align="right"|20.3 |align="right"|1
|rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|2 |rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top|10
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Communist Refoundation Party |align="right"|83,813 |align="right"|8.4 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian Renewal-Socialists-Patto |align="right"|69,969 |align="right"|7.0 |align="right"|-
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian People's Party-UD-PRI-SVP-Prodi |align="right"|60,974 |align="right"|6.1 |align="right"|-
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Federation of the Greens |align="right"|20,713 |align="right"|2.1 |align="right"|-
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinian Action Party |align="right"|38,002 |align="right"|3.8 |align="right"|-
|- |rowspan="4" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|456,253 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|46.1 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|6
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Forza Italia |align="right"|227,596 |align="right"|22.9 |align="right"|1
|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|2 |rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|8
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|National Alliance |align="right"|182,648 |align="right"|18.3 |align="right"|1
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|CCD-CDU |align="right"|60,205 |align="right"|6.0 |align="right"|-
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|rowspan="1" align="left"|Pannella-Sgarbi List |align="right"|20,537 |align="right"|2.1 |align="right"|-
|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinia Nation |rowspan="1" align="right"|42,246 |rowspan="1" align="right"|4.3 |rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Sardinia Nation |align="right"|23,355 |align="right"|2.3 |align="right"|-
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|- |rowspan="1" align="left"|Others |rowspan="1" align="right"|8,332 |rowspan="1" align="right"|0.8 |rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|others |align="right"|6,270 |align="right"|0.6 |align="right"|-
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|- |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|989,000 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|14 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|996,224 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|4 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|4 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|18
<small>Source: Ministry of the Interior</small>
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalitions !colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Prop. !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"|The Olive TreeâÂÂPSd'Az |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|421,331 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|50.0 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|- |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5 |- |rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|Pole for Freedoms |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|376,042 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|44.7 |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"|Sardinia Nation |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|44,713 |rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|5.3 |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"|842,086 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|6 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|9
<small> Source: Ministry of the Interior</small>