List of speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A.N. Shamseer since 12 September 2022
Kerala Legislative Assembly
Member of	Kerala Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Members 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. The speaker is elected by the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

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

Eligibility

The Speaker of the Assembly:

• Must be a citizen of India;
• Must not be less than 25 years of age; and
• Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Kerala.

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

Assembly	Name	Constituency	From	To	Party
1st (1957 election)	R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi	Chengannur	27 April 1957	31 July 1959	Communist Party of India
2nd (1960 election)	K. M. Seethi Sahib	Kuttippuram	22 February 1960	17 April 1961	Indian Union Muslim League
	CH Mohammed Koya	Tanur	9 June 1961	10 November 1961	Independent
	Alexander Parambithara	Palluruthy	13 December 1961	10 September 1964	Indian National Congress
3rd (1967 election)	D. Damodaran Potti	Chadayamangalam	15 March 1967	21 October 1970	Samayukta Socialist Party
4th (1970 election)	K. Moideenkutty Haji	Tirur	22 October 1970	8 May 1975	Indian Union Muslim League
	S. John	Kallooppara	17 February 1976	25 March 1977	Kerala Congress
5th (1977 election)	Chakkeeri Ahamed Kutty	Kuttippuram	28 March 1977	14 February 1980	Indian Union Muslim League
6th (1980 election)	A. P. Kurian	Angamali	15 February 1980	20 October 1981	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	A. C. Jose	Parur	3 February 1982	23 June 1982	Indian National Congress
7th (1982 election)	Vakkom Purushothaman	Attingal	24 June 1982	28 December 1984	Indian National Congress
	V. M. Sudheeran	Manalur	8 March 1985	27 March 1987
8th (1987 election)	Varkala Radhakrishnan	Varkala	30 March 1987	28 June 1991	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9th (1991 election)	P.P. Thankachan	Perumbavoor	1 July 1991	3 May 1995	Indian National Congress
	Therambil Ramakrishnan	Thrissur	27 June 1995	28 May 1996
10th (1996 election)	M. Vijayakumar	Trivandrum North	30 May 1996	4 June 2001	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
11th (2001 election)	Vakkom Purushothaman	Mararikulam	17 May 2001	4 September 2004	Indian National Congress
	Therambil Ramakrishnan	Thrissur	16 September 2004	24 May 2006
12th (2006 election)	K. Radhakrishnan	Chelakkara	6 June 2001	18 May 2011	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13th (2011 election)	G. Karthikeyan	Aruvikkara	2 June 2011	7 March 2015	Indian National Congress
	N. Sakthan	Kattakada	12 March 2015	1 June 2016
14th (2016 election	P. Sreeramakrishnan	Ponnani	3 June 2016	23 May 2021	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15th (2021 election)	M B Rajesh	Thrithala	25 May 2021	2 September 2022
	A. N. Shamseer	Thalassery	12 September 2022	Incumbent

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.