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Elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha (House of Representatives) were held on May 12, 1991. These were the first multiparty elections following the uprising against monarchic autocracy in 1990.
Party
Leader
Candidates
Votes
%
Seats
Nepali Congress
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
204
2,742,452
37.75
110
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Madan Bhandari
177
2,040,102
27.98
69
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
Lokendra Bahadur Chand
154
478,604
6.56
3
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)
Surya Bahadur Thapa
163
392,499
5.38
1
Sanyunkta Janamorcha Nepal
Baburam Bhattarai
70
351,904
4.83
9
Nepal Sadbhavana Party
Gajendra Narayan Singh
75
298,610
4.10
6
Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar
75
177,323
2.43
2
Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
Narayan Man Bijukchhe
30
91,335
1.25
2
Nepal Rastriya Janamukti Morcha
50
34,509
0.47
0
Communist Party of Nepal (Burma)
Krishna Raj Burma
36
16,698
0.23
0
Janata Dal (Sa. Pra.)
Keshar Jung Rayamjhi
15
5,760
0.08
0
Nepal Rastriya Jana Party
4
5,732
0.08
0
Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
Tulsi Lal Amatya
14
4,846
0.07
0
Rashtriya Janata Party
9
4,280
0.06
0
Nepal Conservative Party
6
2,562
0.04
0
Bahu Jana Janatadal
1
2,012
0.03
0
Ekata Party
1
94
0.00
0
Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party
1
92
0.00
0
Independents
219
303,723
4.17
3
Invalid votes
322,023
4.42
Total:
1345
7,291,084
100
205
Electoral participation was 61.7%.
Source: Election Commission of Nepal