| Election Name: | 1996 North Dakota gubernatorial election |
| Country: | North Dakota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 North Dakota gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Image1: | File:SchaferEd cropped.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ed Schafer |
| Running Mate1: | Rosemarie Myrdal |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 174,937 |
| Percentage1: | 66.2% |
| Party2: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
| Nominee2: | Lee Kaldor |
| Running Mate2: | Barbara Pyle |
| Popular Vote2: | 89,349 |
| Percentage2: | 33.8% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Ed Schafer |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ed Schafer |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1996 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican Ed Schafer won re-election to a second term as Governor of North Dakota, defeating Democratic-NPL nominee Lee Kaldor.
Schafer became the first Republican to win reelection as governor in the state since John E. Davis in 1958, and the first Republican to ever win more than four years in the office.