Badvel Assembly constituency is a SC (

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) reserved constituency of the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-pa ...

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. It is one among 7 constituencies in the

Kadapa district Kadapa district (officially: YSR district; formerly: Cuddapah district) is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On 19 August 2005 nomenclature of “Cuddapah” has been changed as “Kadapa” by the Governm ...

. Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah of

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...

represented the constituency as MLA from 23 May 2019 to 28 March 2021, until his death.

Overview

It is part of the

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Andhra Pradesh (25), lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to YSR Kadapa district. ...

along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,

Kadapa Kadapa (colonial spelled Cuddapah) is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Rayalaseema region, and is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. As of the 2022 Census of India, the city had a popula ...

Pulivendla Pulivendula (2008) is a town located in the YSR Kadapa district, a district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a small town which became 3rd grade municipality in 2008 from nagar Panchayat. Proddatur is the biggest town which is ne ...

, Kamalapuram,

Jammalamadugu Jammalamadugu is a Town in Municipality and Revenue Division in YSR Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is in Jammalamadugu mandal of Jammalamadugu revenue division. It has many old historical sites and one of the top touri ...

Proddatur Proddatur (1915) is a city in the YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, located on the banks of the Penna River. The city is a municipality, and also the mandal headquarters of Proddatur mandal. It is the second-largest town in former Kadapa ...

and

Mydukur Mydukur is a Municipality in YSR Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mydukur mandal of Badvel revenue division. Mydukur is located on Main Junction of NH-40 and NH-67. It is a junction point for Kurnool, Kadapa ...

YSR Kadapa district Kadapa district (officially: YSR district; formerly: Cuddapah district) is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On 19 August 2005 nomenclature of “Cuddapah” has been changed as “Kadapa” by the Governm ...

Mandals

Members of Legislative assembly

Election results

1952

2004

2009

2014

2019

2021 By-election

The death of sitting MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah necessitated the by-election for the Badvel assembly. The

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announced that an election would take place on 28 September 2021. Sitting party

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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.

References

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