# 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. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Mandali Buddha Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

## Mandals

The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Avanigadda
* Nagayalanka
* Koduru
* Challapalli
* Mopidevi
* Ghantashala

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1962 | Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Ambati Brahmanaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2013 by-election | Ambati Srihari Prasad | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda :
| 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,482 | 9.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,322 | 78.94 | 4.43 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 417 | 0.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,533 | 86.74 | 7.80 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Mandali Buddha Prasad | 80,995 | 48.14 | |
| | YSRCP | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | 75,037 | 44.60 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,958 | 3.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,232 | 85.70 | 1.04 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 20,725 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,765 | 88.11 | 2.41 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Avanigadda :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 46,434 | 24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,86,445 | |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |