1991 Nepalese legislative election
Elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha 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 | Madan Bhandari | 177 | 2,040,102 | 27.98 | 69 |
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party | Lokendra Bahadur Chand | 154 | 478,604 | 6.56 | 3 |
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party | 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 | 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 | Krishna Raj Burma | 36 | 16,698 | 0.23 | 0 |
Janata Dal | Keshar Jung Rayamjhi | 15 | 5,760 | 0.08 | 0 |
Nepal Rastriya Jana Party | 4 | 5,732 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Nepal | 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