Vyvlander general election, 1996

Vyvlander general election, 1996

30 October 1996 (1996-10-30)
All 580 seats in the Parliament of Vyvland
Turnout	16,947,302 (73.2%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mafjas Skenterby Anhelm Ferog Jesika Snoifer Party Socialist Party (Vyvland) Christian Democratic and Conservative Party Liberal Party (Vyvland) Leader since 17 September 1994 1 August 1994 8 March 1995 Leader's seat Vlud (province) Southwest (province) Mafiy-6 Last election 137 seats 140 seats 100 seats Seats won 144 131 124 Seat change 7 9 24 Popular vote 4,021,645 3,611,993 3,482,076 Percentage 23.73% 21.31% 20.55% Swing   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gregor Stīnr Sanjra vun Braanaasen collective Party National Party (Vyvland) Greens (Vyvland) Communist Party (Vyvland) Leader since 8 March 1991 1 May 1995 Leader's seat Nyfamton-Slejel Kafren-Grunir Last election 87 seats 12 seats 28 seats Seats won 66 27 22 Seat change 21 15 6 Popular vote 1,826,457 820,236 733,361 Percentage 10.77% 4.84% 4.33% Swing
Prime Minister before election Anhelm Ferog Christian Democratic and Conservative Party Prime Minister after election Mafjas Skenterby Socialist Party (Vyvland)

A general election was held in Vyvland on Wednesday 30 October 1996 to elect all 580 members of the Parliament of Vyvland (Laanfeng). The 1996 election was the third election held within four years.

The outcome of the election was the end of Anhelm Ferog's KDC-Socialist coalition and the formation of a coalition between the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party under Mafjas Skenterby. The Liberal Party gained the largest number of seats - 24 - in the election, with the National Party continuing a long period of decline by losing about a quarter of its seats.

The main focus of the 1996 campaign was the Namorese bombing of Syfmion earlier that year. Ferog's KDC had championed direct military intervention to stop the airstrikes, with the Socialist and Liberal parties opting for a diplomatic condemnation of a response. The National Party had called for an "all-out war on Namorese imperialism," which was widely ridiculed due to its unfeasibility.

In addition, controversy over the tax-cutting budget of Finance Minister Welelm Taolin had weakened the government and KDC, and prompted a withdrawal of the Socialists from the governing coalition.