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| Office | Vice-President of the Nepali Congress |
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| Office | Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal[1]
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| Term start | 2018 |
| Term end | 16 December 2021 |
| Predecessor | Ram Chandra Paudel |
| Successor | Dhanraj Gurung
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| Born | 1954-2-1 (age 72)Template:Citation needed |
| Born | Sunsari, Nepal
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| Nationality | Nepalese
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| Political party | Nepali Congress Template:Small |
| Spouse | Nirmala Gachchhadar
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| Occupation | Politician
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Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar (Template:Lang-ne) is a Nepalese politician and veteran leader of the Nepali Congress.[2] He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal , Baburam Bhattarai, KP Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahdur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress.[3]
Political career
In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes.[4] Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources.[5] Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF.[6] He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] On 16 Oct 2017 his party Nepal Democratic Forum merged with Nepali Congress. Gachhadar returned to his old party after 11 years. After this, he was nominated Vice-president of Nepali Congress where he worked alongside Bimalendra Nidhi till 2021.
Electoral history
Gachhadar is one among the few leader who has never lost any election.
Election in the 2010s
| Sunsari 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 38,972 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 38,651 |
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Padma Kumar Adhikari | 1,854 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Independent | Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya | 1,063 |
| Others | 839 | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,655 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
| Sunsari 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 17,524 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 17,162 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari) | 7,865 |
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ranjit Gosai | 2,435 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Haider Ali Miya | 1,099 | |
| Others | 3,482 | ||
| Result | MJFN (D) gain | ||
| Source: NepalNews[10] | |||
Election in the 2000s
| Sunsari 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 23,769 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Agam Lal Chuadhary | 10,806 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | 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 | 3,071 | ||
| Result | MJFN gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[11] | |||
Election in the 1990s
| Sunsari 2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,527 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rewati Raman Bhandari | 23,339 |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rohit Bahadur Karki | 3,639 | |
| Others | 2,192 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 1,483 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[12][13] | |||
| Sunsari 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 21,963 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kuldeep Peshkar | 10,708 |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Tek Chandra Bishwakarma | 9,509 | |
| Others | 2,172 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[12] | |||
| Sunsari 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,775 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lila Shrestha | 15,885 |
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: [2] | |||
See also
- Kamal Thapa
- Bimalendra Nidhi
- Prakash Man Singh
- Gopal Man Shrestha
- Upendra Yadav
- Ram Chandra Poudel
- Gopal Dahit
- Jitendra Narayan Dev
- Ram Janam Chaudhary
References
- ↑ Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list. People.cn.
- ↑ OnlineKhabar English News : English Edition. OnlineKhabar English News : English Edition. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ↑ कांग्रेस उपसभापतिमा पूर्णबहादुर खड्का र धनराज गुरुङ निर्वाचित. ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ Ca Election report.
- ↑ Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)(2001-12-24).
- ↑ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens. nepalnews.com. Template:Dead link
- ↑ Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join. nepalnews.com(22 August 2008).
- ↑ [1] Template:Dead link
- ↑ Cabinet fails to take shape.
- ↑ Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens(2015-03-25). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ Ca Election report(2009-10-03). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates(2008-01-24). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Election Results'99. nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.