| Election Name: | 1996 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Votes For Election: | 16 pledged Republican National Convention delegates |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Delegate Count1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 56,874 |
| Percentage1: | 27.25% |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Delegate Count2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 54,738 |
| Percentage2: | 26.22% |
| Colour4: | 93535d |
| Home State4: | Tennessee |
| Delegate Count4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 47,148 |
| Percentage4: | 22.59% |
| Colour5: | 668c63 |
| Home State5: | New Jersey |
| Delegate Count5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 25,505 |
| Percentage5: | 12.22% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Color1: | a59400 |
| Color2: | 73638c |
| Candidate1: | Pat Buchanan |
| Candidate2: | Bob Dole |
| Candidate4: | Lamar Alexander |
| Candidate5: | Steve Forbes |
See main article: 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries. The 1996 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on February 20, 1996, as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 United States presidential election.
Paleo-conservative Journalist Pat Buchanan was making an insurgent rise, making a narrow upset victory frontrunner Bob Dole by a margin of just 1% of the vote.[1] Buchanan had previously performed strongly in New Hampshire, during his 1992 challenge against incumbent president George H.W. Bush. Buchanan's momentum from his victory in New Hampshire would prove short-lived, as Dole would sweep every state on Super Tuesday on his way to the nomination.[2] Dole eventually lost to incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton in the 1996 general election.