Jyothula Chantibabu (born 1978) is an Indian politician from

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. He won the

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ticket from Jaggampeta Constituency in

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. He was denied a ticket by YSRCP for the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election.

Early life and education

Babu was born in Irripaka Village in

Jaggampeta Jaggampeta is a town in Jaggampeta mandal, located in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The origin of the name Jaggampeta derived from the Lake Jaggama situated in the town. Jaggampeta is also called as "Uddandula kota" ( ...

, East Godavari district. His father Rama Swamy is a farmer. He studied political science and completed his post-graduation from

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in 1998.

Career

Babu started his political journey in

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

and in 2009, he was incharge of TDP in his district. Later, he shifted to YSR Congress Party. In 2019, he contested the

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on YSR Congress Party ticket and won the

. He defeated Jyothula Nehru of Telugu Desam Party by 23, 365 votes. In 2014, he lost to Jyothula Nehru of YSRCP by a margin of 15,932. He also lost in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election but polled about 33,000 votes. YSRCP's regional coordinator Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose made it clear to Babu that his name may not be considered for the Jaggampeta seat for the 2024 election due to the internal survey. Babu met Pawan Kalyan of PRP in December 2023 to trigger rumours of his exit from YSRCP.

References

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