Baburao Chinchansur (born 5 April 1951)[4] is an Indian politician and who served as an MLA (Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly) represented Gurmitkal for three terms and Chittapur for two terms from the state of Karnataka and served as a Minister of Textiles, Ports & Inland Transport of Karnataka from 2013 to 2016.

[5] He also served as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from 2022 to 2023.

[6] He was the Minister for Textiles Ports & Inland Transport in K. Siddaramaiah led Indian National Congress Karnataka Government.

[9][10] After losing in 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 29 August 2018.

[7] On 22 March 2023, two days after his resignation from the MLC, Chinchansur joined Indian National Congress.