List of speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly explained

Post:Speaker
Body:the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Termlength:During the life of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Department:Kerala Legislative Assembly
Member Of:Kerala Legislative Assembly
Appointer:Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent:A.N. Shamseer
Incumbentsince:12 September 2022
Deputy:Chittayam Gopakumar
Insignia:File:Government of Kerala Logo.png
Insigniasize:175px
Inaugural:R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi

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]

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 ThampiChengannur27 April 195731 July 1959Communist Party of India
2nd (1960 election)K. M. Seethi SahibKuttippuram22 February 196017 April 1961Indian Union Muslim League
CH Mohammed KoyaTanur9 June 196110 November 1961Independent
Alexander ParambitharaPalluruthy13 December 196110 September 1964Indian National Congress
3rd (1967 election)D. Damodaran PottiChadayamangalam15 March 196721 October 1970Samayukta Socialist Party
4th (1970 election)K. Moideenkutty HajiTirur22 October 19708 May 1975Indian Union Muslim League
S. JohnKallooppara 17 February 197625 March 1977Kerala Congress
5th (1977 election)Chakkeeri Ahamed KuttyKuttippuram28 March 1977 14 February 1980Indian Union Muslim League
6th (1980 election)A. P. KurianAngamali15 February 198020 October 1981Communist Party of India (Marxist)
A. C. JoseParur3 February 198223 June 1982Indian National Congress
7th (1982 election)Vakkom PurushothamanAttingal24 June 198228 December 1984Indian National Congress
V. M. SudheeranManalur8 March 198527 March 1987
8th (1987 election)Varkala RadhakrishnanVarkala30 March 198728 June 1991Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9th (1991 election)P.P. ThankachanPerumbavoor1 July 19913 May 1995Indian National Congress
Therambil RamakrishnanThrissur27 June 199528 May 1996
10th (1996 election)M. VijayakumarTrivandrum North30 May 1996 4 June 2001Communist Party of India (Marxist)
11th (2001 election)Vakkom PurushothamanMararikulam 17 May 20014 March 2004Indian National Congress
Therambil RamakrishnanThrissur16 June 200424 May 2006
12th (2006 election)K. RadhakrishnanChelakkara6 June 200118 May 2011Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13th (2011 election)G. KarthikeyanAruvikkara2 June 20117 March 2015Indian National Congress
N. SakthanKattakada12 March 20151 June 2016
14th (2016 electionP. SreeramakrishnanPonnani3 June 201623 May 2021Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15th (2021 election)M B RajeshThrithala25 May 20212 September 2022
Thalassery12 September 2022Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 2021-09-05. legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.