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1996 Yukon general election
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly; 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.58%
	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Government Leader before election; John Ostashek; Yukon Party	Premier after election ; Piers McDonald; New Democratic

The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Government Leader. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.

Results by party edit

Summary of the 1996 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results^[2]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1992	Dissol.	1996	Change	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Piers McDonald	16	6	6	11	+5	5,760	39.81%	+4.73%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	15	7	7	3	-4	4,392	30.36%	-5.52%
	Liberal	Ken Taylor	16	1	1	3	+2	3,464	23.94%	+7.84%
	Independent		7	3	3	0	-3	852	5.89%	N/A
Total			54	17	17	17		14,468	100.00%

The Yukon Legislature after the 1996 election.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election:

Independent

New Democratic Party

Yukon Party

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat. He was later re-elected after a 1997 by-election after irregularities led to a court order invalidating the election.

^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021