| 1996 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Val Anderson | 11,038 | 60.20 |  23.25 |
$25,864 | |||
| New Democratic | Ragini Rankin | 5,515 | 30.08 |  4.49 |
$29,984 | |||
| Progressive Democrat | Philip Read | 839 | 27.42 | New | $488 | |||
| Reform | Christie Jung | 519 | 2.83 | New | $7,749 | |||
| Green | Michael Airton | 337 | 1.84 | 1.15 |
$100 | |||
| Natural Law | Jerry Zen-Jih Chang | 75 | 0.38 | New | $118 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,337 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 177 | 0.96 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,514 | 68.66 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.87 | ||||||
