Avanigadda (Assembly constituency)
Avanigadda ' is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam, along with Gannavaram, Gudivada, Pedana, Machilipatnam, Pamarru SC and Penamaluru.' Ramesh Babu Simhadri is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party., there a total of 207,240 electors in the constituency.
Mandals
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:| S.No | Mandal Name |
| 1 | Avanigadda |
| 2 | Nagayalanka |
| 3 | Koduru |
| 4 | Challapalli |
| 5 | Mopidevi |
| 6 | Ghantashala |
Members of legislative assembly
| Year of election | Name | Party | Ref. |
| 1962 | Yarlagadda Sivaramprasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Yarlagadda Sivaramprasad | 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 | Ambati Srihari Prasad | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Mandali Buddha Prasad | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Simhadri Ramesh Babu | YSR Congress Party |