1991 Nepalese general election

1991 Nepalese general election
12 May 1991
All 205 seats in the House of Representatives
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.15%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madan Kumar Bhandari
Party Congress CPN (UML)
Seats won 110 69
Popular vote 2,752,452 2,040,102
Percentage 39.50% 29.27%
Prime Minister before election

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Congress

 Prime Minister after election

Girija Prasad Koirala
Congress

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.

Although the Nepali Congress won the most seats, its leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai lost in his own constituency, Kathmandu 1. Communist leader Madan Kumar Bhandari was elected in both Kathmandu 1 and Kathmandu 5, vacating the latter.

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