1991 Nepalese general election

1991 Nepalese general election
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All 205 seats in the House of Representatives; 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.15%
PM before election; Krishna Prasad Bhattarai; NC	Elected PM ; Girija Prasad Koirala; NC

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]

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]

^ "Kingdom of Nepal: Parliamentary Elections, May 12, 1991". www.ifes.org. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ "NEPAL'S CABINET IS OUSTED BY KING; Mahendra Seizes Ministers as 'Anti-Nationalists' and Dissolves Parliament NEPAL'S CABINET IS OUSTED BY KING (Published 1960)". The New York Times. 1960-12-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ Election history of Nepal (नेपालको निर्वाचन इतिहास) [Election history of Nepal] (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Election Commission Nepal. 2017. pp. 634–640. ISBN 978-9937-0-2116-6.