List of speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent
A.N. Shamseer
since 12 September 2022
Kerala Legislative Assembly
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Term length During the life of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi
Deputy Chittayam Gopakumar

Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Kerala, the main law-making body for the Kerala. He is elected by the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly. [1]

Contents

A. N. Shamseer is the incumbent speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility

The Speaker of the Assembly:

Powers and Functions of the Speaker

The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.

List of the speakers

AssemblyNameConstituencyFromToParty
1st (1957 election) R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi Chengannur27 April 195731 July 1959 Communist Party of India
2nd (1960 election) K. M. Seethi Sahib Kuttippuram22 February 196017 April 1961Indian Union Muslim League
CH Mohammed Koya Tanur9 June 196110 November 1961Independent
Alexander Parambithara Palluruthy13 December 196110 September 1964 Indian National Congress
3rd (1967 election) D. Damodaran Potti Chadayamangalam15 March 196721 October 1970Samayukta Socialist Party
4th (1970 election)K. Moideenkutty HajiTirur22 October 19708 May 1975Indian Union Muslim League
S. JohnKallooppara17 February 197625 March 1977Kerala Congress
5th (1977 election) Chakkeeri Ahamed Kutty Kuttippuram28 March 197714 February 1980Indian Union Muslim League
6th (1980 election)A. P. KurianAngamali15 February 198020 October 1981 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
A. C. Jose Parur3 February 198223 June 1982 Indian National Congress
7th (1982 election) Vakkom Purushothaman Attingal24 June 198228 December 1984 Indian National Congress
V. M. Sudheeran Manalur8 March 198527 March 1987
8th (1987 election) Varkala Radhakrishnan Varkala30 March 198728 June 1991 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9th (1991 election) P.P. Thankachan Perumbavoor1 July 19913 May 1995 Indian National Congress
Therambil Ramakrishnan Thrissur27 June 199528 May 1996
10th (1996 election) M. Vijayakumar Trivandrum North30 May 19964 June 2001 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
11th (2001 election) Vakkom Purushothaman Mararikulam17 May 20014 September 2004 Indian National Congress
Therambil Ramakrishnan Thrissur16 September 200424 May 2006
12th (2006 election) K. Radhakrishnan Chelakkara6 June 200118 May 2011 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13th (2011 election) G. Karthikeyan Aruvikkara2 June 20117 March 2015 Indian National Congress
N. Sakthan Kattakada12 March 20151 June 2016
14th (2016 election P. Sreeramakrishnan Ponnani3 June 201623 May 2021 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15th (2021 election) M B Rajesh Thrithala25 May 20212 September 2022
A. N. Shamseer Thalassery12 September 2022Incumbent

Pro tem Speaker


List of Pro tem Speakers

S. Sharma 2016 P. T. A. Rahim 2021

References

  1. "KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 5 September 2021.