Badvel Assembly constituency

Badvel is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in YSR 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 Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.

Badvel
Constituency No. 124 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Badvel Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	YSR
Lok Sabha constituency	Kadapa
Established	1951
Total electors	204,618
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dasari Sudha
Party	YSRCP
Elected year	2024

Dasari Sudha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2021 by-election from YSR Congress Party after the death of the incumbent MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah from YSR Congress Party, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[2] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 204,618 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Kalasapadu
B.Kodur
Sri Avadhutha Kasinaya
Porumamilla
Badvel
Gopavaram
Atlur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Vaddemanu Chidanandam		Independent
1955	Bandaru Ratnasabhapathy		Indian National Congress
1962	Vaddemanu Chidanandam		Swatantra Party
1967	B. Veera Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972
1978	Vaddemanu Sivaramakrishna Rao		Janata Party
1983	B. Veera Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Vaddemanu Sivaramakrishna Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	B. Veera Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2001 by-election	Konireddy Vijayamma
2004	Devasani Chinna Govinda Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	P. M. Kamalamma
2014	Thiriveedi Jayaramulu		YSR Congress Party
2019	Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah
2021*	Dasari Sudha
2024

*by-election

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Dasari Sudha	90,410	51.69
	BJP	Bojja Roshanna	71,843	41.08
	INC	Neerugattu Dora Vijaya Jyothi	7,366	4.21
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,076	1.75
Majority			18,567	10.61
Turnout			1,74,880
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2021 by-election

The death of sitting MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah necessitated the by-election for Badvel Assembly constituency.^[3] The Election Commission of India announced that an election would take place on 28 September 2021.

Sitting party YSRCP decided to field Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah's wife, Dr. Dasari Sudha.^[4]

Results were declared on November 2. Dr. Dasari Sudha of YSRCP won the election with a majority of 90,089 votes.^[5]

2021 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Dasari Sudha	112,211	76.25	+15.33
	BJP	Panathala Suresh	21,678	14.73	+14.27
	INC	P M Kamalamma	6,235	4.24	+2.50
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,650	2.48	+1.20
Majority			90,533	61.43	+31.74
Turnout			1,46,983	67.12	−10.52
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah	95,482	60.89	+10.23
	TDP	Obulapuram Rajasekhar	50,748	32.36	−11.82
	Independent	Neerugattu Dora Vijaya Jyothi	2,883	1.84
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,004	1.28
Majority			44,734	29.69	+23.57
Turnout			1,50,621	77.64	+4.77
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Thiriveedi Jayaramulu	78,879	50.66
	TDP	N. D. Vijaya Jyothi	68,800	44.18
	CPI	Seeli Venkata Subbaiah	2,185	1.4
	INC	J Kamal Prabhash	1,524	0.98
	None of the Above	None of the Above	550	0.35
Majority			9,502	6.12
Turnout			155,132	72.87	−0.20
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamalamma P.M.	78,486	58.08	+6.59
	TDP	Chennaiah Lakkineni	41,892	31.00	−15.72
	PRP	Singamala Venkateswarlu	9,574	7.08
	BJP	Singamala Venkateswarlu	1,415	1.05
Majority			36,594	27.08
Turnout			135,134	73.07	+0.88
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Badvel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chinna Govinda Reddy Devasani	57,023	51.49	+8.48
	TDP	Konireddy Vijayamma	51742	46.72	−6.72
Majority			5,281	4.77
Turnout			153,429	72.19	+0.28
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Badvel^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vedamani Chidanandam	23,434	55.84%
	INC	Bommu Ramareddi	16,686	39.76%	39.76%
	Independent	Avadanam Venkata Subbaiah	1,847	4.40%

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly