The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1991 were the third democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 26 May of that year. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in three electoral districts corresponding to each of the three Provinces of the Valencian Community. With a total number of 89 seats, Valencia elected 37 members, Alicante 29 (an increase of one seat relative to 1987), and Castellon 22 (a decrease of one seat relative to 1987.) Only lists which polled 5% or more in the entire Valencian Community were eligible for seats, this represented an increase on the 3% which had been required at the 1983 and 1987 elections. Seats were then allocated on a Provincial basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. Out of a total of 2,916,465 voters, the turnout was 2,019,411 (69.2 %).
The increase in the Electoral threshold caused two parties, the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and the Unitat del Poble Valencià (UPV), to lose their representation in the Corts. The UPV had ended the electoral alliance that they had formed with United Left (IU) at the 1987 election. As in 1983, the previous occasion when UPV had contested the elections individually, they were unsuccessful. As in other Spanish communities, CDS saw a substantial drop in their votes from 11.4% in 1987 to 3.8% in 1991 causing them to lose all their 11 seats. The poor results across Spain caused the resignation of party leader and former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez.
For the third and final time to date, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSPV-PSOE) won the elections and regained the overall majority of seats that they had lost at the 1987 elections.[1]
The new People's Party (Spain), which had been formed from a merger of the Popular Alliance (AP) and other right wing parties in January 1989, were the biggest gainers in the election, gaining 6 seats. The right wing regional party Unió Valenciana (UV) also improved their position and won their first seat in Castellon province.
IU gained the two seats which UPV had won in 1987.
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One of the first tasks of the newly elected deputies was to elect the President of the Valencian Community.
The regional leader of each party was the candidate for President. These were:-
The new Corts re-elected the socialist Joan Lerma as Valencian President.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| PSPV-PSOE | 860,429 | 43.3 | 45 |
| People's Party (Spain) | 558,617 | 28.1 | 31 |
| Unió Valenciana | 208,126 | 10.5 | 7 |
| United Left | 151,242 | 7.6 | 6 |
| Democratic and Social Centre | 76,433 | 3.8 | |
| Unitat del Poble Valencià | 73,813 | 3.70 | |
| Greens | 35,375 | 1.2 | |
| Others | 25,035 | 1.1 | |
Additionally 20,606 votes (1.0%) were cast "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above."
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