1991 Nepalese general election
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General elections were held in Nepal on 12 May 1991, to elect 205 members to the House of Representatives. The elections were the first multi-party elections since 1959 and were a result of the 1990 revolution forcing King Birendra to restore a multi-party system. [1][2]
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12 May 1991
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All 205 seats in the House of Representatives 103 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 65.15% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Although the Nepali Congress won the most seats, its leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai lost in his own constituency, Kathmandu 1. The chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Man Mohan Adhikari, was elected in Sunsari 1, while Madan Bhandari, another prominent leader of the party, was elected in both Kathmandu 1 and Kathmandu 5, vacating the latter.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Nepali Congress | 2,752,452 | 39.50 | 110 | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 2,040,102 | 29.27 | 69 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | 478,604 | 6.87 | 3 | |
| Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) | 392,499 | 5.63 | 1 | |
| United People's Front of Nepal | 351,904 | 5.05 | 9 | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | 298,610 | 4.28 | 6 | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic) | 177,323 | 2.54 | 2 | |
| Nepal Workers Peasants Party | 91,335 | 1.31 | 2 | |
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | 34,509 | 0.50 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) | 16,698 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) | 5,760 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Nepal Rastriya Jana Party | 5,732 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) | 4,846 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party (H) | 4,406 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party (Nepal) | 4,280 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Nepal Conservative Party | 2,562 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Bahu Jana Janatadal | 2,012 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Janawadi Morcha Nepal | 1,518 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Ekata Party | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Dalit Majdoor Kisan Party | 92 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 303,723 | 4.36 | 3 | |
| Total | 6,969,061 | 100.00 | 205 | |
| Valid votes | 6,969,061 | 95.58 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 322,023 | 4.42 | ||
| Total votes | 7,291,084 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,191,777 | 65.15 | ||
| Source: [4] | ||||
Aftermath
Following the result of the election, Nepali Congress came to power and Girija Prasad Koirala became Prime Minister.[5] The House met for the first time in May 1991. Daman Nath Dhungana served as the Speaker of the House.[6] The parliament could not complete its full five-year term with Koirala asking King Birendra to dissolve the house in July 1994 after losing a no-confidence motion with some member of his own party voting against him.[7][8]