General elections were held in India in 1991 [1] to elect the members of the 10th Lok Sabha. Voter turnout was the lowest ever in parliamentary elections. [2] No party could muster a majority in the Lok Sabha, hence INC formed a minority government with the support of other parties, resulting in a stable government for the next 5 years under the new prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. [3] BJP wins 20 seats, Congress wins 5 seats and JD (G) wins only one seat.
| Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 | 20 |  8 | 59,94,221 | 50.37 | 19.9 | |
| Indian National Congress | 16 | 5 | 2 | 31,04,937 | 28.99 |  8.17 | |
| Janata Dal (Gujarat) | 10 | 1 | New | 13,99,702 | 13.07 | New | |
| Janata Dal | 24 | 0 | 11 | 3,66,118 | 3.42 | 24.38 | |
| Independents (politician) | 258 | 0 |  | 3,08,371 | 2.88 | 0.02 | |
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