# Bijay Kumar Gachhadar

Bijay Kumar Gachhadar (Nepali: बिजयकुमार गच्छदार; born February 1, 1954) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai, KP Sharma Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress.

## Political career

In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes. Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources. Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF. He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008.
On 4 June 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister for the first time keeping in consideration his contribution to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration.
Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Home Affair in the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai. On 16 Oct 2017 his party Nepal Democratic Forum merged with Nepali Congress. He was nominated Vice-president of Nepali Congress alongside Bimalendra Nidhi till 2021.
He was suspended from member of parliament on 5 February 2020 due to corruption charges.

## Electoral history
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

Sunsari 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 38,972 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 38,651 |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Padma Kumar Adhikari | 1,854 |
| | Independent | Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya | 1,063 |
| | Others | Others | 839 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,655 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

Sunsari 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 17,524 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 17,162 |
| | Nepali Congress | Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari) | 7,865 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ranjit Gosai | 2,435 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Haider Ali Miya | 1,099 |
| | Others | Others | 3,482 |
| Result | Result | MJFN (D) gain | MJFN (D) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

Sunsari 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 23,769 |
| | Nepali Congress | Agam Lal Chuadhary | 10,806 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shri Kumari Tharuni | 5,723 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Ram Kumari Chaudhary | 5,071 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Lal Das Tharu | 1,194 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Sajjan Rishidev | 1,191 |
| | Others | | 3,821 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,071 |
| Result | Result | MJFN gain | MJFN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

Sunsari 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,527 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rewati Raman Bhandari | 23,339 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rohit Bahadur Karki | 3,639 |
| | Others | Others | 2,192 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,483 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

Sunsari 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 21,963 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kuldeep Peshkar | 10,708 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Tek Chandra Bishwakarma | 9,509 |
| | Others | Others | 2,172 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

Sunsari 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,775 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lila Shrestha | 15,885 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||