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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1954)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]]
| predecessor = Pulaparty Narayana Murty
| successor = [[Giddi Satyanarayana]]
| constituency = [[Gannavaram, Konaseema Assembly constituency|Gannavaram]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2024
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}
'''Kondeti Chittibabu''' (born 1954) is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[P. Gannavaram Assembly Constituency|P. Gannavaram Constituency]] in [[East Godavari district]] on [[YSRCP]] ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=P.Gannavaram MLA faces embarrassment from people |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/040223/pgannavaram-mla-faces-embarrassment-from-people.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gannavaram Constituency Election Results 2019: Gannavaram Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/gannavaram |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> In April 2024, he quit YSRCP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=వైకాపాకు షాక్‌.. ఆ పార్టీని వీడిన మరో ఎమ్మెల్యే |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/politics/ysrcp-mla-kondeti-chitti-babu-joins-congress/0500/124071359 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=EENADU |language=te}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Babu was born in [[Nagaram, East Godavari district|Nagaram]] village, [[Mamidikuduru mandal|Mamidikuduru Mandal]], East Godavari district. His father Nageswara Rao hails from an agricultural family. He married Lakshmi and has three children, Vikas Babu, Stalin Babu and Devi Priyanka. He completed his schooling at SGG Parishad High School and his intermediate from Govt Junior College, both from Mamidikuduru village. Then, he did his Bachelor of Arts degree at Government Degree College, Razole and his post-graduation at VSM College, Ramachandrapuram, which is affiliated with [[Andhra University]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Kondeti Chitti Babu {{!}} MLA {{!}} P.Gannavaram {{!}} East Godavari {{!}} YSRCP |url=https://theleaderspage.com/kondeti-chitti-babu/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
He started his political career as an independent in 1994 but lost the MLA seat from Nagaram to Undru Krishna Rao of TDP. He joined YSR Congress Party and contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]] from P. Gannavaram Constituency but lost to Pulaparthy Narayana Murthy of TDP by 13,505 votes. In the next election in 2019, he defeated Nelapudi Stalinbabu of TDP by a margin of 22,207 votes from the same seat. After he was dropped by YSRCP for the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024 Assembly Election]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sailendra |first=K. V. |date=2024-01-06 |title=Rejig 'rejuvenates' YSRC cadre in East Godavari |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Jan/06/rejig-rejuvenates-ysrc-cadre-in-east-godavari-2648460.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> he joined the [[Indian National Congress]] Party in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-13 |title=YSRCP P.Gannavaram MLA Kondeti Chittibabu joins Congress |url=https://www.ap7am.com/vn/384699/ysrcp-pgannavaram-mla-kondeti-chittibabu-joins-congress |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=ap7am.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-14 |title=P Gannavaram MLA quits YSRCP, joins Congress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/p-gannavaram-mla-quits-ysrcp-joins-congress/articleshow/109280119.cms |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-13 |title=YSRC sitting MLA Chittibabu joins Congress |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/legalnews/ysrc-sitting-mla-chittibabu-joins-congress-889490 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]

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