Badvel Assembly constituency

Badvel
Constituency No. 124 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Badvel Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictYSR Kadapa
Lok Sabha constituencyKadapa
Established1951
Total electors204,618
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2024

Badvel is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.

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. 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. 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.

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

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 P. M. Kamalamma 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
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

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31, TABLE B – Parliamentary Constituencies.
  2. ↑ "Badvel MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah passes away". The Hindu. 28 March 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Badvel MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah passes away". The Hindu. 28 March 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "YSRC's strategy to field deceased MLA's widow gives them edge in Badvel bypoll". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Raghavan, Sandeep (2 November 2021). "Badvel Assembly Bypoll Results: YSRC candidate Dasari Sudha leads in Badvel assembly bypolls". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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