Avanigadda Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Avanigadda
Constituency No. 76 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Babu Simhadri
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Avanigadda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Ramesh Babu Simhadri is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency.^[4] The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Avanigadda
Nagayalanka
Koduru
Challapalli
Mopidevi
Ghantashala

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member		Ref.
1962	Yarlagadda Sivaramprasad	Indian National Congress	^[5]
1967	Yarlagadda Sivaramprasad		^[6]
1972	Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao		^[7]
1978			^[8]
1983			^[9]
1985	Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao	Telugu Desam Party	^[10]
1989			^[11]
1994			^[12]
1999	Mandali Buddha Prasad	Indian National Congress	^[13]
2004	Mandali Buddha Prasad	Indian National Congress	^[14]
2009	Ambati Brahmanaiah	Telugu Desam Party	^[15]
2013 (By-poll)	Ambati Srihari Prasad		^[16]
2014	Mandali Buddha Prasad		^[17]
2019	Simhadri Ramesh Babu	YSR Congress Party

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[14]
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

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[15]
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

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[18]
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

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda
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			1,84,397	88.11	2.41
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda
Party		Candidate	Votes
	YSRCP	Simhadri Ramesh Babu
	JSP	Mandali Buddha Prasad
	INC	Andee Srirama Murthy
	NOTA	None Of The Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

References

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^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 403. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "TDP wins Avanigadda by-poll". The Hindu. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 726. Retrieved 7 May 2015.