| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Date: | 12 May 1991 |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Nepalese general election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Previous Mps: | List of members elected in the 1986 Nepalese general election |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1991 Nepalese general election |
| Next Election: | 1994 Nepalese general election |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Seats For Election: | All 205 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 103 |
| Turnout: | 65.15% |
| Image1: | Krishna bhattarai.jpg |
| Leader1: | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
| Party1: | Nepali Congress |
| Seats1: | 110 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,752,452 |
| Percentage1: | 39.50% |
| Leader2: | Madan Kumar Bhandari |
| Party2: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats2: | 69 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,040,102 |
| Percentage2: | 29.27% |
| PM | |
| Before Election: | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
| Before Party: | Nepali Congress |
| After Election: | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| After Party: | 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]
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]
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]