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The newly-elected legislators were formally sworn successful arsenic Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) astatine the archetypal league of the 16th Kerala Assembly successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Thursday (May 21, 2026). Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran administered the oath to the MLAs-designate implicit a three-and-a-half-hour-long ceremony.
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar had sworn successful Mr. Sudhakaran connected Wednesday. The remaining 139 members took the oath connected Thursday.
Fisheries Minister V.E. Abdul Gafoor, representing the Kalamassery constituency, was the archetypal to instrumentality the oath arsenic the names were called successful alphabetical order. Xavier Chittilapilly (Wadakkancherry) was the last. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan was 105th to instrumentality the oath. He took the oath successful the sanction of god. Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who was 133rd, solemnly affirmed his commitment.
Most of the members took the oath successful Malayalam. Faisal Babu (Kozhikode South), Mani C. Kappan (Pala), Mathew Kuzhalnadan (Muvattupuzha), Ramesh Chennithala (Haripad), Sandeep Varier (Thrikkaripur), Shibu Baby John (Chavara) and Sunny Joseph (Peravoor) took the oath successful English. A.K.M. Ashraf (Manjeshwar) took the oath successful Kannada and F. Raja (Devikulam), successful Tamil.
T.K. Govindan, who had discontinue the CPI(M) and won arsenic a UDF-supported Independent, took everyone by astonishment erstwhile helium moved towards Mr. Vijayan to shingle hands with him earlier taking the oath.
The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has a monolithic bulk successful the House with 102 retired of the 140 seats. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has 35 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three.
The House convened for the ceremonial astatine 9 a.m. with the rendition of the nationalist anthem.
Speaker election
The Speaker volition beryllium elected connected Friday (May 22, 2026). The Congress has picked person Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan for the Speaker’s station and Shanimol Usman for the Deputy Speaker’s post.
The BJP, which won 3 seats successful Kerala Assembly, volition tract its candidate, B.B. Gopakumar, successful the predetermination for the Speaker’s post, said State enactment president Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Five years agone successful 2021, the oath-taking ceremonial of the 15th Kerala Assembly was held amidst strict COVID-19 protocols. Back then, seats were rearranged successful the House to guarantee that carnal region was maintained.
