Kerala Legislative Assembly

Keralam Niyamasabha
15th Kerala Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker
A. N. Shamseer, CPI(M)
since 12 September 2022
Deputy Speaker
Chittayam Gopakumar, CPI
since 1 June 2021
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M)
since 20 May 2021
V.D. Satheesan, INC
since 22 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
P. K. Kunhalikutty, IUML
since 22 May 2021
Structure
Seats140
Political groups
Government (98)
LDF (98)

Opposition (41)
UDF (41)

Vacant (1)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
6 April 2021
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Niyamasabha Mandiram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Website
www.niyamasabha.org

The Keralam Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Keralam, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives.[3] Each elected member represents one of the 140 constituencies within the borders of Keralam and is referred to as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The present Keralam Legislative Assembly consists of 140 elected members.

History

The Keralam Legislative Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram

In 1956, the State of Keralam was formed on linguistic basis, merging Kochi, Malabar, and Travancore regions, and the Kasaragod region of South Canara.[4] The first assembly election in Keralam state was held in February–March 1957.[4] The first Keralam Legislative Assembly was formed on 5 April 1957. The Assembly had 127 members including a nominated member.[4]

The current delimitation committee of 2010 reaffirmed the total number of seats at 140.[4]

Niyamasabha Complex

Kerala State Legislative Assembly or the Niyamasabha at night

The State Assembly is known as Niyamasabha and is housed in New Legislature Complex. This 5 storied complex is one of the largest complexes in India. The Central Hall is described as most elegant and majestic hall with ornamental Teakwood-Rosewood panelling. The older Assembly was located within State Secretariat complex which was reconverted into Legislature museum, after commissioning new complex in 1998 May 22 (K. R. Narayanan).

Speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Source:[5]
Sl. No. Name Period
1 R. Sankaranarayanan Thampi

(Chengannur )

 27 April 1957 – 31 July 1959
2 K.M. Seethi Sahib

(Kuttippuram)

12 March 1960 – 17 April 1961
A. Nafeesath Beevi

(acting) (Alappuzha )

18 April 1961 – 8 June 1961
3 C.H. Mohammed Koya

(Tanur)

9 June 1961 – 10 November 1961
4 Alexander Parambithara

(Ernakulam )

13 December 1961 – 10 September 1964
5 D. Damodaran Potti

(Chadayamangalam)

15 March 1967 – 21 October 1970
6 K. Moideenkutty Haji

(Mankada)

22 October 1970 – 8 May 1975
R. S. Unni

(acting) (Eravipuram)

9 May 1975 – 16 February 1976
7 T. S. John

(Kallooppara)

17 February 1976 – 25 March 1977
8 Chakkeeri Ahmedkutty

(Kuttippuram)

28 March 1977 – 14 February 1980
9 A.P. Kurian

(Angamaly)

15 February 1980 – 1 February 1982
10 A. C. Jose

(Paravur)

3 February 1982 – 23 June 1982
11 Vakkom B. Purushothaman

(Attingal)

24 June 1982 – 28 December 1984
K. M. Hamza Kunju

(acting) (Mattancherry )

29 December 1984 – 7 March 1985
12 V. M. Sudheeran

(Manalur )

8 March 1985 – 27 March 1987
13 Varkala Radhakrishnan

(Varkala )

30 March 1987 – 28 June 1991
14 P. P. Thankachan

(Perumbavoor )

1 July 1991 – 3 May 1995
K. Narayana Kurup

(acting) (Vazhoor )

4 May 1995 – 26 June 1995
15 Therambil Ramakrishnan

(Thrissur )

 27 June 1995 – 28 May 1996
16 M. Vijayakumar

(Thiruvananthapuram North )

30 May 1996 – 4 June 2001
17 Vakkom Purushothaman

(Attingal )

6 June 2001 – 4 September 2004
N. Sundaran Nadar

(acting)

(Parassala )

5 September 2004 – 16 September 2004
18 Therambil Ramakrishnan

(Thrissur)

16 September 2004 – 24 May 2006
19 K. Radhakrishnan

(Chelakkara)

25 May 2006 – 31 May 2011
20 G. Karthikeyan

(Aruvikkara)

2 June 2011 – 7 March 2015
21 N. Sakthan

(Kattakada)

12 March 2015 – 1 June 2016
22 P. Sreeramakrishnan

(Ponnani)

3 June 2016 – 23 May 2021
23 M. B. Rajesh

(Thrithala)

25 May 2021 – 3 September 2022
24 A. N. Shamseer

(Thalassery)

6 September 2022 – present

Composition

Front/Alliance Seats
LDF 98
UDF 41
Vacant 1
Total 140

Members of Legislative Assembly

District No. Constituency Name[6] Party Alliance Remarks
Kasaragod 1ManjeshwaramA. K. M. Ashraf IUML  UDF
2KasaragodN. A. Nellikkunnu
3UdmaC. H. KunhambuCPI(M)  LDF
4KanhangadE. ChandrasekharanCPI
5ThrikaripurM. RajagopalanCPI(M)
Kannur 6PayyanurT. I. MadusoodhananCPI(M)  LDF
7KalliasseriM. Vijin
8TaliparambaM. V. Govindan
9IrikkurSajeev JosephINC  UDF
10AzhikodeK. V. SumeshCPI(M)  LDF
11KannurKadannappalli RamachandranCon (S)
12DharmadomPinarayi VijayanCPI(M)
13ThalasseryA. N. Shamseer
14MattanurK. K. Shailaja
15KuthuparambaK. P. MohananLJD
16PeravoorSunny JosephINC  UDF
Wayanad 17Mananthavady (ST)O. R. KeluCPI(M)  LDF
18Sulthan Bathery (ST)I. C. BalakrishnanINC  UDF
19KalpettaT Siddique
Kozhikode 20VadakaraK. K. RemaRMPI  UDF
21 Kuttiady K P Kunhammadkutty Master CPI(M)   LDF
22NadapuramE. K. VijayanCPI
23KoyilandyKanathil JameelaCPI(M)
24PerambraT. P. Ramakrishnan
25Balussery (SC)K. M. Sachin Dev
26ElathurA. K. SaseendranNCP
27Kozhikode NorthThottathil RavindranCPI(M)
28Kozhikode SouthAhamed DevarkovilINL
29BeyporeP. A. Mohammed RiyasCPI(M)
30KunnamangalamP. T. A. RahimInd.
31KoduvallyM. K. MuneerIUML  UDF
32ThiruvambadyLinto JosephCPI(M)  LDF
Malappuram 33KondottyT. V. IbrahimIUML  UDF
34EranadP. K. Basheer
35NilamburP. V. AnvarInd.  LDF
36Wandoor (SC)A. P. Anil KumarINC  UDF
37ManjeriU. A. LatheefIUML
38PerinthalmannaNajeeb Kanthapuram
39MankadaManjalamkuzhi Ali
40MalappuramP. Ubaidulla
41VengaraP. K. Kunhalikutty
42VallikkunnuP. Abdul Hameed
43TirurangadiK. P. A. Majeed
44TanurV. AbdurahimanNSC  LDF
45TirurKurukkoli MoideenIUML  UDF
46KottakkalK. K. Abid Hussain Thangal
47ThavanurK.T. JaleelInd.  LDF
48PonnaniP. NandakumarCPI(M)
Palakkad 49ThrithalaM. B. RajeshCPI(M)  LDF
50PattambiMuhammed MuhsinCPI
51ShornurP. MammikuttyCPI(M)
52OttapalamK. Premkumar
53Kongad (SC)K. Shanthakumari
54MannarkkadN. SamsudheenIUML  UDF
55MalampuzhaA. PrabhakaranCPI(M)  LDF
56PalakkadShafi ParambilINC  UDF
57Tarur (SC)P. P. SumodCPI(M)  LDF
58ChitturK. KrishnankuttyJD(S)
59NenmaraK. BabuCPI(M)
60AlathurK. D. Prasenan
Thrissur 61Chelakkara (SC)K. RadhakrishnanCPI(M)  LDF
62KunnamkulamA. C. Moideen
63GuruvayurN. K. Akbar
64ManalurMurali Perunelli
65WadakkancheryXavier Chittilappilly
66OllurK. RajanCPI
67ThrissurP. Balachandran
68Nattika (SC)C. C. Mukundan
69KaipamangalamE. T. Tyson
70IrinjalakudaR. BinduCPI(M)
71PuthukkadK. K. Ramachandran
72ChalakudyT. J. Saneesh Kumar JosephINC  UDF
73KodungallurV. R. Sunil KumarCPI  LDF
Ernakulam 74PerumbavoorEldhose KunnappillyINC  UDF
75AngamalyRoji M. John
76AluvaAnwar Sadath
77KalamasseryP. RajeeveCPI(M)  LDF
78ParavurV. D. SatheesanINC  UDF
79VypinK. N. UnnikrishnanCPI(M)  LDF
80KochiK. J. Maxi
81ThrippunithuraK. BabuINC  UDF
82ErnakulamT. J. Vinod
83ThrikkakaraUma Thomas INC   UDF Won in 2022 bypoll necessitated after the death of P. T. Thomas
84Kunnathunad (SC)P. V. SrinijinCPI(M)  LDF
85PiravomAnoop JacobKC(J)  UDF
86MuvattupuzhaMathew KuzhalnadanINC  UDF
87KothamangalamAntony JohnCPI(M)  LDF
Idukki 88Devikulam A. Raja CPI(M)   LDF Election annulled[7]
Vacant
89UdumbancholaM. M. ManiCPI(M)  LDF
90ThodupuzhaP. J. JosephKC   UDF
91IdukkiRoshy AugustineKC(M)  LDF
92PeerumadeVazhoor SomanCPI  LDF
Kottayam 93PalaMani C. KappanNCK  UDF
94KaduthuruthyMonce JosephKC  UDF
95Vaikom (SC)C. K. AshaCPI  LDF
96EttumanoorV. N. VasavanCPI(M)
97KottayamThiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanINC  UDF
98PuthuppallyChandy OommenINC   UDF Won in 2023 bypoll necessitated after the death of Oommen Chandy
99ChanganasseryJob MaichilKC(M)  LDF
100KanjirappallyN. Jayaraj
101PoonjarSebastian Kulathunkal
Alappuzha 102AroorDaleemaCPI(M)  LDF
103CherthalaP. PrasadCPI
104AlappuzhaP. P. ChitharanjanCPI(M)
105AmbalappuzhaH. Salam
106KuttanadThomas K ThomasNCP  LDF
107HaripadRamesh ChennithalaINC  UDF
108KayamkulamU. PrathibhaCPI(M)  LDF
109MavelikaraM. S. Arun Kumar
110ChengannurSaji Cherian
Pathanamthitta 111ThiruvallaMathew T. ThomasJD(S)  LDF
112RanniPramod NarayanKC(M)
113AranmulaVeena GeorgeCPI(M)
114KonniK. U. Jenish Kumar
115AdoorChittayam GopakumarCPI
Kollam 116KarunagapallyC. R. MaheshINC  UDF
117ChavaraSujith Vijayan Ind.   LDF
118KunnathurKovoor Kunjumon
119KottarakkaraK. N. BalagopalCPI(M)
120PathanapuramK. B. Ganesh KumarKC(B)
121PunalurP. S. SupalCPI
122ChadayamangalamJ. Chinchu Rani
123KundaraP. C. VishnunathINC  UDF
124KollamM. MukeshCPI(M)  LDF
125EravipuramM. Noushad
126ChathannoorG.S. JayalalCPI
Thiruvananthapuram 127VarkalaV. JoyCPI(M)  LDF
128AttingalO. S. Ambika
129ChirayinkeezhuV. SasiCPI
130NedumangadG. R. Anil
131VamanapuramD. K. MuraliCPI(M)
132KazhakootamKadakampally Surendran
133VattiyoorkavuV. K. Prasanth
134ThiruvananthapuramAntony RajuJKC
135NemomV. SivankuttyCPI(M)
136AruvikkaraG. Steephen
137ParassalaC. K. Hareendran
138KattakkadaI. B. Sathish
139KovalamM. VincentINC  UDF
140NeyyattinkaraK. A. AnsalanCPI(M)  LDF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BJP overall, Left in Kerala: JD(S) likely to lose state unit as banner of revolt is raised". The Indian Express. 25 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kerala Court Cancels CPI(M) MLA's Election From Reserved Devikulam Seat".
  3. ↑ "Kerala Government". niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sreedhara Menon, A. (January 2007). Kerala Charitram (2007 ed.). Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1588-5.
  5. ↑ "General Info - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Kerala HC annuls CPI(M) MLA's election from Devikulam". Hindustan Times. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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