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Elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha (House of Representatives) were held on May 12, 1991. These were the first multiparty elections following the uprising against monarchic autocracy in 1990.
| Party |
Leader |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Nepali Congress |
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
204 |
2,742,452 |
37.75 |
110 |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
Madan Bhandari |
177 |
2,040,102 |
27.98 |
69 |
| Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) |
Lokendra Bahadur Chand |
154 |
478,604 |
6.56 |
3 |
| Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) |
Surya Bahadur Thapa |
163 |
392,499 |
5.38 |
1 |
| Sanyunkta Janamorcha Nepal |
Baburam Bhattarai |
70 |
351,904 |
4.83 |
9 |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party |
Gajendra Narayan Singh |
75 |
298,610 |
4.10 |
6 |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic) |
Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar |
75 |
177,323 |
2.43 |
2 |
| Nepal Workers and Peasants Party |
Narayan Man Bijukchhe |
30 |
91,335 |
1.25 |
2 |
| Nepal Rastriya Janamukti Morcha |
|
50 |
34,509 |
0.47 |
0 |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) |
Krishna Raj Burma |
36 |
16,698 |
0.23 |
0 |
| Janata Dal (Sa. Pra.) |
Keshar Jung Rayamjhi |
15 |
5,760 |
0.08 |
0 |
| Nepal Rastriya Jana Party |
|
4 |
5,732 |
0.08 |
0 |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) |
Tulsi Lal Amatya |
14 |
4,846 |
0.07 |
0 |
| Rashtriya Janata Party |
|
9 |
4,280 |
0.06 |
0 |
| Nepal Conservative Party |
|
6 |
2,562 |
0.04 |
0 |
| Bahu Jana Janatadal |
|
1 |
2,012 |
0.03 |
0 |
| Ekata Party |
|
1 |
94 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party |
|
1 |
92 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Independents |
|
219 |
303,723 |
4.17 |
3 |
| Invalid votes |
|
|
322,023 |
4.42 |
|
| Total: |
|
1345 |
7,291,084 |
100 |
205 |
Electoral participation was 61.7%. Source: Election Commission of Nepal
