Avanigadda Assembly constituency

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 Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

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
Lok Sabha 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

Mandali Buddha Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana 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 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	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

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[5]

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^[6]

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^[7]

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			1,64,765	88.11	2.41
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda

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

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly