Kerala Assembly elects LDF candidate P Sreeramakrishnan as new Speaker, P Sreeramakrishnan,Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016, Kerala Assembly polls 2016
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Kerala Assembly elects LDF candidate P Sreeramakrishnan as new Speaker, P Sreeramakrishnan,Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016, Kerala Assembly polls 2016
LDF candidate and two-time legislator P Sreeramakrishnan was elected as the Speaker of the Kerala Assembly on Friday.
Sreeramakrishnan got 92 votes in the 140-member constituency, while UDF leader and Kunnathunadu MLA VP Sajeendran bagged 46 votes.
CPM was to get 90 seats, except that of the speaker, but got 92 including one from BJP member and another vote from an unknown UDF member.
The House was dissolved after the election of the Speaker and will reassemble on the June 24 when the Governor P Sathasivam will make a policy declaration of the Government. On Thursday , the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly session convened and began with the swearing in ceremony of the members.
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