The second elections to the British Senate were held on the 9th May 1991. Unlike in the previous election, only one quarter of seats within the Senate were up for election as opposed to all 320.
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| British Republic senatorial election, 1991 | ||||
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| 80 of 320 seats in the British Senate | ||||
| May 9, 1991 | ||||
| Turnout | 50.1% | |||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
| Leader | Paddy Ashdown | Ian Anderson | Neil Kinnock | |
| Party | [[Social Liberal|Template:Social Liberal/meta/shortname]] | [[BUF|Template:BUF/meta/shortname]] | [[Leftist Alliance|Template:Leftist Alliance/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 16th July 1988 | 3rd September 1989 | 5th December 1989 | |
| Leader's seat | NA | NA | NA | |
| Last election | 130 At stake: 29 |
110 At stake: 22 |
50 At stake: 17 | |
| Seats won | 121 | 93 | 62 | |
| Seat change | -9 | -17 | +12 | |
| Popular vote | 8,430,534 | 3,542,135 | 5,423,679 | |
| Percentage | 36.3% | 15.3% | 23.4% | |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | |||
| Leader | John Major | David Owen | ||
| Party | [[Conservative Party|Template:Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | [[Social Democratic Party|Template:Social Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | ||
| Leader since | 15th July 1989 | 3rd March 1988 | ||
| Leader's seat | NA | NA | ||
| Last election | 20 At stake: 9 |
10 At stake: 3 | ||
| Seats won | 26 | 18 | ||
| Seat change | +6 | +8 | ||
| Popular vote | 2,839,103 | 1,567,323 | ||
| Percentage | 12.2% | 6.8% | ||
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