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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. S. Babu
| birth_date = 1972
| birth_place = [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Puthalapattu Assembly constituency|Puthalapattu]]
| predecessor = M. Sunil Kumar
| successor = [[Kalikiri Murali Mohan]]
| term_start = 23 May 2019
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_party = {{ubl
| [[YSR Congress Party]] [[File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg|40px]]
}}
| nickname =
| image =
| caption =
| term_end = 2024
}}

'''M. S. Babu''' is an Indian politician and member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. He was elected as member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Puthalapattu Assembly constituency|Puthalapattu constituency]] in [[Chittoor district]] on [[YSR Congress Party]] ticket from 23 May 2019.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==Political career==
M. S. Babu started his political journey with the [[YSR Congress Party]] and contested as MLA from [[Puthalapattu Assembly constituency|Puthalapattu constituency]] in [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]] and won the MLA seat defeating his nearest rival L. Lalitha Kumari of TDP by a majority of 29,163 votes. In 2024 Assembly elections he was denied ticket from YSRCP<ref name="Jagan has denied me ticket citing the 'baseless' I-PAC report, alleges Puthalapattu MLA Babu">{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=Jagan has denied me ticket citing the 'baseless' I-PAC report, alleges Puthalapattu MLA Babu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/jagan-has-denied-me-ticket-citing-the-baseless-i-pac-report-alleges-puthalapattu-mla-babu/article67698937.ece |access-date=6 April 2024 |date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406164047/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/jagan-has-denied-me-ticket-citing-the-baseless-i-pac-report-alleges-puthalapattu-mla-babu/article67698937.ece |archive-date=6 April 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> and later he quit YSRCP and joined [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President [[Y. S. Sharmila]] on 6 April 2024.<ref name="YSRCP's Puthalapattu legislator MS Babu joins Congress after meeting YS Sharmila at Kadapa">{{cite news |newspaper=The Times of India |title=YSRCP's Puthalapattu legislator MS Babu joins Congress after meeting YS Sharmila at Kadapa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ysrcps-puthalapattu-legislator-joins-congress-party-after-meeting-ys-sharmila-at-kadapa/articleshow/109084650.cms |access-date=6 April 2024 |date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406163116/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ysrcps-puthalapattu-legislator-joins-congress-party-after-meeting-ys-sharmila-at-kadapa/articleshow/109084650.cms |archive-date=6 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="YSRCP Legislator MS Babu Quits to Join Congress">{{cite news |last1=News18 |title=YSRCP Legislator MS Babu Quits to Join Congress |url=https://www.news18.com/politics/ysrcp-legislator-ms-babu-quits-to-join-congress-8842311.html |access-date=6 April 2024 |date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406163853/https://www.news18.com/politics/ysrcp-legislator-ms-babu-quits-to-join-congress-8842311.html |archive-date=6 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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