| Badvel | |
| State: | Andhra Pradesh |
| District: | YSR |
| Loksabha Cons: | Kadapa |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Constituency No: | 124 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Dasari Sudha |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 204,618 |
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 the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.
Dasari Sudha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2021 (By-poll) 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).
| Mandal | |
|---|---|
| Kalasapadu | |
| B.Kodur | |
| Sri Avadhutha Kasinaya | |
| Porumamilla | |
| Badvel | |
| Gopavaram | |
| Atlur |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Vaddamani Chidanandam | ||
| 1955 | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathy | ||
| 1962 | Vaddamani Chidanandam | ||
| 1967 | B. Veera Reddy | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Vaddemanu Sivaramakrishna Rao | ||
| 1983 | B. Veera Reddy | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Vaddemanu Sivaramakrishna Rao | ||
| 1994 | B. Veera Reddy | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2001 (By-poll) | Konireddy Vijayamma | ||
| 2004 | Devasani Chinna Govinda Reddy | ||
| 2009 | P. M. Kamalamma | ||
| 2014 | Thiriveedi Jayaramulu | ||
| 2019 | Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah | ||
| 2021 (By-poll) | |||
| 2024 | |||
The death of sitting MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah necessitated the by-election for the Badvel assembly.[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]