1991 Nepalese general election

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1991 Nepalese general election
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  1986 12 May 1991 1994  

All 205 seats in the House of Representatives
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.15%
 First partySecond party
  Krishna bhattarai.jpg Madan bhandari.jpg
Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madan Kumar Bhandari
Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML)
Seats won11069
Popular vote2,752,4522,040,102
Percentage39.50%29.27%

PM before election

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Nepali Congress

Elected PM

Girija Prasad Koirala
Nepali 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. 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 in December 1960. [1] [2]

Contents

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. [3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Nepali Congress 2,752,45239.50110
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 2,040,10229.2769
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) 478,6046.873
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 392,4995.631
United People's Front of Nepal 351,9045.059
Nepal Sadbhavana Party 298,6104.286
Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic) 177,3232.542
Nepal Workers Peasants Party 91,3351.312
Rastriya Janamukti Party 34,5090.500
Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) 16,6980.240
Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) 5,7600.080
Nepal Rastriya Jana Party5,7320.080
Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) 4,8460.070
Rastriya Janata Party (H)4,4060.060
Rastriya Janata Party (Nepal)4,2800.060
Nepal Conservative Party 2,5620.040
Bahu Jana Janatadal2,0120.030
Janawadi Morcha Nepal1,5180.020
Ekata Party940.000
Dalit Majdoor Kisan Party920.000
Independents303,7234.363
Total6,969,061100.00205
Valid votes6,969,06195.58
Invalid/blank votes322,0234.42
Total votes7,291,084100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,191,77765.15
Source: Election Commission Nepal,

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 in May 1991. Daman Nath Dhungana served as the Speaker of the House. [5] The parliament could not complete its full five-year term with Koirala asking King Birendra to dissolve the house in July 1994 after losing a no-confidence motion with some member of his own party voting against him. [6] [7]

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