Avanigadda Assembly constituency

Avanigadda (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Gannavaram, Gudivada, Pedana, Machilipatnam, Pamarru SC and Penamaluru.^[2] Ramesh Babu Simhadri is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] In 2019, there were a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency.^[4]

Avanigadda
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
Total electors	207,240
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Ramesh Babu Simhadri
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Mandals

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

Mandal
Avanigadda
Nagayalanka
Koduru
Challapalli
Mopidevi
Ghantashala

Members of legislative assembly Avanigadda

Year of election	Name	Political party		Ref.
2009	Ambati Brahmanaiah Garu		Telugu Desam Party	^[5]
2013	Ambati Srihari Prasad Garu		Telugu Desam Party	^[6]
2014	Mandali Buddha Prasad Garu		Telugu Desam Party	^[7]
2019	Simhadri Ramesh Babu Garu		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[8]

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

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Avanigadda^[5]

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	37660	23.46	NEW
Majority			417	0.26
Turnout			160,533	86.74	7.80
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mandali Buddha Prasad	80,995	48.14
	YSRCP	Simhadri Ramesh	75,037	44.60
Majority			5,958	3.54
Turnout			168,232	85.70	1.04
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
2. (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.
3. . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 403. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
6. "TDP wins Avanigadda by-poll". The Hindu. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
7. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 337. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 726. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

Coordinates: 16°01′12″N 80°54′36″E / 16.02000°N 80.91000°E / 16.02000; 80.91000