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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Stadtparlement elections of 1696
| country = Sankt Ludwigshafen
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1690 elections in Sankt Ludwigshafen
| previous_year = Stadtparlement pro forma elections of 1690
| next_election = 1699 elections in Sankt Ludwigshafen
| next_year = Stadtparlement elections of 1699
| seats_for_election = 50
| election_date = 1.VI.1696

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| leader1= Adam Rettich
| party1 = Traditional Party '80
| alliance1 = 
| last_election1 = 47
| seats1 = 49
| seat_change1 = +2
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| image2 = 
| leader2 = Gabriela Muellersohn
| party2 = Slight Reform Party '81
| alliance2 = 
| last_election2 = 3
| seats2 = 1
| seat_change2 = -2
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| swing2 =

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| title = [[Statthalterin of Sankt Ludwigshafen|Stadtholder]]
| before_election =  [[Thomas de Louisville]] (provisional)
| posttitle = 
| after_election = [[Adam Rettich]]
| after_party = Traditional Party '80
}}

The '''1696 elections in [[Sankt Ludwigshafen]]''' were the fourth elections ever held in the nation, and the first of the third republic. They ended the period between the second and third republic where the nation was first without guidance after the [[Ludwigshafener Civil War]] Two parties participated in the elections, the Traditional Party of 1680 and the Slight Reform Party of 1681. On behalf of the Traditional Party '80, Adam Rettich was candidate for the office of [[Statthalterin of Sankt Ludwigshafen|stadtholder]], while the Slight Reform Party '81 had Gabriela Muellersohn as candidate. The elections became an almost complete victory for the Traditional Party, which received forty-nine seats, the Slight Reform Party received only one. As expected, Adam Rettich was elected stadtholder by the Stadtparlement during its first session and succeeded the [[Louisian people|Louisian]] [[Thomas de Louisville]], who had been appointed provisional stadtholder by the constitutional consultation commitee.

[[category:Sankt Ludwigshafen]]
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