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. 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. 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).

2021 (By-poll)
The death of sitting MLA Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah necessitated the by-election for the Badvel assembly. 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.