Nakka Ananda Babu

Nakka Ananda Babu is an Indian politician from the State of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms in 2009 and 2014 but lost in 2019 from Vemuru. He regained the Vemuru seat winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Early life and education

Babu is from Guntur. He was born to Nagendram and Pushpavathi. His wife, Nakka Satya Ratna Kumari, is a teacher. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Law in 1995 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He is an advocate.

Career

Babu served as the Social welfare, Tribal welfare Minister from 2017 to 2019. In October 2020, he was appointed Politburo Member of Telugu Desam Party by TDP National President N. Chandrababu Naidu. He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Vemuru Constituency on the Telugu Desam Party ticket which had an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena Party. He polled 94,922 votes and defeated Varikuti Ashok Babu of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 22,021 votes.