# List of speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

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.
A. N. Shamseer is the incumbent speaker of the Kerala 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 the speakers

| Assembly | Name | Constituency | From | To | Party |
| 1st (1957 election) | R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi | Chengannur | 27 April 1957 | 31 July 1959 | Communist Party of India |
| 2nd (1960 election) | K. M. Seethi Sahib | Kuttippuram | 22 February 1960 | 17 April 1961 | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2nd (1960 election) | CH Mohammed Koya | Tanur | 9 June 1961 | 10 November 1961 | Independent |
| 2nd (1960 election) | Alexander Parambithara | Palluruthy | 13 December 1961 | 10 September 1964 | Indian National Congress |
| 3rd (1967 election) | D. Damodaran Potti | Chadayamangalam | 15 March 1967 | 21 October 1970 | Samayukta Socialist Party |
| 4th (1970 election) | K. Moideenkutty Haji | Tirur | 22 October 1970 | 8 May 1975 | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 4th (1970 election) | S. John | Kallooppara | 17 February 1976 | 25 March 1977 | Kerala Congress |
| 5th (1977 election) | Chakkeeri Ahamed Kutty | Kuttippuram | 28 March 1977 | 14 February 1980 | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 6th (1980 election) | A. P. Kurian | Angamali | 15 February 1980 | 20 October 1981 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 6th (1980 election) | A. C. Jose | Parur | 3 February 1982 | 23 June 1982 | Indian National Congress |
| 7th (1982 election) | Vakkom Purushothaman | Attingal | 24 June 1982 | 28 December 1984 | Indian National Congress |
| 7th (1982 election) | V. M. Sudheeran | Manalur | 8 March 1985 | 27 March 1987 | Indian National Congress |
| 8th (1987 election) | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Varkala | 30 March 1987 | 28 June 1991 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 9th (1991 election) | P.P. Thankachan | Perumbavoor | 1 July 1991 | 3 May 1995 | Indian National Congress |
| 9th (1991 election) | Therambil Ramakrishnan | Thrissur | 27 June 1995 | 28 May 1996 | Indian National Congress |
| 10th (1996 election) | M. Vijayakumar | Trivandrum North | 30 May 1996 | 4 June 2001 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 11th (2001 election) | Vakkom Purushothaman | Mararikulam | 17 May 2001 | 4 September 2004 | Indian National Congress |
| 11th (2001 election) | Therambil Ramakrishnan | Thrissur | 16 September 2004 | 24 May 2006 | Indian National Congress |
| 12th (2006 election) | K. Radhakrishnan | Chelakkara | 6 June 2001 | 18 May 2011 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13th (2011 election) | G. Karthikeyan | Aruvikkara | 2 June 2011 | 7 March 2015 | Indian National Congress |
| 13th (2011 election) | N. Sakthan | Kattakada | 12 March 2015 | 1 June 2016 | Indian National Congress |
| 14th (2016 election | P. Sreeramakrishnan | Ponnani | 3 June 2016 | 23 May 2021 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 15th (2021 election) | M B Rajesh | Thrithala | 25 May 2021 | 2 September 2022 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 15th (2021 election) | A. N. Shamseer | Thalassery | 12 September 2022 | Incumbent | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |