Thiruvananthapuram : Election for Assembly Speaker shall be held Monday morning. C{I(M) State Committee member AN Shamseer is LDF candidate while Congress’s Anwar Sadat will compete for UDF. The seat fell vacant following MB Rajesh’s resignation for appointment as minister.
The election will be held morning 10 am by the way of secret ballot presided over by Deputy Speaker Chittayam Gopakumar. Two ballot boxes are positioned on either sides, close to the Speaker. Post voting the Deputy Speaker will announce candidate with majority votes as the new Speaker - the 24th for Kerala Assembly. The elected Speaker assumes charge to the post almost immediately after.
