Avanigadda Assembly constituency

Avanigadda
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
	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.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

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]

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 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 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 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 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

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.