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{{Short description|Indian politician (1963–2025)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Maganti|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maganti Gopinath
| image = Maganti Gopinath.jpg
| caption = Gopinath in 2022
| assembly = Telangana Legislative
| term_start = 2014
| term_end = 2025
| successor = [[Naveen Yadav]]
| predecessor = [[P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy]]
| constituency_AM = [[Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency|Jubilee Hills]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderguda]], [[Hyderabad]],<br/>[[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|Andhra Pradesh]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|6|8|1963|5|2|df=y}}
| death_place = Hyderabad, [[Telangana]], India
| party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
| other_party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}

'''Maganti Gopinath''' (2 June 1963 – 8 June 2025) was an Indian politician from [[Telangana]] state. He was a three-time member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from [[Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency]] in [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2023 |title=Hyderabad: హ్యాట్రిక్‌ వీరులు.. హైదరాబాద్‌లో 10 మంది.. |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/districts/Hyderabad/529/123224623 |access-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204151150/https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/districts/Hyderabad/529/123224623 |archive-date=4 December 2023 }}</ref> He won the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] representing [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilee Hills Constituency Election Results 2023: Jubilee Hills Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/telangana/constituency-show/jubilee-hills |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Gopinath was born in [[Hyderguda]], [[Hyderabad]] on 2 June 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maganti Gopinath: జూబ్లీహిల్స్‌ ఎమ్మెల్యే మాగంటి గోపీనాథ్‌ కన్నుమూత |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/telangana/jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinath-passed-away/1801/125102678 |access-date=8 June 2025 |website=EENADU |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=8 June 2025 |title=BRS MLA from Jubilee Hills Maganti Gopinath passes away at 63 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/brs-mla-from-jubilee-hills-maganti-gopinath-passes-away-at-63 |access-date=11 June 2025 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> to Krishnamurthy and Mahanand Kumari. He passed intermediate from Venkateswara tutorials and completed his graduation from a college affiliated with [[Osmania University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2020 |title=Maganti Gopinath {{!}} MLA {{!}} TRS {{!}} Jubilee Hills {{!}} Hyderabad {{!}} Telangana |url=https://theleaderspage.com/maganti-gopinath/ |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maganti Gopinath(BRS):Constituency– JUBILEE HILLS(HYDERABAD) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/telangana2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=6266 |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> He married Sunitha (2nd Wife) and they had three children, a son M. Vatsalyanath and two daughters, Akshara Nag and Dissira.<ref name="Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath passes away at 63">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath passes away at 63 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinath-passes-away-at-63/article69670631.ece |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=8 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250609065852/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinath-passes-away-at-63/article69670631.ece |archive-date=9 June 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Career ==
Gopinath started his political journey with the [[Telugu Desam Party]] in its initial years in 1983 as a student and an admirer of former chief minister [[N. T. Rama Rao]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1985 to 1992, he was the president of [[Telugu Yuvata|Telugu Yuvatha]], the youth wing of the TDP. He also served as director of the [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority]] from 1987 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2022 |title=హైదరా'బాద్‌షా' మాగంటి |url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/telangana/hyderabad/jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinathmrgstelangana-591755.html |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=Andhrajyothy Telugu News |language=te}}</ref> Then, he was a member of the District Consumer Forum from 1989 to 1993.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018, he served as a member of the Public Estimates Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2021 |title=తెలంగాణ పీఏసీ చైర్మన్‌గా అక్బరుద్దీన్ ఒవైసీ |url=https://www.sakshieducation.com/Ca/TStory.aspx?cid=1&sid=298&chid=1579&nid=244031 |access-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715060755/https://www.sakshieducation.com/Ca/TStory.aspx?cid=1&sid=298&chid=1579&nid=244031 |archive-date=15 July 2021 }}</ref>

He was elected as an MLA for the first time in 2014. Representing the [[Telugu Desam Party]], he was elected in the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] in the [[Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Telangana 2014 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2014/telangana/239/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2014/telangana/239/61 |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> He polled 50,898 votes and defeated his nearest rival, V. Naveen Yadav of [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] by a margin of 9,242 votes. Later, he shifted to [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]], and won the Jubilee Hills seat in the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] defeating [[P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 16,004 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2023 |title=Jubilee Hills constituency election result 2023: BRS's Maganti Gopinath leads against Congress's Mohammed Azharuddin |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/jubilee-hills-constituency-election-result-2023-its-incs-mohammed-azharuddin-vs-trss-maganti-gopinath/articleshow/105695449.cms |access-date=16 July 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Jubilee Hills Election Result 2023: Maganti Gopinath Of BRS Declared Winner |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/jubilee-hills-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687849.html |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

He became an MLA for the third time winning the Jubilee Hills seat in the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 80,549 votes and defeated his nearest rival and former Indian cricket captain [[Mohammad Azharuddin|Mohammed Azharuddin]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 16,337 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilee Hills assembly election results 2023: Jubilee Hills Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/jubilee-hills-assembly-result-29061 |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Jubilee Hills Election Result 2023 LIVE: Congress' Mohammad Azharuddin loses against Maganti Gopinath of BRS |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/jubilee-hills-election-result-2023-live-how-to-check-telangana-legislative-assembly-poll-winners-news-brs-bjp-congress-maganti-gopinathlankala-deepak-reddy-mohammed-azharuddin-18465841.htm |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=CNBC TV18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilee Hills Election Result 2023 Live, Jubilee Hills Elections Vote Counting, Telangana Results 2023 |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselections/telangana-assembly-election-2023/telangana-jubilee-hills-constituency-61.html |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=ABP News |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
Gopinath died of heart attack in a [[Hyderabad]] hospital, on the morning of 8 June 2025, six days after his 62nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reddy |first=R. Ravikanth |date=8 June 2025 |title=Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath passes away at 63 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinath-passes-away-at-63/article69670631.ece |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath passes away">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/brs-mla-maganti-gopinath-passes-away/article69670841.ece |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=8 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250609065548/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/brs-mla-maganti-gopinath-passes-away/article69670841.ece |archive-date=9 June 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Jubilee Hills BRS MLA Maganti passes away at 62">{{cite news |title=Jubilee Hills BRS MLA Maganti passes away at 62 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/jubilee-hills-brs-mla-maganti-passes-away-at-62/articleshow/121712716.cms |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250609065616/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/jubilee-hills-brs-mla-maganti-passes-away-at-62/articleshow/121712716.cms |archive-date=9 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BRS legislator Maganti Gopinath is no more |url=https://telanganatoday.com/brs-legislator-maganti-gopinath-is-no-more |date=8 June 2025 |website=Telangana Today |access-date=11 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He was admitted to a private hospital on 5 June. Gopinath also suffered from a kidney-related illness and underwent a surgery two months before his death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2025 |title=Telangana news: Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath dies at 62 |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/telangana-news-jubilee-hills-mla-maganti-gopinath-dies-at-62-11749356413362.html |access-date=8 June 2025 |website=The Mint}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians from Telangana]]

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Davidcza at 03:47, 16 April 2026