Member from Adoor Legislative Assembly Constituency Chittayam Gopakumar (CPI) elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 2021 – 2026. The official announcement was made today in the Assembly by Speaker MB. Rajesh will conduct. The deadline for filing nominations was 12 noon yesterday. No one from the UDF filed a petition. Elections were scheduled for 11 today. The Speaker will announce the election of a new Deputy Speaker at this time.
Earlier in 2001, when the UDF got a large majority, the LDF did not field a candidate for the post of Deputy Speaker. Following this model, the UDF did not stop the candidate. This is the eighth time in the history of the Assembly that a Deputy Speaker has been elected unopposed.
