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.
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 Speakers AssemblyNameConstituencyFromToParty1st (1957 election)R. Sankara Narayanan ThampiChengannur27 April 195731 July 1959Communist Party of India2nd (1960 election)K. M. Seethi SahibKuttippuram22 February 196017 April 1961Indian Union Muslim LeagueCH Mohammed KoyaTanur9 June 196110 November 1961IndependentAlexander ParambitharaPalluruthy13 December 196110 September 1964Indian National Congress3rd (1967 election)D. Damodaran PottiChadayamangalam15 March 196721 October 1970Samayukta Socialist Party4th (1970 election)K. Moideenkutty HajiTirur22 October 19708 May 1975Indian Union Muslim LeagueS. JohnKallooppara 17 February 197625 March 1977Kerala Congress5th (1977 election)C A KuttyKuttippuram28 March 1977 14 February 1980Indian Union Muslim League6th (1980 election)A. P. KurianAngamali15 February 198020 October 1981Communist Party of India (Marxist)A. C. JoseParur3 February 198223 June 1982Indian National Congress7th (1982 election)Vakkom PurushothamanAttingal24 June 198228 December 1984Indian National CongressV. M. SudheeranManalur8 March 198527 March 19878th (1987 election)Varkala RadhakrishnanVarkala30 March 198728 June 1991Communist Party of India (Marxist)9th (1991 election)P.P. ThankachanPerumbavoor1 July 19913 May 1995Indian National CongressTherambil RamakrishnanThrissur27 June 199528 May 199610th (1996 election)M. VijayakumarTrivandrum North30 May 1996 4 June 2001Communist Party of India (Marxist)11th (2001 election)Shri Vakkom B. PurushothamanAttingal17 May 20014 September 2004Indian National CongressTherambil RamakrishnanThrissur16 September 200424 May 200612th (2006 election)K. RadhakrishnanChelakkara6 June 200618 May 2011Communist Party of India (Marxist)13th (2011 election)G. KarthikeyanAruvikkara2 June 20117 March 2015Indian National CongressN. SakthanKattakada12 March 20151 June 201614th (2016 electionP. SreeramakrishnanPonnani3 June 201623 May 2021Communist Party of India (Marxist)15th (2021 election)M B RajeshThrithala25 May 20212 September 2022A. N. Shamseer Thalassery12 September 202218 May 202616th (2026 election)Thiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanKottayam 23 May 2026IncumbentIndian National Congress
Deputy Speaker
List of Deputy Speakers The following is a chronological list of official Deputy Speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 1957.
No. Name Term of Office Party 1 K. O. Aysha Bai Kayamkulam 13 May 1957 31 July 1959 Communist Party of India 2 A. Nafeesath Beevi 2 March 1960 10 September 1964 Indian National Congress 3 M. P. Mohammed Jaffar Khan 20 March 1967 26 June 1970 Muslim League 4 R. S. Unni 30 October 1970 22 March 1977 Revolutionary Socialist Party 5 P. K. Gopalakrishnan 6 July 1977 30 November 1979 Communist Party of India 6 M. J. Zakharia Sait 15 February 1980 1 February 1982 All India Muslim League 7 A. C. Jose 3 February 1982 23 June 1982 INC (A) 8 K. M. Hamza Kunju 30 June 1982 25 March 1987 Muslim League 9 Bhargavi Thankappan 2 April 1987 5 April 1991 Communist Party of India 10 K. Narayana Kurup 1 July 1991 14 May 1996 Kerala Congress (M) 11 C. A. Kurian 17 July 1996 16 May 2001 Communist Party of India 12 N. Sundaran Nadar 4 July 2001 12 May 2006 Indian National Congress 13 Jose Baby 20 June 2006 14 May 2011 Communist Party of India 14 N. Sakthan 28 June 2011 10 February 2015 Indian National Congress 15 Palode Ravi 2 December 2015 20 May 2016 Indian National Congress 16 V. Sasi 29 June 2016 3 May 2021 Communist Party of India 17 Chittayam Gopakumar 1 June 2021 04 May 2026 Communist Party of India 18 Shanimol Osman 22 May 2026 Incumbent Indian National Congress
Notes K. O. Aysha Bai was the first woman to hold the post of Deputy Speaker in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. In January 2026, an all-woman panel of chairpersons was constituted to preside over the House in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
Pro tem Speaker
List of Pro tem Speakers
S. Sharma 2016 P. T. A. Rahim 2021 G. Sudhakaran 2026
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