| Avanigadda | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 76 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Avanigadda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Krishna |
| LS constituency | Machilipatnam |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 207,240 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Mandali Buddha Prasad | |
| Party | Janasena Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Avanigadda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
This area compromises the old area of Diviseema.
Mandali Buddha Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).
Mandals
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Avanigadda |
| Nagayalanka |
| Koduru |
| Challapalli |
| Mopidevi |
| Ghantashala |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao | ||
| 1978 | |||
| 1983 | |||
| 1985 | Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Ambati Brahmanaiah | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2013 by-election | Ambati Srihari Prasad | ||
| 2014 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | ||
| 2019 | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Janasena Party | |
Election results
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 41,511 | 45.96 | −2.01 | |
| TDP | Burugadda Ramesh Naidu | 33,029 | 36.57 | −10.49 | |
| Majority | 8,482 | 9.39 | |||
| Turnout | 90,322 | 78.94 |  4.43
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ambati Brahmanaiah | 55,316 | 34.46 | −2.11 | |
| INC | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 54,899 | 34.20 | −11.76 | |
| PRP | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | 37,660 | 23.46 | NEW | |
| Majority | 417 | 0.26 | |||
| Turnout | 160,533 | 86.74 | 7.80
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 80,995 | 48.14 | ||
| YSRCP | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | 75,037 | 44.60 | ||
| Majority | 5,958 | 3.54 | |||
| Turnout | 168,232 | 85.70 |  1.04
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | 78,447 | 42.54 | ||
| TDP | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 57,722 | 31.30 | ||
| JSP | Muttamsetty Krishna Rao | 28,556 | 15.49 | ||
| Majority | 20,725 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,64,765 | 88.11 | 2.41
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 113,460 | 60.85 | ||
| YSRCP | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | 67,026 | 35.95 | ||
| INC | Andee Srirama Murthy | 1,068 | 0.57 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,952 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 46,434 | 24.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,86,445 | ||||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- . Divi seema Uppena . Retrieved on 2024-10-23.
- "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 337. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 403. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 726. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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