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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kanna Babu<br />
| birth_name = Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju<br />
| birth_date = 1954<br />
| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
| years_active = 2004-present<br />
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju''' (born 1954), popularly known as '''Kanna Babu''', is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He won the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]] from [[Elamanchili Assembly constituency|Elamanchili Constituency]] in [[Visakhapatnam district]]. He was reelected from the same constituency in the 2009 Andhra Election. YSR Congress Party has nominated Kanna Babu from the Elemanchili Constituency for the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Election 2023: Get Latest Updates of Constituency List in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2023 |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election/constituencies-list/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ELAMANCHILI Assembly Election 2024: ELAMANCHILI Election Winning Candidates List, Election Date, Results, Vote Share New-IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/elamanchili-constituency-result-1032 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
He hails from Visakhapatnam district. He was born to Rajan Raju of Seethammadhara, [[Visakhapatnam]], a farmer. He is a businessman. He married Radha Devi. He completed his graduation in commerce from AMAL college, Anakapalli in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju {{!}} MLA {{!}} Elamanchili |url=https://theleaderspage.com/uppalapati-venkata-ramanamurthy-raju/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He started his political life with Indian National Congress and was elected as the MLA from Elamanchili Constituency winning the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]] defeating Gontina Venkata Nageswara Rao of Telugu Desam Party by 5,863 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Andhra Pradesh 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2004/andhra-pradesh/176/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2004/andhra-pradesh/176/27 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> He was reelected from the same constituency on Congress ticket winning the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election. He won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]] on YSRCP ticket from Elamanchili defeating [[Panchakarla Ramesh Babu]] of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 4,146 votes.<ref name=DC1>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=D. C. |date=2023-07-03 |title=Top Leaders in Elamanchili to Distribute Houses Today |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020723/elamanchili-tidco-house-distribution.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref> In July 2023, he was among the officials who distributed free houses to the poor in Elamanchili district.<ref name=DC1 /><br />
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The CBI officials searched his residences in the disproportionate assets case in October 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-04-10 |title=Anti Corruption Bureau cops evaluate Yalamanchili MLA's house |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/anti-corruption-bureau-cops-evaluate-yalamanchili-mlas-house/articleshow/19467384.cms |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]<br />
[[Category:1954 births]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]</div>DenicePitcairn