| Avanigadda | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 76 for theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Avanigadda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Krishna |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Machilipatnam |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 207,240 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Avanigadda Assembly constituency is a constituency inKrishna district ofAndhra Pradesh that elects representatives to theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly inIndia.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments ofMachilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Mandali Buddha Prasad is the currentMLA of the constituency, having won the2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election fromJana Sena Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1962, as per theDelimitation Orders (1962).
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Avanigadda |
| Nagayalanka |
| Koduru |
| Challapalli |
| Mopidevi |
| Ghantashala |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| TDPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| TDPhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| YSRCPgain fromTDP | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| JSPgain fromYSRCP | Swing | ||||
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