1991 Nepalese general election Turnout 65.15%[1]
First party
Second party
Leader
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Madan Kumar Bhandari
Party
Nepali Congress
CPN (UML)
Leader's seat
Kathmandu 1 (lost)
Kathmandu 1 Kathmandu 5 (vacated)
Seats won
110
69
Popular vote
2,752,452
2,040,102
Percentage
39.50%
29.27%
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. The 1990 Nepalese revolution successfully made King Birendra to restore a multi-party system after King Mahendra had established the Rastriya Panchayat when he dissolved the parliament on December 1960.[2] [3]
Results [ ]
Party Votes % Seats Nepali Congress 2,752,452 39.50 110 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 2,040,102 29.27 69 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) 478,604 6.87 3 Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 392,499 5.63 1 United People's Front of Nepal 351,904 5.05 9 Nepal Sadbhavana Party 298,610 4.28 6 Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic) 177,323 2.54 2 Nepal Workers Peasants Party 91,335 1.31 2 Rastriya Janamukti Party 34,509 0.50 0 Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) 16,698 0.24 0 Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) 5,760 0.08 0 Nepal Rastriya Jana Party 5,732 0.08 0 Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) 4,846 0.07 0 Rastriya Janata Party (H) 4,406 0.06 0 Rastriya Janata Party (Nepal) 4,280 0.06 0 Nepal Conservative Party 2,562 0.04 0 Bahu Jana Janatadal 2,012 0.03 0 Janawadi Morcha Nepal 1,518 0.02 0 Ekata Party 94 0.00 0 Dalit Majdoor Kisan Party 92 0.00 0 Independents 303,723 4.36 3 Total 6,969,061 100.00 205 Valid votes 6,969,061 95.58 Invalid/blank votes 322,023 4.42 Total votes 7,291,084 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,191,777 65.15 Source: Nohlen et al ., IFES
Aftermath [ ]
Following the result of the election, Nepali Congress came to power and Girija Prasad Koirala became Prime Minister .[4] The house met for the first time on May 1991. Daman Nath Dhungana served as the Speaker of the House.[5] The parliament could not complete its full five-year term with Girija Prasad Koirala asking King Birendra to dissolve the house on July 1994 after losing a no-confidence motion with some member of his own party voting against him.[6] [7]
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