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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{distinguish|K. Babu (CPIM politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Babu<br/>കെ .ബാബു
| image = K. Babu, Minister.jpg
| office1 = Minister of Fisheries, Ports and Excise, [[Kerala]]
| term_start1 = 18 May 2011
| term_end1 =23 January 2016
|predecessor1 = [[S. Sarma]] (as Minister of Fisheries & Ports) <br/>[[P. K. Gurudasan]] (as Minister of Excise)
|successor1 = [[Oommen Chandy]]
|
| office2 =[[Member of Legislative assembly]] of [[Thrippunithura]]
| term_start2 = 2 May 2021
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[M. Swaraj]]
| successor2 =
| constituency = [[Thrippunithura]]

| term_start3 = 1991
| term_end3 = 2016
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[M. Swaraj]]

| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Smt. Geetha
| children = 2 daughters
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|06|02}}
| birth_place =[[Angamaly|Angamaly, Kochi]]
| residence = [[Thrippunithura|Thrippunithura, Kochi]], Kerala
| death_date =
| death_place =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 26 Oct|
| year = 2012|
| source = http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3879&Itemid=3069 kerala.gov.in
}}

'''K. Babu''' (Malayalam: കെ .ബാബു) (born 2 June 1951 in Angamaly, Cochin, Keralam, India.) is an Indian politician and the former [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|Minister]] for Fisheries, Ports and Excise, [[Government of Kerala]]. He is the representative of [[Thripunithura]] constituency in [[Kerala]] from 1991 to 2016 and again from 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/k_babu.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127015802/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/k_babu.htm |archive-date=27 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
K Babu was born to Mr. K.Kumaran and Mrs. Ponnamma at [[Angamaly]], [[Ernakulam district]] of [[Kerala]]. He completed his high school life in Angamaly St. Joseph school and is a degree holder from [[Sree Sankara College]], Kalady. Mr. Babu married Geetha, have two daughters and lives near [[Tripunithura]], Ernakulam.

==Political life==

Babu started his political career through the [[Kerala Students Union]] (KSU) in 1966. He was the first Chairman of Angamaly Municipal Council and the youngest Municipal Chairman then in Kerala. Served as Director, Kerala Plantation Corporation and Kerala State Consumer Federation. Was Vice-Chairman, Kerala University Union; President, Youth Congress Block Committee, Youth Congress District Committee (1977) and District Football Association, Ernakulam; General Secretary, Ernakulam District Congress Committee (1982–1991); General Secretary, I.N.T.U.C.; Office bearer of several Trade Unions in Kerala. Founder of Fine Arts Society, Angamaly. Executive Committee Member, K.P.C.C

K Babu was elected to the Kerala Legislative assembly for the first time in 1991 by defeating M.M Laurence of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]] with a margin of 4946 votes from Tripunithura constituency. It was considered a major political change in the constituency, as Tripunithura was a known Communist (Left) bastion till then. Babu has represented Tripunithura since then in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as he was re-elected in the years 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011.<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/LAC-2006-RESULS/075.pdf</ref>

{| class="wikitable" id="toc" : left; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"
!colspan="4"|'''Election Victories'''
|-
|'''Year'''||'''Closest rival'''||'''Majority (votes)'''
|-
|1991||M.M.Lawrance ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]])||4,946
|-
|1996||Gopi Kottamurikkal([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]])||14,773
|-
|2001||K.Chandran Pillai ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]])||24,296
|-
|2006||K.N.Ravindranath ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]])||7,342
|-
|2011|| C.M. Dinesh Mani ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]])||15,887
|-
|2021
|M Swaraj (CPIM)
|1,232
|}

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==Minister==
K.Babu was sworn in as a minister in Kerala for the first time in 2011. He was sworn in on 18 May 2011 as the Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Excise in the [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|Oommen Chandy Ministry 2011-2016]].

'''Portfolios'''

Excise, Ports, Harbour Engineering, Fisheries, Fisheries University, Airports, Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation

==See also==
* [[Government of Kerala]]
* [[Kerala Council of Ministers|Kerala Ministers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|K. Babu}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120113214358/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chandy-gets-his-team/153614-60-116.html Chandy gets his team]

{{Oommen Chandy Cabinet 2011}}

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