Congress leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan elected Kerala Speaker
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has been elected as the Speaker of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He received 101 votes, defeating candidates from the Opposition and the BJP. Radhakrishnan, a veteran politician with over three decades of experience, has held various ministerial portfolios and aims to maintain impartiality in his new role.
- ▪Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was elected Speaker with 101 votes.
- ▪He succeeds A.N. Shamseer and has served as an MLA for eight terms.
- ▪Radhakrishnan has held multiple ministerial portfolios and is known for his accessibility.
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Senior Congress leader and former Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was elected as Speaker of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly on Friday (May 22, 2026).In the elections held to the Speaker’s post, Mr. Radhakrishnan won 101 votes, while A.C. Moideen of the Opposition Left Democratic front (LDF) and B.B. Gopakumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA won 35 and 3 votes respectively. Newly elected MLAs sworn in as 16th Kerala Assembly convenesThe Congress-led UDF holds 102 of the 140 seats in the House.Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran, who had won as UDF-backed Independent in Ambalappuzha, chose not to vote on the grounds that he had supervised the election as Returning Officer.The members cast their votes on ballot papers which were then placed in a box next to the Speaker’s chair.
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