Nepalese legislative election, 1991

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Preceded by	This election	Followed by
30 years of partyless Panchayati System	Nepalese legislative election, 1991	Nepalese legislative election, 1994
30 years of partyless Panchayati System	Winners and runners-up 1991 election	Winners and runners-up 1994 election

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

Elections and referendums in Nepal

Parliamentary elections	1959 1971 1981 1986 1991 1994 1999 2008 2013

Presidential elections	2008

Referendums	1980

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