Manda Jagannadham

Manda Jagannath (; 22 May 1951 – 12 January 2025) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th Lok Sabha, representing Nagarkurnool constituency. He belonged to the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Background Manda Jagannadham was born in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana on 22 May 1951. He held a bachelor's degree in medicine. Jagannath did his MBBS from Osmania University.

Jagannath died on 12 January 2025, at the age of 73.

Career After graduating with a medicine degree he worked as a doctor in Mahbubnagar and Hyderabad.

Political career Jagannath was one among the 5 members representing Telugu Desam Party in Lok Sabha, and a member of the party's Polit Bureau, its decision-making body. He was expelled from Telugu Desam for voting against Telugu Desam Party. He was expelled & disqualified from Lok Sabha by speaker Somnath Chatterjee for voting against party's WHIP. He represented the Nagarkurnool constituency of Andhra Pradesh.

He switched to the Indian National Congress party during the No Confidence Motion. He was re-elected in 2009. On 29 December 2008, Mr Jagannath was appointed Andhra Pradesh government's special representative in New Delhi.

TRS Party Jagannath joined TRS party at the peak of Telangana agitation.

Bahujan Samaj Party Jagannath was inducted into the Bahujan Samaj Party by Manda Prabhakar, the State President of BSP. Electoral History Lok Sabha Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentParty Votes % Result Margin % 1996Nagarkurnool 368,134 48.68 Mallu Ravi 291,759 38.58 +76,375 +10.10 1998 309,452 40.26 Dr. Mallu Ravi 329,127 42.82 −19,675 −2.56 1999 431,095 53.11 Dr. Mallu Ravi 364,195 44.87 +66,900 +8.24 2004 405,046 45.85 K.S. Ratnam 305,396 34.57 +99,650 +11.28 2009 422,745 41.23 Guvvala Balaraju 374,978 36.57 +47,767 +4.66 2014 403,399 36.14 Yellaiah Nandi 420,075 37.64 −16,676 −1.50