Brahmanand Mandal

Brahmanand Mandal (14 January 1947 - 30 January 2024) was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Munger constituency for three terms under three different political parties: in 1991, as a member of the Communist Party of India, in 1996 under the Samata Party, and re-elected in 1999 as part of Janata Dal (United). He was a former President of Samata Party (now led by its President Uday Mandal).

Background Brahmanand Mandal was born on 14 January 1947 in Jhawa, Bahiyar, in the Munger district of Bihar. He was educated at Parbatta College of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Parbatta, and worked as a farmer.

Samata merger When in October 2003, George Fernandes, the president of the Samata Party, announced that the party would be completely merging with the Janata Dal (United), a minority in the SP led by Mandal refused to go along with the merger. The Election Commission of India decided that the merger was not technically complete and so a faction was allowed to function under the Samata Party name.

He unsuccessfully ran in the 2006 by-election from Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency) in 2006. He contested in the 2009 Indian general election for 15th Lok Sabha from Munger Lok Sabha constituency as an independent candidate, but was not successful, receiving less than 1% of the vote.

Personal life On 19 December 1977, he married Kiran Kumari (Mandal); they have one son and one daughter. Their home is in Bekapur. He has published one book, Monghyr Ka Vikas aur Ganga Pul, and booklets on "Monghyr Vikas Aur Sangharsh".